NYTIMES (Michelle Cottle) - Can Nebraska’s Definitely-Not-a-Democrat Candidate Crack the G.O.P. Hold on Red America?
The Democratic brand is just too toxic in large swaths of the country.
The Democratic brand is just too toxic in large swaths of the country.
Listen to the audio of the August 10, 2026, episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.
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Candidates are vying to win the first open gubernatorial seat since 2010.
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A Syrian court has sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and his younger brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead
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A preference for small government has faded as Republican voters press leaders to block the massive projects.
U.S. and South Korean recovery teams are searching waters off the Korean Peninsula for wreckage from three U.S. military aircraft that crashed during the Korean War.
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By Olivia Murray They scream about The Handmaid’s Tale, then they read porn novels and cover themselves in niqabs.
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By Greg Richter Ocasio-Cortez and Scarborough both want Democrats to keep the populism, but stop making its candidates defend nuttiness.
By Silvio Canto, Jr. It's up to voters to deny them victory and send them back to wherever they came from.
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By Dan Bell You and everyone you know carries a digital ball and chain -- weightless in size, yet still bright enough to be seen from anywhere by anyone who knows where to look.
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