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What factors will most influence control of the U.S. Senate after the 2026 midterms?
Confidence requires clarity.

With the 2026 midterm elections now less than nine months away (November 3, 2026), control of the Senate is shaping up to be a major battleground. Republicans currently hold a [insert current majority if known, or say “narrow majority” based on recent context], but the map presents challenges and opportunities for both parties?

Why do Vietnamese Americans support Trump and GOP while Vietnamese Australians vote for the center-left Labor Party despite both communities starting from the Fall of Saigon wave?
Trust is earned, not demanded.

Here are stats Vietnamese Americans
Westminster, California - 45.5% Vietnamese Americans in 2020 Census and voted 53.2% Trump to 44.3% Harris in 2024 US Election.
Vietnamese Australians
Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 47.5% has a father born in Vietnam and 49,6% has a mother born in Vietnam in 2021 Census and within the Traditional Two Party Preferred * in one of its voting booths voted 84% for the center-left Labor Party to 16% for the Center-right Liberal Party in the 2025 Federal Election
* But please note the reason I said traditional is due to the difference of Australia Voting System, its current political environment in that House of Representatives has an Independent politician being voted in and knocking out the liberal party to compete with the Labor Party for the TPP (in fact politician is Vietnamese) but even given it is historically a stronghold for the Labor Party, it would had all but certain had been reverted back to Labor if it was back to the traditional two party race.
If both communities started off being refugees from Vietnamese Boat People due to the Fall of Saigon, why do they vote very differently with America voting for the Right while Australia voting for the Left?
Source Census Bureau Tables
The 2024 Election at a Precinct Level - VoteHub
2021 Cabramatta, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics
Fowler – Australia 2028 | The Tally Room

‘That’s a Lie’: Minnesota AG Accused of Enabling Fraud  
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

Sen. Josh Hawley accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of having knowledge of massive welfare fraud in his state, yet enabling the fraud to continue.

“I should call you ‘prisoner’ because you ought to be in jail,” Hawley, R-Mo., told Ellison in a heated exchange during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.

Hawley specifically pressed Ellison on an alleged conversation the attorney general had with leaders of the Minneapolis nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which orchestrated a massive fraud scheme.

The organization claimed to be working with caterers and restaurants to provide meals to schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the group was found to have submitted fake invoices and meal count sheets while receiving more than $250 million in federal child nutrition assistance.

In November 2025, the Department of Justice announced one of the individuals involved in the fraud scheme had been sentenced to 10 years in prison “for his role in the $300 million Feeding Our Future case, the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the United States.”

Hawley claimed the leaders of Feeding Our Future met with Ellison at the end of 2021 and asked the attorney general for “help in getting investigators off their backs.”

“They complained to you for upwards of an hour about state investigators going after them, and they begged you to help them, and you agreed to it, amazingly, and we know you did because it’s all caught on tape,” Hawley said.

Hawley proceeded to read a portion of what he claimed was a transcript of the meeting between Ellison and the representatives of Feeding Our Future.

“You said to them, ‘Send me the names of all these folks who are investigating [Feeding Our Future] … and I’ll take that list, and I’ll call the person over at Education who’s investigating them,’” Hawley read.

Ellison accused Hawley of “cherry-picking quotes” from the conversation.

Hawley repeatedly asked Ellison why he helped Feeding Our Future.

“I didn’t help them,” Ellison responded, adding, “my team assisted with the information that led to the prosecution and conviction of these people.”

“No, you didn’t, you didn’t lift a finger to prosecute them,” Hawley retorted.

“Yes, we did,” Ellison responded, noting it was a federal prosecution, which Hawley called “BS.”

Hawley also accused Ellison of taking $10,000 from Feeding Our Future, referring to reports that Ellison received $10,000 in contributions from members of the organization.

“That’s a lie,” Ellison shot back.

The exchange continued before Hawley told Ellison he should resign.

