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Fast Takes: Republicans set to lose House, insane media Fauci denialism and more

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02.08.2026

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Fast Takes: Republicans set to lose House, insane media Fauci denialism and more

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Midterms watch: Republicans Set To Lose House

With “fewer than 100 days until Election Day,” GOP “prospects for keeping control of the House of Representatives are still poor,” warns the Washington Examiner’s Byron York.

Trump’s approval rating is 39.7%; “the Iran war is an enormous source of uncertainty”; and the president’s party almost always loses ground in midterms.

The only “Republican upside”: “The rise of the Democratic Socialists” lets the GOP portray Dems as “nuts” and “worse than nuts — dangerous.”

As one Republican strategist puts it, “we have a lot of money, redistricting helped us, and the Dems are crazy” — but “that does not feel like enough.”

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One Virginia district attorney “pledged to instruct his office to make charging and plea decisions that ‘limit or avoid immigration consequences’,” meaning “illegal immigrants would potentially face less serious charges than citizens accused of the........

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