Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Even a Trump pardon can't erase Jan. 6. This man is learning that

Lewis Cantwell was a 'huge' Trump supporter and went to prison for his role in Jan. 6. He says he's changed his views and wants to start over. Can he? ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Oct 21 2026

 
Lewis Cantwell, owner of Moon & Root Apothecary, poses for a portrait inside the business along College Street in downtown Asheville on May 13, 2026.

Lewis Cantwell was a 'huge' Trump supporter and went to prison for his role in Jan. 6. He says he's changed his views and wants to start over. Can he?

From left, Kimberly Holliman with her grandson, Jaden, her son, Georgia Sen. RaShaun Kemp, her son-in-law, Dr. Ken Kemp and her granddaughter, Brooklyn.
 

I didn't attend my gay son's wedding. Now I'm grateful for his marriage

When my son came out, I felt embarrassed, hurt and ashamed. Today, I feel like my eyes have been opened. God helped me change my mind.

President Donald Trump campaigns for midterm elections on Oct. 17, 2026, in Highland Heights, Kentucky.
 

The only question that will matter on Nov. 4

Trump is laying the groundwork to cry election fraud in 2026 midterms. Republicans who want a future after him will have a choice to make on Nov. 4.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, running for the U.S. Senate, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on Oct. 7, 2026, in San Antonio.
 

Paxton is daring Democrats to 'Come and Take It.' They just might

Voter registration is up, and Democrats are voting early in Texas. Ken Paxton's answer? A list of lawsuits against a president who's long gone.

Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-New York, gives remarks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept. 16, 2026.
 

Democrats don't have to give in to socialism to win. I'm proof

Tom Suozzi was one of only two Democrats who won in a district Trump carried in 2024. Ahead of midterms, here's what the party needs to remind voters.

Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek, a professional wheelchair basketball player, campaigns in Dubuque, Iowa, on Oct. 17, 2026.
 

Farmers, firefighters and a waitress: Meet the Democratic candidates

James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed are far from the only atypical Democratic candidates running for Congress in the midterm elections.

Keith Sjostrand hands his granddaughter, Ila Barrett, 2, his ballot in Newark, Ohio, in 2025.
 

Why the GOP shouldn't give up on the midterms just yet

The typical issues must take a back seat as voters stand for a higher cause – reaffirming America as an unyielding bulwark against socialism.

Stickers for early voters in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Oct. 19, 2026.
 

I'm a former Republican voter, but I didn't become a Democrat

I didn't change my Republican registration because I became a Democrat. I left after I realized the party label was doing some of my thinking for me.

Blake Fontenay, left, and former Volusia County (Florida) council member Pat Patterson in Patterson's Jeepster in DeLand, Florida, in 2024.
 

A politician became my friend. How we learned to disagree respectfully

My friend had the wisdom to see being flexible and pragmatic was more effective in real-world situations than following preapproved talking points.

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