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She bluntly describes the failings of a slew of colleagues.

Meet the new midterm swing voters: They broke for Donald Trump in 2024, they’re a toss-up for 2026 — and they’re wearing weighted vests all over your neighborhood.

“If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive,” Stephen Colbert warned after the ABC star was taken off the air.

One anti-vax attorney called mandates “the tool of bullies, criminals and dictators.”

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

It’s not clear how Democrats will translate this relatively united front into an electoral strategy.

The FCC chair accused Kimmel of upsetting “lots and lots of people” and hinted at going even further.

The former president said the media needs to “start standing up” for free speech after Kimmel’s suspension.

Kirk will take over one of the most influential conservative organizing groups from her late husband.

Trump’s former vice president said First Amendment rights should be defended to honor Kirk’s legacy.

“I follow the law and the Constitution, and I’ll always do the right thing for Georgia no matter what,” he said.

A $600,000 contract that was supposed to last until March was cut short.

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“You cannot be prosecuted for speech, even if it is evil and bigoted and wrong,” he says.

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The movement is gaining popularity among Democrats, a left-leaning group found.

Karen Attiah says she was fired for “endangering” her colleagues.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, Republicans gathered at a summit in Indiana, where they memorialized the conservative activist and rallied the party to press forward with redistricting in the state.

Charlie Kirk was the past, present and future of the conservative youth movement in America.

POLITICO’s Global Editor-In-Chief John Harris joins The Conversation to discuss Charlie Kirk’s death.

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Trump partners with Tennessee governor to draw latest contrast with Democrats on crime

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

In an era of fractured media environments and declining trust in institutions, many fear there is no way beyond escalating political violence.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, the Republican face of depolarization and bridgebuilding, is asking a “broken nation” for peace following a horrific act of violence in his state.

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