The amount of money — much it funded anonymously — surging into Democratic primaries continues to be one of the biggest political stories of 2026.
Democrats said there’s a perfect storm of reasons for the deluge.
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Platner won. Democrats are scared.
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Since the 2024 election, Democrats have lost more than 275,000 registered voters across 28 battleground House districts, a new analysis from the
@NRCC
finds
Since 2020, Democrats have lost 737,000 voters in these districts.
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Thomas Massie’s lead in his primary later this month is slipping and he is in genuine danger of losing, according to interviews with local GOP officials.
On the increasingly close race in Kentucky’s 4th District www.notus.org/2026-electio...
NEW: The acting FDA chief told pro-life leaders he’d convene a group of scientists to discuss the status of the FDA’s abortion pill review
With Kyle Diamantas leading the FDA temporarily, it’s unclear if that outreach to pro-lifers will continue after he’s gone
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NEWS: America’s 250th birthday is becoming a political, confusing quagmire.
Trump has already given ~$80 million in taxpayer funds to the group he created, for events he supports.
Meanwhile, Trump admin is withholding millions from the bipartisan 250 group.
Top lawyer at the Dept. of Health and Human Services bought a bunch of stock in Corning Inc. www.notus.org/money/hhs-of...
The rub? Corning is a major contractor for HHS. And ethics officials flagged the trade as not in compliance with the lawyer's ethics agreement.
I spoke with said lawyer:
NEW — House Democrats say that Randy Villegas' win over DCCC's Jasmeet Bains in #CA22 and the DCCC's Joe Baldacci's failure to get a majority of votes in #ME02 send a clear message to the DCCC:
Stop meddling in Democratic primaries
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New from me @notus.com:
We just revealed the White House has been brainstorming with prosecutors and even *the postmaster general himself* on how to restrict mail-in ballots and enforce federal voter lists.
The government hasn't admitted to that in court.
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House Republicans’ coalition behind the new housing bill is breaking
The White House has “serious policy concerns”
House conservatives are privately sharing frustrations
And Sen. Tim Scott is shutting down the bill’s chances in the Senate
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Races in Montana, Iowa and Michigan are being shaped by outside groups.