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The House Republican majority is reduced to a slim one-vote margin thanks to a Democrat's victory in Texas over the weekend.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., swore in newly minted Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, on Monday evening, bringing the overall House of Representatives margin to 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats.
That means if a bill gets no Democratic support and the House is in full attendance, losing more than one GOP vote will result in a 216-216 tie
— it would fa…

House GOP majority shrinks to just one vote as Johnson swears in new House Democrat
House Democrats now have 214 members to Republicans' 218 after a former Texas attorney won a special election in a blue-leaning district over the weekend.

California's "top-two" primary system is:
1. a terrible design from the perspective of democracy; but
2. working as intended for these centrist, corporate Democrats using it to pressure progressives to drop out. POSIWID
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/0

The race for California governor is wide open. That’s a problem for the Democrats
California’s top-two primary system could yield an all-GOP ballot for governor in November if the nine Democrats in the race split the vote.

TRANSCRIPT: Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, And Democratic Leadership Call For Oversight And Accountability To End The Violence And Rein In ICE (The Senate Democratic Caucus)
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/transcript-leader-schumer-leader-jeffries-and-democratic-leadership-call-for-oversight-and-accountability-to-end-the-violence-and-rein-in-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p84#a260205p84

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post https://rmendes.net/content/bookmarks/2026-02-04-democracy-and-foreign-correspondents-die-in-darkness

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post 4 February 2026 Bezos WaPo Journalism Democracy 🔖 https://archive.is/YRuaF - Democracy, and foreign correspondents, die in darkness. Democracy, and for...

Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/01/thousands-pollution-incidents-england-downgraded-without-site-visit-dat…

Substack-based investigative outlet Democracy for Sale says it now has nearly 50,000 subscribers and 1,500 paying readers; its stories had 3M views in 2025 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters

How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack
Peter Geoghegan's investigative news outlet Democracy for Sale has "more than tripled" in terms of both revenue and subscribers in a year.

RE: #midterms2026 #Democracy

James Talarico’s victory in the Democratic Senate primary race in Texas
was powered in part by a sizable advantage among Latino voters,
a sought-after group that Democrats are hoping to win back.
Latino voters, historically a Democratic-leaning group,
have been slowly shifting to the right, including a significant move toward Trump in 2024.
This year’s midterm elections will be closely watched to see whether these voters who were moved to support Republicans tw…

How Latino Voters Helped James Talarico Win in Texas
The state legislator’s apparent strength with Latino voters in the Democratic primary for Senate suggested that he might be able to make inroads with a crucial demographic that has shifted away from his party.

Democrats Begin to Call for Trump's Impeachment Over Venezuela Attack (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/democrats/democrats-trump-impeachment-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-maxine-waters-dan-goldman
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p44#a260104p44

One day after California’s Democratic party urged candidates without a “viable path” in the state’s crucial race for governor to drop out,
the crowded field showed no sign of winnowing down.
At least nine Democrats are in the running to replace the outgoing governor, Gavin Newsom,
with no clear frontrunner,
💥which has fueled fears that the number of candidates could lead to two Republicans advancing to the November election.
Rusty Hicks, the chair of California’…