Middleweight Politics

The Politics of Pandering: From Blockades to Bro-Outreach

Last week, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who led a one-man blockade preventing military promotions under the Biden Administration, announced he would not be seeking reelection. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats launched a $20 million campaign to learn how to talk to men.

Dan Sally

02 Jun 2025

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Last week, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who led a one-man blockade preventing military promotions under the Biden Administration, announced he would not be seeking reelection.

On the other side of the aisle, Democrats launched a $20 million campaign to learn how to talk to men.

Both are stupid in their own right and have their roots in the same stupid reason.

Dan and Shawn break it down in this topical double-header.

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Steve Peace, co-founder of the Independent Voter Project and architect of California’s top-two primary, breaks down the wide-open CA governor’s race and why campaigns still think in party buckets.

Republican Rep Says Voter ID Should Be Mandatory – and Free

Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil says the federal government should not only mandate voter ID in federal elections, but the government should also provide these IDs for free ahead of a House vote on the SAVE America Act (H.R.7296).

Why Neither Side Wants the Truth About Voter ID

Voter ID is treated like a five-alarm fire in American politics. That reaction says more about our dysfunctional political system than it does about voter ID itself.

11 Ways the MEGA Act in Congress Tries to Control How You Vote

In the final reform roundup of January, I briefly discussed a new bill in the US House that attempts to overhaul elections in every state called the Make Elections Great Again Act (or MEGA Act for short). This bill touches on everything from:

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Republican Rep Says Voter ID Should Be Mandatory – and Free

Why Neither Side Wants the Truth About Voter ID

11 Ways the MEGA Act in Congress Tries to Control How You Vote