r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot • 5d ago

Discussion Discussion: 2026 Midterms News and Updates, September 7 - 13 (Thread 1)

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r/politics • u/optimalg • 33m ago

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

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It's Saturday, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons in this thread. Besides our usual civility policy, there are three rules to follow:

Every top-level comment must contain a political cartoon. This means no text-only top-level comments.
It must be an original cartoon. This means no photographs, no edited cartoons, no AI generated images, no templates, no memes and no image macros. OC is allowed, as is animation.
Each top-level comment should only have a maximum of 3 cartoons.

That's all. Enjoy your weekend!

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r/politics • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 2h ago

No Paywall JD Vance Says Republicans Got Tired of Being ‘Called Racist’ for Noticing America ‘Becoming Dirtier’

people.com

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r/politics • u/darkages69 • 4h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s 9/11 Appearance Sparks Fresh Health Concerns

thedailybeast.com

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540 comments

r/politics • u/kiyomoris • 2h ago

No Paywall Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention

theguardian.com

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r/politics • u/brown-saiyan • 10h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans’ 9/11 Smear About AOC and Mamdani Instantly Collapses

newrepublic.com

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425 comments

r/politics • u/ApprehensiveAd2625 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Epstein Survivors Got Kicked Out of the Republican Midterm Convention

newrepublic.com

3.3k Upvotes

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r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 2h ago

No Paywall Trump on 9/11 hero who died: ‘I don’t like’ that he’s ‘more famous than me’

al.com

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r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 15h ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell’s Staff Won’t Disclose If Senator Will Return After Recess

ijr.com

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r/politics • u/Zandra_the_Great • 1h ago

No Paywall Bombshell report reveals political director of anti-LGBTQ+ GOP senator has links to Nazism

lgbtqnation.com

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r/politics • u/billstopay77 • 11h ago

No Paywall Judge thinks BBC has 'solid case' for getting docs that could defeat Trump's whole lawsuit

lawandcrime.com

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r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 2h ago

No Paywall Over a Quarter of Voters Say They’re Supporters of DSA, Polling Finds - Nearly 6 in 10 Democrats said they back the socialist group.

truthout.org

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r/politics • u/spherocytes • 56m ago

No Paywall ‘High T’ Pete Hegseth’s approval rating hits embarrassing low | A Quinnipiac survey shows the Defense Secretary is less popular than Donald Trump or Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

advocate.com

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r/politics • u/tanishvva • 9h ago

No Paywall Missouri Supreme Court finds Sec. of State in contempt, purged himself

kctv5.com

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r/politics • u/kootles10 • 18h ago

No Paywall Cruz on $5K dividend: I don't think we should be paying people that are not working

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/Cool_Net_3796 • 14h ago

Possible Paywall Sen. Jim Justice Failed to Properly Disclose His Massive Wealth

washingtonsun.com

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r/politics • u/SquidFistHK • 22h ago

Paywall Pentagon Rebels Leak ‘Colonel Vodka’ Hegseth’s ‘Weird Conduct’

thedailybeast.com

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617 comments

r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Bush-Appointed Judge Warns of ‘Another Jan. 6’ After Midterms

thedailybeast.com

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112 comments

r/politics • u/thedailybeast • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Trump, 80, Can’t Stay Awake to Honor 9/11 Victims

thedailybeast.com

22.3k Upvotes

957 comments

r/politics • u/Efficient-Freedom517 • 19h ago

No Paywall Nashville International Airport to change its name to Dolly Parton International Airport

newschannel5.com

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r/politics • u/Newsweek_CarloV • 23h ago

No Paywall New bill proposes 32-hour work week—Here's how it would work

newsweek.com

15.9k Upvotes

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r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Falls Asleep on Stage at September 11 Ceremony

newrepublic.com

16.6k Upvotes

765 comments

r/politics • u/Ulysses_555 • 21h ago

No Paywall Lutnick says $5K dividend would not use taxpayer dollars

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR • 20h ago

Possible Paywall USPS Tries Rejecting Entire County’s Ballot Over Spacing Issue: The postal service tried to reject an entire ballot over an issue with the envelope—a dark sign of the chaos that could unfold before November’s elections.

newrepublic.com

5.2k Upvotes

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r/politics • u/Zebraitis • 3h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists. Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

nytimes.com

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