Friday, October 30, 2026

What about what Trump got right?

Gas prices are high and Trump has ignored affordability. But voters shouldn't forget his wins on the border, taxes and more before the midterms. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Fri Oct 30 2026

 
President Donald Trump campaigns in Corinth, Mississippi, on Oct. 26, 2026.

Gas prices are high and Trump has ignored affordability. But voters shouldn't forget his wins on the border, taxes and more before the midterms.

Protesters rally in Paris on Oct. 24, 2026.
 

France gets it. Gen Z can't afford to quietly fund boomer retirement

While the nationwide protests in France and penchant for dramatic arson may be very French, the generational rage fueling it is as American as can be.

House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigns for Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan on Oct. 6, 2026, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
 

Speaker Johnson: A Democratic House would be a DSA House

'Today's Democratic Party no longer seeks to preserve our foundations but to dismantle them,' writes Rep. Mike Johnson, speaker of the House.

Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Trenton, New Jersey, on Oct. 31, 2025.
 

DNC chair: This election isn't about Trump. It's about you

Americans have judged Trump and Vance's record for themselves, and in a few short days, they will have an opportunity to hold Republicans accountable.

Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed campaigns in Detroit on Oct. 24, 2026.
 

These races won't just flip the Senate. They'll be historic 'firsts'

If Abdul El-Sayed, Chris Pappas, Mary Peltola and Peggy Flanagan win their midterm races this Election Day, they'll make history. Here's why.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet children at the White House for a Halloween trick-or-treating celebration on Oct. 31, 2014, in Washington, DC.
 

I can be anything I want on Halloween. It wasn't always like that

I was taught that Halloween was something to be afraid of. And not in an innocent fun-through-fear way, but an evangelical satanic panic way.

Mike Jorgenson decomissions an electric fence at his and Kathy Draeger's home in Clinton, Minn., on Friday, October 16, 2026. Jorgenson and Draeger are western Minnesota farmers and Draeger is also a sustainable agriculture professor at the University of Minnesota.
 

'This does remind me of the '80s.' In farming, that's a terrible thing

The 1980s farm crisis was a period of devastation for U.S. agriculture, one that wiped out farms and gutted large swaths of rural America.

A farmer harvests a corn field in Clinton, Minn., on Friday, October 16, 2026.
 

America's farming system is bad for farmers. And that's bad for you

U.S. farmers don't want government bailouts. They want fair prices on input and processing cost, and a level playing field to do what they love.

Dolores Huerta, the renowned American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union alongside Cesar Chavez, poses for a portrait outside the Dolores Huerta Foundation headquarters in California's 22nd Congressional District in Bakersfield, California, on Sept. 19, 2024.
 

I danced with Dolores Huerta. America has lost one of its greats

For decades, Dolores Huerta, 'La Pasionaria' (the passionate one) personified leadership, courage and commitment to the cause of the downtrodden.

A slime creation by Melissa Kirby.
 

Slime – yes, slime – helped heal me. It might help you, too

Kids can't get enough of it; parents can't wait for it to disappear. But what if I told you that slime doesn't have to be messy?

All of the headlines, none of the chaos.

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