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2026 Will See an Increase in Rejected Mail-In Ballots -- Here's Why
2026 Will See an Increase in Rejected Mail-In Ballots -- Here's Why
While the media has kept people’s focus on the Epstein files, Venezuela, or a potential invasion of Greenland, the United States Postal Service adopted a new rule that will have a broad impact on Americans – especially in an election year in which millions of people will vote by mail.
09 Jan, 2026
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9 min read
Why Did Walz Drop Out? Daycare Fraud & Chaos in Minnesota
Why Did Walz Drop Out? Daycare Fraud & Chaos in Minnesota
Wondering how a major political figure walks away from power, and what that says about the system behind the scenes? This episode unpacks Tim Walz’s decision to step aside in Minnesota and how allegations around daycare funding brought to light by YouTuber Nick Shirley have cracked open a wide-open
08 Jan, 2026
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1 min read
California Prison Health Care Is Still Failing: Audit Exposes Dangerous Conditions Despite Billions in Funding
California Prison Health Care Is Still Failing: Audit Exposes Dangerous Conditions Despite Billions in Funding
Job vacancies in prison and state hospital health care have grown even as California has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to fill medical and mental health positions, according to a new state audit.
08 Jan, 2026
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5 min read
A Million Californians Sign On to Voter ID – Forcing a 2026 Ballot Fight
A Million Californians Sign On to Voter ID – Forcing a 2026 Ballot Fight
California Assemblymember Carl DeMaio’s Reform California, which has proposed amending the California Constitution with a voter ID ballot measure, says it has crossed a major threshold going into 2026 – and it is not slowing down.
05 Jan, 2026
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3 min read
How Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 is Reshaping California - For Better or For Worse
How Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 is Reshaping California - For Better or For Worse
Prop 50 is redrawing California’s political battlefield, sparking new fears of gerrymandering, backroom mapmaking, and voters losing their voice.
19 Dec, 2025
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1 min read
Missouri’s Gerrymander Faces a Citizen Veto, but State Officials Aren't Taking 'No' for an Answer
Missouri’s Gerrymander Faces a Citizen Veto, but State Officials Aren't Taking 'No' for an Answer
People Not Politicians (PNP) submitted over 305,000 signatures last week to freeze a congressional gerrymander passed by the Missouri Legislature in September. However, state officials are doing everything they can to pretend this citizen revolt isn’t happening.
19 Dec, 2025
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12 min read
Trump Signs Order to Reclassify Cannabis to Schedule III
Trump Signs Order to Reclassify Cannabis to Schedule III
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that his administration will officially move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, a decision that marks the most significant change to U.S. drug policy since the early 1970s.
18 Dec, 2025
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2 min read
Arambula Departure Turns Fresno’s Safe Democratic Seat into a Battle Independent and GOP Voters Could Win
Arambula Departure Turns Fresno’s Safe Democratic Seat into a Battle Independent and GOP Voters Could Win
California’s 31st Assembly District runs through the agricultural heart of the San Joaquin Valley, where the land is lined with orchards, vineyards, and produce fields that feed the state and the nation. It covers portions of Fresno County, including the cities of Parlier, Selma, Orange Cove, Fowler
16 Dec, 2025
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6 min read
Trump Big Mad that Indiana Republicans Won’t Fight His Gerrymandering War
Trump Big Mad that Indiana Republicans Won’t Fight His Gerrymandering War
Things looked like they could get even more chaotic this week in the mid-cycle gerrymandering arms race between the two major parties as the Indiana Senate took up a new congressional map to give Republicans an even greater electoral advantage in the state. But Indiana Senate Republicans this week p
12 Dec, 2025
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13 min read
Breaking Report: Trump Set to Reclassify Marijuana to Schedule III
Breaking Report: Trump Set to Reclassify Marijuana to Schedule III
The Washington Post reports that according to six people familiar with the discussions, President Donald Trump is expected to direct federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance.
11 Dec, 2025
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2 min read