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  Today in Politics, Bulletin 456. 9/10/26 Ron Filipkowski Sep 10 ∙ … At the Trump-centric Republican midterm convention last night in Dallas, Republicans offered up fear, paranoia, lies, false promises, and a hefty bribe to voters. … NYT: “The photos plastered in the hallways were all of Trump. Jackets were bedazzled with his name. And the red hats dotting the audience on the floor of the convention hall were embroidered with MAGA, his indelible political slogan. And yet, the president and his Republican allies spent more time whipping up fears about the specter of socialism, communism and even anarchy than they did trumpeting the successes of his admin.” … “As they took the stage at the party’s unusual midterm gathering in Dallas, amid growing Republican anxiety about the midterm elections, speaker after speaker focused on what they characterized as an urgent threat to American life: a Democratic Party they claimed had veered beyond its traditional liberal principles into a dange...

  Ann Wagner can’t use a gerrymander to escape her economic record.   Inflation is outpacing wages for the first time in three years. Gas prices are at a four-year high.   It shouldn’t take working families multiple full-time jobs and sacrifices just to make ends meet in America.   Yet “Hands off Ann” is choosing to stay silent while her decisions hurt Missouri families.   During my time in the Army, I learned to be transparent and accountable to the people I serve. The spineless, corrupt politicians like Ann Wagner who rubber-stamped Trump’s failed economic agenda don’t want to face such accountability.   So they’re now redrawing states like ours to ensure they can hold a permanent House majority and  silence   your voice . They think that friendlier districts can shield them from the damage they have caused.   But friendly districts can’t save Ann.   We’re running a grassroots campaign never before seen in Missouri’s Second Congression...

  I know it’s hard to be shocked these days, but  these new remarks  from FCC Chair Brendan Carr at the top annual conference for conservatives really chilled me: President Trump took on the fake news media, and President Trump is winning. Look at the results so far. PBS defunded. NPR defunded. Joy Reid, gone from MSNBC. Sleepy-Eyed Chuck Todd, gone. Jim Acosta, gone. John Dickerson, gone. Colbert is leaving. CBS is under new ownership, and soon enough, CNN is going to have new ownership as well. It’s one thing to know that the Trump administration sees it as entirely acceptable to use the power of the federal government to attack and even reshape the media landscape. It’s quite another to hear it spoken so bluntly, so shamelessly, so  triumphantly  by the man supposedly tasked with facilitating telecommunications fairly. There will be consequences one day for this dictatorial assault on our freedom of speech, but if we’re going to reach that day, we need to do ...