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Paxton is objectively correct. The line on this chart represents the day of Trump’s midterm convention. It was clearly an inflection point that backfired badly on Republicans.

Silver Bulletin chart titled “Are Democrats or Republicans winning the race for Congress?” showing the polling average for the 2026 generic congressional ballot from early 2025 through September 2026. The line begins with a Republican advantage in early 2025, crosses into Democratic territory around spring 2025, and generally rises through 2026, ending at a Democratic advantage of 8.9%. A vertical annotation near the far right marks the Republican Midterm Convention in September 2026. After this line, the Democratic advantage surges.

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🚨 LEAKED AUDIO: Ken Paxton blames Trump for being a drag on Republicans, saying the midterm convention with Trump hurt his poll numbers and those of other Republican candidates.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.

Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14h

It appears a nerve has been struck

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19h

Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...

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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case

Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h

NEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.

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Brandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of Renters

GOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you."

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The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant. Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?

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Eric Schmitt Gets Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Planted’ Story After Jack Smith Faceplant

A glowing 2028 scoop dropped just before Schmitt’s disastrous “gotcha,” while right-wing influencers appeared ready to celebrate. After it blew up, the internet noticed.

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A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.

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Oz: Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture Brand: She initiated that contact. Oz: Ha!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h

Oz: Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture Brand: She initiated that contact. Oz: Ha!

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🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”

Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa stands indoors wearing a burgundy blazer and dark top, with campaign signage bearing her name and the outline of Texas visible behind her.

Official letter dated September 29, 2026, from Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office requesting inspection of unredacted communications between Abbott’s office and Elon Musk and his companies. Hinojosa seeks records previously released with redactions for information deemed “embarrassing” or “intimate,” citing her legislative authority under the Texas Public Information Act.

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🚨 WOW: Marjorie Taylor Greene used a Cameo video to unload on GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan over the Epstein files and foreign wars. "This one is for Senator Dan Sullivan from one of your constituents in Alaska, who is very America First and really sick of the RINOs and very sick of the party."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

Brett Meiselas: If we’re going to get into a “race” against China like with AI, why is it never like... We’re going to get into an affordable healthcare race! We’re going to get into an infrastructure race and beat them in high-speed rail! We’re going to beat China in the affordable housing race!

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

These people are utterly shameless

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NEWS: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveils what his administration calls the nation’s first municipal strategy to combat antisemitism, including major new investments in hate-crime prevention, synagogue security, Holocaust education and Jewish institutions.

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Mamdani Unveils First-of-Its-Kind Plan to Fight Antisemitism in NYC

The mayor is pouring millions into hate-crime prevention, synagogue security and Jewish institutions.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

Trump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments

Screenshot of America.gov answering, “Has a president ever been criminally indicted? If so, who?” The response says former President Donald J. Trump has been criminally indicted and that no sitting president is shown in the cited sources as having been indicted. It cites Trump’s August 1, 2023 federal indictment on four counts related to conduct after the 2020 election, as well as Congressional Research Service information noting additional New York and Florida indictments.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

Interesting. Thank you, America.gov!

Screenshot of America.gov answering whether the Trump administration has arrested any of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients or co-conspirators during Trump’s current term. It says no arrests could be verified and cites a July 2025 DOJ/FBI review stating it found no incriminating “client list” or evidence sufficient to predicate an investigation of uncharged third parties.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

It's been 155 days since Trump said Iran's oil infrastructure would spontaneously explode in 3 days due to the U.S. blockade

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026

Gas prices surge. Russia escalates. Trump spins Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Republicans call the data center backlash a “Chinese psyop.” And turmoil erupts inside the FBI. A new MeidasTouch Podcast is live now.

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LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 9/28/26

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

A massive FBI data breach. Taxpayer-funded Trump ads. Midterm warning signs. Rates surging. Marines injured in an Iranian strike. Russia’s attacks. And some of Trump’s most devoted supporters finally turning on him. Plus, an important note from us about these Bulletins and the next five weeks.

