Attention to the Unseen

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump on Monday delivered his closing argument ahead of the midterm elections. He wasn’t in one of the critical swing states Republicans need no win in order to keep their majorities, or even one of the red states at risk of slipping into Democrats’ control. He chose a location that embodied his own self of self-obsession, corruption, and federal mismanagement: the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He might even rename it after himself. “This is a massive…

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Stephen Wolf writes: Tuesday’s elections could have a major—yet largely overlooked—consequence for American democracy: Democrats could gain control of enough state governments to pass an agreement that would require the president to be elected by popular vote. Under the proposal, known as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, member states agree to assign their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the most votes nationwide. Crucially, participants would only switch over to this system once states that collectively account…

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Mike Rogers will be another rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s dangerous agenda. We can’t afford to give MAGA another Senate seat in November. #MISEN — Haley Stevens (@HaleyforMI) August 1, 2026 Q: Do you plan to reach out to Haley Stevens? Trump: Yes, to thank her. Q: Do you think she should be a member of the Republican Party? Trump: I’d love to have her. Johnson: I sent her a note. https://t.co/dF3X4HTgxc — Acyn (@Acyn) November 1, 2026 Congresswoman Stevens…

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The New York Times reports: About two weeks ago, Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, an embattled Republican, approached the senior leadership of his campaign with an idea. Mr. Marshall, an obstetrician facing re-election, wanted to film an ad responding to all of the attacks he was taking on medical debts. Back when he was a full-time doctor, Mr. Marshall filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients, seeking payments of their debts, and at least 81 were arrested when the patients…

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Anne Applebaum writes: At a dinner in Athens in March, Kimberly Guilfoyle, then the U.S. ambassador to Greece, made a statement that elegantly combined arrogance with menace. According to The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, Guilfoyle referred to the troubles of Romania’s governing coalition and, with Greek politicians in the room, took credit for its impending collapse: “We can do that to any country we want,” she said. “We can do that here.” Guilfoyle was subsequently disgraced for…

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The Guardian reports: Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed to see through a contested overhaul of the country’s constitutional court, declaring that “in certain matters, there can be no compromise”. In a prime-time television address on Saturday night, Tusk was defiant, despite overnight protests that saw riot police drafted to protect the court’s building, saying the shake-up was vital to restore a tribunal crippled by years of political disputes. Paralysed for more than a decade, the court sat at…

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