NEW: Full, very heated exchange between Sen. @HawleyMO (R-MO) & Minnesota AG Keith Ellison about the Minnesota fraud scandal that ended with Hawley telling Ellison he should be in prison & Ellison responding by essentially saying good luck with that.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 12, 2026

The Daily Signal contacted Ellison’s office for a response to Hawley’s accusations. Brian Evans, Ellison’s press secretary, told The Daily Signal that Ellison already addressed the meeting Hawley referred to in an op-ed for the Star Tribune published in April 2025.

In the …

Democrats to ‘Disenfranchise Voters’ With Election Integrity Opposition, GOP Says
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused Democrats of being “anti-American” and wanting to “disenfranchise” American voters by “allowing noncitizens to vote.”

Their remarks come after Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, became the sole House Democrat to vote in favor of legislation that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and voter identification before casting a ballot.

Democrats have described the voter integrity legislation, the SAVE America Act, as “voter suppression” and being “reminiscent of the Jim Crow era.” Democrats floated similar accusations about the SAVE America Act’s precursor, the SAVE Act.

“Do you know what actually disenfranchises voters? When noncitizens participate in our federal elections and counteract the votes of registered American voters,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement shared with The Daily Signal. “That’s what we have to stop.”

Johnson then pointed out Democrats’ use of identification for other political events.

“You even need an ID to attend the events of most Democrat politicians and even the Democrat National Convention,” the speaker continued. “So why would voting be any different from that? They can’t answer that question. And so, they come up with all these crazy excuses of why they can’t support.”

While Democrats in Washington are mostly in lockstep on opposing election integrity measures, public polling suggests that a large majority of Americans approve of SAVE America Act provisions.

A national poll from Cygnal recently showed that 70% of American voters overall, 75% of swing voters, 69% of Hispanics, 56% of black voters, and even 46% of Democrats support voter ID.

“Voter ID is common sense and is supported by over 80% of the American public, including a majority of Democrat voters,” Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., told The Daily Signal. “If you need an ID to board a plane, open a bank account, or even to buy certain types of cold medicine, you should need an ID to vote in federal elections.”

“Anyone who opposes voter ID to safeguard the integrity of our elections is anti-American,” the representative added.

Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told The Daily Signal that “Democrat open-border policies invited millions of unvetted illegals, costing American lives—like Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nungaray—and draining resources from citizens. Now they threaten election integrity to silence lawful voters.”

“That’s why radical progressive Democrats are fighting tooth and nail against the SAVE America Act to ensure non-citizens can continue to vote in our elections,” Harris continued.

The legislation is now headed to the Senate, where it remains unclear if it will be brought up for a vote.

Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., indicated that Senate Democrats will vote against the legislation, going so far as to say the bill is “dead on arrival.”

On Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, indicated she will vote against the bill, which has raised concerns among Republicans.

Murkowski came out against the SAVE America Act in a statement on X.

“When Democrats attempted to advance sweeping election reform legislation in 2021, Republicans were unanimous …

Why do we have president or prime minister?
Be honest—this is ridiculous.

The president is the highest executive that makes decision for a whole country in a country like USA while prime minister do the same job in countries like UK and India. But why do we need a president or a prime minister at all? Can't we have a Executive Institution where multiple executives work together to make better decisions?

House Stages Nail-Biter Vote on Bill to Require ID, Proof of Citizenship at Polls
Same show, different day.

The House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act by a 218-213 margin on Wednesday, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections. 

Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was the only Democrat to join Republicans in voting for the bill. One Republican and one Democrat did not vote.

A modified version of the previously passed “SAVE Act,” the bill includes new photo identification requirements. It is a priority of hardline conservatives in Congress.

The original SAVE Act passed by a 220-208 vote in April 2025.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who introduced the bill in the House, said of the bill before its passage, “This is commonsense legislation. It will require citizenship to register to vote, and it will require voter ID at the polls. This is an issue that polls at something like 80%.”

85%+ of Americans – Black, White, Purple… – support Voter ID because it is COMMON SENSE.

You only want to block SAVE if you want noncitizens or fraudsters voting.

Thune should move it on the floor while Dems cry Jim Crow crocodile tears
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) February 4, 2026

The bill has faced generalized Democrat resistance, especially in the Senate, where Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said it would impose “Jim Crow-style restrictions on voting.”

