by Ja'han Jones | Nov 3, 2026 | Congress, elections, Opinion
When it comes to Black voters, this year’s midterm elections have underscored that conservatives’ strategy is more steeped in trickery and suppression than persuasion.
At Donald Trump’s urging, Republicans enacted Jim Crow-style gerrymanders earlier this year that diluted Black voter power in several states. This is not the behavior of a party that wants to compete for Black voters by winning them over with compelling arguments.
And in this election cycle, conservative campaigns and donors have characteristically leaned on straight-up deception and manipulation in their efforts to target Black voters.
The list seems to grow with each passing day: The Black progressive in Ohio whose independent Senate candidacy Republicans have been propping up to try to peel off Black votes from Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown; the Texas Republican who shared an AI-generated video depicting Black voters backing his campaign; the Turning Point activists trying to boost Andy Biggs’ gubernatorial bid in Arizona by placing “Democrats for Biggs” billboards in Black neighborhoods in the Phoenix area.
And how about the super PAC — funded by a white GOP donor — that has been bombarding Black residents with propaganda about Michigan’s pivotal Senate race? Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing off against Republican Mike Rogers, who has basically treated Black people like props while running one of the most bigoted Senate campaigns in recent memory.
As The Washington Post reported:
The text from “Ben with Empowering Black Americans” landed as Alisha Jackson walked a majority Black neighborhood trying to encourage reluctant voters to show up to the polls.
It warned her that Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat she wants elected to the Senate, “has been disrespectful and dishonest with Black
by Gabriel Gomes | Nov 3, 2026 | Article, brazil, elections, Politics and Movements: International, Reprint
by Amy Goodman | Nov 3, 2026 | ceasefire, Donald Trump, Gaza, Genocide, Interview, Israel, Jared Kushner, Palestine, Torture, Yellow Line
We speak with Forensic Architecture’s Eyal Weizman about his new book, Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide, a meticulous investigation into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the physical destruction of the territory and its impact on the Palestinian people. Forensic Architecture was founded in 2010 as an interdisciplinary research group focused on investigating state violence and human rights…
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by Hunter Woodall | Nov 3, 2026 | elections, News
Republicans are at risk of losing control of Congress. Democrats sense momentum that goes beyond the anti-incumbent mood typical of a midterm year. The results that come in after polls close Tuesday will help determine what President Donald Trump’s final two years in the White House look like.
Trump looms large over many of this year’s contests, especially after he and his party used a midterm convention in September to focus national attention on him. Democrats, who are in the minority in both chambers of Congress, are well positioned to win back the House. Their path to flipping the Senate is more complicated.
Republicans hold the House by just a few seats and the Senate by a more comfortable 53-47 margin. The size of Democrats’ gains, and how much power they will wield for the rest of Trump’s term, depends on how they fare in red states and in congressional districts Trump won. Here’s what to watch as polls close.
7 p.m. Eastern: Last polls close in six states
Voting ends in Georgia and South Carolina, both home to closely watched Senate races. Competitive House races in Kentucky, where some polls start closing at 6 p.m., and Virginia should also offer early, though far from definitive, clues about whether Democrats can compete in parts of the country Trump won.
In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is well positioned to win re-election despite running in a state Trump carried two years ago. His Republican challenger, Rep. Mike Collins, was seen as a problematic nominee for the GOP even before he won the primary.
In South Carolina, Republicans are working to elect Sen. Darline Graham to a full
by TRNN | Nov 3, 2026 | baltimore, elections, Maryland, midterms, Politics and Movements: US, video
With elections just week’s away, Maryland’s gubernatorial debate between Democratic incumbent Governor Wes Moore and Republican challenger Dan Cox took place on Oct. 6. In a special, post-debate Town Hall—hosted on Oct. 7 at the The Real News Network studio in Baltimore and co-organized by Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle—TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez moderates a panel discussion about the bankruptcy of politics-as-usual and the need for building “grassroots governing power” today. Panelists include: Charly Carter, political strategist and founder of Step Up Maryland and Step Up to Lead; Dayvon Love, LBS Director of Public Policy; and Andy Ellis, Green Party candidate for Governor of Maryland.
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Studio Production / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino, David Hebden
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The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. It will be updated.
Maximillian Alvarez:
So we’re here at the Real News Network Studio in Baltimore, and I am really grateful to be sitting here with an incredible panel of folks who are going to help us think through and respond to the Maryland gubernatorial debate that we watched yesterday, October 6th, between Democratic incumbent Governor Wes Moore and Republican candidate Dan Cox. So a lot of us watched that debate either live or afterwards. There was a lot to be furious about. There was a lot to think about in terms of like, okay, these are the candidates we have on offer, but also these are the things that our political parties think are important to us. And so I think a big way that we’re going to address tonight’s discussion is by talking about the issues and voices and perspectives that were not represented on that debate stage
