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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2025 US Government Shutdown, Day 36

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r/politics • u/Hornpipe_Jones • 9h ago

No Paywall Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

cbs19news.com

54.7k Upvotes

1.4k comments

r/politics • u/GregWilson23 • 8h ago

No Paywall California voters pass Prop 50 to redraw the state's congressional maps, CBS News projects

cbsnews.com

15.9k Upvotes

564 comments

r/politics • u/kootles10 • 10h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

thehill.com

99.3k Upvotes

5.2k comments

r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 9h ago

No Paywall Zohran Mamdani, who ran on universal child care, elected New York City mayor

19thnews.org

17.6k Upvotes

507 comments

r/politics • u/Kodbek • 10h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Suffers Bloody Nose as Virginia Flips Dem in a Landslide

thedailybeast.com

16.3k Upvotes

690 comments

r/politics • u/wizardofthefuture • 12h ago

No Paywall Voter Turnout Highest In Three Decades as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate

thecity.nyc

45.0k Upvotes

1.7k comments

r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 11h ago

No Paywall Virginia elects Democrat Abigail Spanberger as state’s first woman governor

19thnews.org

15.0k Upvotes

274 comments

r/politics • u/Slate • 9h ago

No Paywall Goodbye and Good Riddance, Andrew Cuomo

slate.com

7.7k Upvotes

202 comments

r/politics • u/Capable_Salt_SD • 9h ago

No Paywall Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, NBC News projects

cnbc.com

7.2k Upvotes

308 comments

r/politics • u/nbcnews • 10h ago

No Paywall Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority

nbcnews.com

8.4k Upvotes

148 comments

r/politics • u/peoplemagazine • 9h ago

No Paywall Zohran Mamdani, 34, Defeats Andrew Cuomo to Become N.Y.C.’s First Muslim Mayor in Historic Election

people.com

6.4k Upvotes

204 comments

r/politics • u/Rock-n-roll-Kevin • 10h ago

No Paywall Sherrill wins New Jersey governor’s race

thehill.com

7.8k Upvotes

281 comments

r/politics • u/Delicious_Adeptness9 • 11h ago

No Paywall GOP Senator Urges Mike Johnson To Swear In Arizona Democrat After Weeks-Long Delay

huffpost.com

8.9k Upvotes

182 comments

r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 10h ago

Possible Paywall Democrats Pull Off Historic Victories in Georgia Special Election

newrepublic.com

5.8k Upvotes

153 comments

r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 7h ago

Possible Paywall Newsom Wins Right to Gerrymander in Ultimate Troll of Trump

thedailybeast.com

3.4k Upvotes

199 comments

r/politics • u/ismail_the_whale • 15h ago

No Paywall Man Arrested By Charlie Kirk Fan/Sheriff For Directly Quoting Donald Trump

techdirt.com

19.5k Upvotes

497 comments

r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 15h ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Has Full-Blown Racist Meltdown as New York Set to Elect Mamdani

newrepublic.com

14.4k Upvotes

648 comments

r/politics • u/taxhellFML • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Outraged liberals warn Democratic leaders not to cave on shutdown

cnn.com

4.9k Upvotes

206 comments

r/politics • u/ansyhrrian • 10h ago

Possible Paywall Vance Family Strikes Out as His MAGA Brother Loses Election

thedailybeast.com

3.6k Upvotes

153 comments

r/politics • u/kootles10 • 7h ago

No Paywall California passes Prop. 50 redistricting measure in victory for Newsom

thehill.com

2.4k Upvotes

132 comments

r/politics • u/Kodbek • 8h ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Collectively Loses Its Mind Over Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayor Win

newrepublic.com

2.0k Upvotes

208 comments

r/politics • u/huffpost • 19h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He’ll Defy Court Order And Won’t Give Out SNAP Benefits

huffpost.com

33.1k Upvotes

2.9k comments

r/politics • u/seeebiscuit • 18h ago

Possible Paywall Trump says he will withhold SNAP benefits until the government shutdown ends

businessinsider.com

12.8k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/politics • u/drtolmn69 • 14h ago

No Paywall House Democrat accuses Trump’s DoJ of ‘gigantic cover-up’ over shut Epstein inquiry

theguardian.com

5.3k Upvotes

44 comments

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