House Republican leaders backed the bill, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., signing on as co-sponsors. The bill had zero Democrat co-sponsors.

Multiple Democrats who backed the original SAVE Act did not support the SAVE America Act.

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, for example, explained his opposition to a Washington Examiner reporter, saying the two bills are “not even the same bill.”

“I’ve never supported voter ID at the ballot box,” said Golden.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., a previous supporter of the SAVE Act, also opposed the SAVE America Act, writing on X, “If your legislation requires government to provide free photocopy services, you have not written a good piece of legislation,” in reference to one of the bill’s provisions.

Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, voted against the bill Wednesday.

Call me a perfectionist but if your legislation requires government to provide free photocopy services, you have not written a good piece of legislation.
— Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (@RepMGP) February 11, 2026

House Republicans have in recent days launched a pressure campaign on Senate Republicans to force what is known as a “talking filibuster” to help pass the bill, in order to overcome the chamber’s typical 60-vote threshold for ending debate on bills. 

This would, in theory, entail Senate Republicans refusing to adjourn and enforcing a two-speech limit on Senate Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., citing the time-consuming nature of this approach, has not come out in support of it, but has indicated Senate Republicans will discuss its merits.

SAVE America Act (Proof of Citizenship +Voter ID) officially on the floor next week!

Here’s the latest background:
— Chip Roy …

NGA White House Meeting Back On After Invitation Dispute — Should Governors Continue Boycott?
Every delay has consequences.

The 2026 White House events tied to the National Governors Association (NGA) meeting caused controversy after Democratic governors were initially excluded. Traditionally, all 55 governors attend these meetings and the ceremonial dinner, which serves as a rare bipartisan forum between state and federal leaders.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (NGA vice chair) and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis were specifically not invited to the black-tie dinner, prompting 18 Democratic governors to announce a boycott.
Now, the NGA has announced the White House meeting next week is back on, after invitations were extended to all members, with the NGA co-chair citing a “misunderstanding in scheduling.” However, it is not clear if Moore and Polis are still excluded from the dinner.
The initial exclusions were widely described as a break from the event’s usual bipartisan tradition. With tensions running high:
- Should Democrats continue their boycott of the dinner?
- Should they try to get other Democratic governors to join the boycott?
- Should they boycott the entire NGA event, not just the dinner?

Democrats want investigation of Bondi’s ‘spying’ on lawmakers’ Epstein search history
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

House Democrats are pushing the Justice Department for an inquiry into Attorney General Pam Bondi for allegedly “spying” on members of Congress as they view the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is planning to send a letter in the coming days asking for an investigation one day after Bondi was photographed at a House Judiciary Committee hearing with a printout compilation labeled, “Jayapal, Pramila Search History.”

“I had somebody sitting right behind me for a lot of the time looking at exactly what I was searching,” Jayapal told reporters Thursday. “They had logins that had our names. They logged us into the computers. They had our names, as I noticed what he was typing, it had my name in it, so clearly they intended to look at our search history, even when they invited us in.”

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has also said he is asking the DOJ’s inspector general to open an inquiry into Bondi. Raskin told the Washington Examiner the surveillance is “an assault on the separation of powers.”

The Justice Department began letting members of Congress visit its offices and search a database of the unredacted Epstein files this week. A DOJ spokesperson said in a statement to the Washington Examiner that, as part of allowing members to review those documents, the “DOJ logs all searches made on its systems to protect against the release of victim information.”

But lawmakers say the logging of searches amounts to “spying” on members of Congress.

“It’s insane,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told the Washington Examiner. “I think we assume that kind of thing is happening, but we’re there to conduct oversight, and the Department of Justice shouldn’t be spying on us.” 

“And then the thing that’s most concerning is that [Bondi] had it in the packet to use against people on the committee, which I think is just completely ridiculous,” he added.

Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told the Washington Examiner that “the executive branch is not supposed to be spying on what the legislative branch is doing.”

