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🚨 NEW: Young voters are moving further away from Trump, according to Yale Youth Poll data.
His net approval dropped sharply among voters under 35 between fall 2025 and spring 2026 — with women 18–22 hitting -54.
🚨 Nancy Mace finished a distant fifth in South Carolina’s GOP governor primary — and says her vote to release the Epstein files cost her support. She’s blaming backlash over that stance for her loss.
NEW: Democrats’ top super PAC is launching a $50 million ad blitz — including in deep-red districts.
American Bridge says it’s targeting working-class voters after Democrats’ 2024 losses, with 11 of its 14 House targets in likely or solidly Republican districts.
NEW: Trump is withholding pay from legal aid groups for migrant children while demanding confidential case data — including IDs that could reveal each child’s identity. Lawyers say it could breach confidentiality and undermine kids’ defenses as deportations speed up.
NEW LEVER TIME: What if modern American politics is less West Wing — and more Caddyshack?
David Sirota talks to Dan Brooks about “slobs vs. snobs,” why Americans root for rule-breaking outsiders, and how Democrats got cast as the establishment.
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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace blames her primary loss on her support for releasing the Epstein files.
As immigration courts accelerate deportation proceedings, the Trump administration is withholding funding while pressuring legal aid groups to disclose sensitive data about vulnerable children.