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 469. 9/28/26

… Before we get into today’s Bulletin, first a programming note.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer recounts being asked to recommend restoring Mel Gibson’s gun rights, saying she was told his personal relationship with Trump mattered. She refused: “When I declined to make the recommendation, I was very shortly thereafter fired.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer: Donald Trump expects the Justice Department to bend reality to his will. And the lawyers who are making legal arguments that are not in good faith are complicit in what he's doing to destroy the rule of law in this country, and they should be held accountable

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer on the Trump DOJ: They’re just making stuff up as they go along to try to defend the president’s indefensible decisions after the fact.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Katie Phang breaks down one of the most disturbing pieces of evidence in the new Cornell sex assault lawsuit: an alleged fraternity Snapchat message referring to the plaintiff as “free p***y upstairs.” Phang zeroes in on another detail: someone apparently photographed the Snapchat from another phone

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Trump speaks to reporters after exiting Air Force One as he returns from Medinah, Illinois, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Russia is unleashing a new generation of jet-powered drones on Ukraine that are proving far harder to intercept. And Zelenskyy just issued a much bigger warning about where Russia could be heading next.

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Zelenskyy Warns Russia’s New Drones Could Threaten Europe

Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · September 28 · 18m

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Dr. Bandy Lee explains why she believes the MAGA movement can be understood through what psychiatry calls a “shared delusion or shared psychosis,” warning that emotionally driven delusions can spread rapidly through a population: “You do not even need physical exposure for the symptoms to spread.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Dr. Bandy Lee offers on Trump’s interactions with Xi Jinping: He will continue to be played by these leaders. He is extremely manipulable. The flip side of individuals with mental impairments like his is he would be easily manipulated and exploited and abused by those who he sees as his superior.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

MacFarlane: Republicans didn’t get much of a bounce from that midterm convention they had in Texas. More and more races are now viewed as competitive. In fact, they’re swinging races in Texas toward Democrats at some of the forecasting agencies, including the Cook Political Report.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Cook Political Report’s Erin Covey tells Scott MacFarlane: "What I’ve heard more generally from Republican operatives is that the Midwest looks worse for them right now than the rest of the country."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

MacFarlane: Democrats are poised to capitalize on something that all the outside money in the world can’t buy: A fatigue factor... There is a fatigue factor that’s hitting not just Democrats and not just independents, but even the right-wing podcast world is turning away from Trump.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

A lot happened this week. But there’s a much bigger story unfolding underneath it all that deserves our attention. Our Sunday message:

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Sunday Message from MeidasTouch

Hey everybody, it’s Ben Meiselas, co-founder of MeidasTouch, here with my Sunday message.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

Beyond the fact that it’s incredibly illegal and corrupt to use taxpayer dollars to run political ads on television, there’s another problem with re-running old ads like this: the messaging only reminds everyone what a fraud you are.

Black-and-white image of Donald Trump standing in a hallway from a recent ad he ran on TV with taxpayer funds. White subtitle text on a black bar at the bottom displays what Trump’s voiceover says in the ad: “we will expel the warmongers from our government.”

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absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

While Trump rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping at the White House, China was doing something VERY different at the United Nations...

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World Leaders Challenge Trump as China Gains Global Influence

Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · September 27 · 30m

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.

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Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

Jim Acosta on Trump’s press ban, former Sen. Sherrod Brown on the political fight ahead, and NYC Deputy Mayor Julie Su on a historic legal victory in New York. Watch On Sunday with Jack Cocchiarella live at noon ET: www.youtube.com/live/un_pUQB...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

NEWS: Trump just turned on Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar after she warned his deportation crackdown had “gone too far” and Hispanic voters “feel betrayed. What followed was a dozen-plus-post meltdown on Truth Social.

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“Nothing But a Back Stabber”— Trump Sours on Salazar

Trump shares call for removing his endorsement from Republican candidate.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

The Trump curse remains undefeated

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/09/2026

DOJ’s Epstein files showdown. Trump’s latest courtroom setbacks. SCOTUS blocks the GOP Missouri map. Judges push back on Trump’s power grabs. And much more. Watch Legal AF live at 8p ET!

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LIVE: Trump Gets BRUTAL LEGAL NEWS… | Legal AF

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/09/2026

And how did that work out?

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