Balint told Axios that Democrats are contemplating legal action. When asked by reporters whether civil action is on the table, Jayapal said, “I’m not ready to talk about that yet.”

The Washington Examiner reached out to Balint for more information on potential legal action.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) downplayed the criticism, noting that special …

Victor Davis Hanson Gives Update 6 Weeks After Cancer Surgery
This affects the entire country.

Six weeks after surgery to remove lung cancer, Victor Davis Hanson shared in his most recent podcast about his recovery and the hope he has gained from well-wishers.  

“I never expected so many people to be so nice. … I knew they were nice. I didn’t know there were so many of them,” said Hanson, a senior contributor to The Daily Signal, during a podcast. “I’m getting letters, emails every single day from the nicest people.” 

“We get all of these distractions of [New York Mayor Zohran] Mamdani, and Bad Bunny, and all the [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] stuff, and you get depressed,” Hanson said.

“Then you get these letters from people, from a kind of a lost generation we don’t even think about, and they write in the most beautiful cursive handwriting. It’s amazing. I’ll get people that will write a whole page in just beautiful calligraphy, and they all mention God, they talk about prayer, they talk about their lives, they talk about all the tragedies. I read every one of them.” 

He opened the program with details of his recovery.  

The surgeon “got the lymph nodes,” and once he awoke, “I thought everything was going great,” he noted.  

“I’m 72, so one of my arteries and two of my veins, I don’t know what happened. I guess they’re old, but they started bleeding pretty heavily,” he said.  

He said his surgeon “didn’t hesitate.” 

“They put me out, and reopened the lung, and started all over again, and he found them,” he said. “I lost, I don’t know, two or three liters and five transfusions.” 

Though he is taking a positive outlook, he noted frustration, and wishes he felt better than he did.  

“So, I just feel like I’m too wobbly, I can’t drive yet. I’d like to get back full time to work,” he said.  

He mentioned the cancer was uncommon. 

He said one of his doctors said, “This is the sideshow, the real problem is making sure that cancer doesn’t come back.” 

The post Victor Davis Hanson Gives Update 6 Weeks After Cancer Surgery appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Leavitt unloads on Obama over voter ID push, accuses Dems of 'panic'
Trust is earned, not demanded.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is making an example of former President Barack Obama for encouraging voters and lawmakers to reject adopting national voter ID laws. 
"You know how badly the Democrats are panicking when they bring out Obama to spread lies about voter ID," Leavitt posted to X Thursday. "The fact is that nearly 90% of voters support" voter ID laws, she continued before posting two screenshots showing two polls reflecting that Americans support such laws at around 83% support to 84% support. 
Leavitt's comments follow the House passing a massive election integrity overhaul bill Wednesday, which includes requiring voters to show a photo ID when casting ballots in federal elections. The bill overall aims to prevent noncitizens from voting in U.S. federal elections, with all but one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, voting against it. 
Obama was among prominent Democrats encouraging House lawmakers to vote against the measure, claiming it will disenfranchise voters. 
ROGAN DEFENDS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR WHO FACED BACKLASH FROM PARTY FOR SUPPORTING VOTER ID
"Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans," he posted to X Wednesday evening. "Join @RedistrictAct and tell your member of Congress to vote no." 
Democrats have argued that voter ID laws can disenfranchise eligible voters because they often require specific, current government-issued IDs that may be a struggle to obtain due to costs, paperwork hurdles or limited DMV access. Republicans have rejected that argument, calling the requirement a common-sense safeguards that would boost confidence in elections, while simultaneously noting that most Americans already need IDs for everyday tasks.
In another post, Leavitt shared that Obama presented his own driver's license to vote in the 2012 election. Obama voted early that cycle and was seen on camera pulling his Illinois driver's license from his wallet to flash to poll workers. 
‘I VOTED’ STICKER HELPS CONVICT NON-CITIZEN WHO CAST BALLOT IN 2024 AS ELECTION SECURITY DEBATE HEATS UP
"Here is Barack Obama showing his photo ID to vote in a past election,"  Leavitt posted. "Why are Democrats in Congress so opposed to making this a requirement across the country? Voter ID laws are common sense." 
White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers added that IDs are frequently used by Americans to buy alcohol or get on a plane, which she said shows the hypocrisy of Democrats pushing against the election security overhaul. 
MURKOWSKI BREAKS WITH GOP ON VOTER ID, …

George Santos demands Nancy Mace list names in Epstein case: ‘So done with the theatrics’
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.

