Retired WashPost editor, correspondent & columnist, 1982-2021. Make lying wrong again. Retweets may just = “interesting.”
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Robert McCartney retweeted
GOP candidates are being undercut by stories of grift out of the White House.
"Drain the Swamp” falls flat when seemingly every week a new story comes out about the President’s family enriching itself.
It’s a huge challenge for GOP as they try to keep the House and Senate
Robert McCartney retweeted
"Overheating of expectations"? Democrats well positioned to take the House but capturing the Senate is much less certain as it depends on winning multiple red states that voted for Trump and often have not favored Democrats for decades. @llerer nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/po…
Robert McCartney retweeted
Pro-democracy forces have won in Brazil and Serbia in the last few days and I so hope they win in Israel today by defeating Netanyahu. And then win next week in our midterms here. I hope and believe the global far right tide is turning.
Robert McCartney retweeted
Voters believe the only thing Trump and his team learned in his first term was how to turbo charge corruption and self dealing. From the FT: ft.com/content/2770ef24-198c…
Robert McCartney retweeted
Huge democratic breakthrough in Serbia tonight, followed by a Lula win in Brazil!
Amazing day for democratic renewal.
Bad day for illiberal populists.
Plus, student movement topples authoritarian in Serbia.
You read about how MAGA movements were supposedly sweeping to power in Latin America? Not in the continent’s most populous country.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection Sunday, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Trump.
cnn.com/2026/10/25/americas/…
Robert McCartney retweeted
She was tackled, held down and punched as the president of the United States called her “scum,” “low-class,” and “a fat guy.” No one has been charged.
nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/tr…
Robert McCartney retweeted
You knew he was going to say this eventually.
"Oil and gas companies are making hundreds of billions of dollars of your hard-earned money" is a great closing message for Republicans.
War seems likely to intensify just after the elections. Nixon did this, too — and one could argue that Wilson and LBJ did it as well.
President Trump is growing more impatient with the war in Iran—and he is now considering new strikes in the hopes that they will push the country’s regime over the edge, @nancyayoussef and @JonLemire report. theatlantic.com/national-sec…
Robert McCartney retweeted
Wow! We actually have a foreign agent working (“volunteering”) for the United States. That foreign agent is married to the President’s daughter.
If you don’t see anything wrong with this, then you have been absorbed by the cult.
Kushner also failed to disclose himself as an agent of a foreign government, having been paid nearly $2 billion in total by foreign leaders. trib.al/OTkGEv6
Robert McCartney retweeted
Kushner also failed to disclose himself as an agent of a foreign government, having been paid nearly $2 billion in total by foreign leaders. trib.al/OTkGEv6
Robert McCartney retweeted
I see some chatter about whether the size of a House Dem majority will matter, but it obviously does; the new left-wingers joining the conference have a lot of clout if it's 225-210, not much if it's 235-200.
Today, The Cook Political Report is moving 19 more House races, all in Democrats' direction. Six districts are moving from the Toss Up column to Lean Democrat. Two more open seats are moving from Lean Republican to Toss Up.
Read more from @ercovey:
cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
Robert McCartney retweeted
“We don’t ride bicycles in Iowa,” Joe Mitchell said to President Trump during a GOP campaign rally.
Iowa’s roughly 900,000 cyclists, many of whom have participated in an annual cycling tour that’s made the state synonymous with biking, weren’t amused. wapo.st/4ilkArV
No surprise, given immigrants’ large presence in food industry.
More than 40 farmers and agricultural industry groups are warning D.C. leaders that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration is affecting the nation’s food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices. wapo.st/4BidkG1
Report: GOP showing late strength in some House races. Dem leaders warn against complacency.
Scoop: Both parties just got back new internal polling that shows a tightening map in the core House battlegrounds - as Republicans are still struggling to shore up a raft of redder seats.
Senior Dems are trying to set expectations about how big of a majority they might win. Rs still face serious problems in North Carolina, South Texas and more.
More inside the map w/ @andrewjfhoward >
politico.com/news/2026/10/23…
More Trump meddling in election.
BREAKING: In an escalation from the DOJ, prosecutors sent demand letters to individual registrars across California, giving them 48 hours to sequester the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters. sfchronicle.com/politics/art…
Robert McCartney retweeted
This is the cheating we have been raising concerns about. A weaponized DOJ to help the GOP win elections. The only thing that will beat them is a massive vote against them.