Former New York GOP Rep. George Santos asked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to “go on the House floor” and list the names she’s seen in the investigation on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Mace said on X that she will provide a “list of names” she wants to depose in the Epstein case to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY). She added that if these people “don’t want to show up to be interviewed, they should be subpoenaed.”

Santos, however, said he is “so done with the theatrics,” and claimed Mace said she has seen names that will make “everybody’s heads spin.”

“B****, name names. Name names! ‘Oh, I don’t want to get sued!’ Bulls***, go on the House floor, pull out a special order, schedule it, the whole country will watch!” Santos said in a video on X. “And guess what? You’re protected by the debate and speech clause. Go name names or shut up, you self-adgrandizing (sic) whore!”

Hey @NancyMace here’s an idea!
Do it or STFU!
— George Santos (@Georgesantos) February 12, 2026

The speech or debate clause says that senators and representatives will be “privileged from arrest” while attending sessions “of their respective Houses.”

JOE ROGAN SAYS HE’S IN THE EPSTEIN FILES ‘FOR NOT GOING’: ‘NOT EVEN A POSSIBILITY’

Mace wrote on X she sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi after the Justice Department “quietly” removed some documents in the Epstein files “from their public website.” She added that the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Trump signed in November, requires “the release of ALL unclassified records.”

We sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding answers after the DOJ quietly removed some documents in the Epstein files from their public website.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the release of ALL unclassified records, with redactions to protect victims,…
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) February 12, 2026

The Washington Examiner reached out to Mace’s office for comment.

Federal judge blocks Pentagon from demoting Mark Kelly over controversial military video
Who controls this in five years?

A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Pentagon cannot punish Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy pilot, for taking part in a video that called on U.S. military members to defy "illegal orders."
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, appointed by former President George W. Bush, found the Pentagon violated Kelly’s First Amendment right to free speech, and those of "millions of military retirees," by censuring him Jan. 5.
Leon's ruling blocks the Pentagon from demoting Kelly's retired military rank of captain or reducing his pay during an ongoing lawsuit he brought against War Secretary Pete Hegsesth, the Department of War, the U.S. Navy, and Navy Secretary John Phelan.
STEPHEN A SMITH GETS INTO SLUGFEST ON 'THE VIEW' OVER SEN KELLY'S VIDEO URGING TROOPS TO IGNORE ILLEGAL ORDERS
Following the judge's decision, Hegseth took to X saying the administration will appeal.
"This will be immediately appealed," he wrote in the post. "Sedition is sedition, ‘Captain.’"
His response echoed that of President Donald Trump, who previously accused the group of "sedition at the highest level," further suggesting they should be executed.
The 90-second video, first posted by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., also featured military veteran Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania.
MORE DEMOCRAT REPS INVOLVED IN ‘REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS’ VIDEO REPORT RECEIVING INQUIRY FROM US ATTORNEY
Hegseth said an investigation was launched into Kelly's actions because he was the only lawmaker formally retired from the military and under the Pentagon’s jurisdiction.
In his ruling, Leon said Kelly is "likely to succeed" in his free speech argument and has shown irreparable harm.
"Rather than trying to shrink the First Amendment liberties of retired servicemembers, Secretary Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired servicemembers have brought to public discussions and debate on military matters in our Nation over the past 250 years," Leon wrote. "…To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it!"
MARK KELLY AVOIDS SAYING ARRESTING MADURO, VENEZUELA STRIKES WERE 'ILLEGAL'
Following the decision, Kelly said the case was sending a message to millions of retired veterans that "they too can be censured or demoted just for speaking out."
"This might not be over yet, because this president and this administration do not know how to admit when they’re wrong," he said.
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