The new House seat that popped up on Red to Blue is particularly significant, and for one reason: It’s held by French Hill. He’s the current chair of the House Financial Services Committee. He’s Wall Street’s congressman. buff.ly/7juU8Uq

“There’s a deeper, broader, bolder set of efforts afoot to prepare people for much more existential scenarios that could come our way that would call into question the pillars of our democracy itself,” said Jackson Potter, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. buff.ly/CJqkqzG

A bipartisan group of congressmen is acting to head off an attempted January 3 coup by Speaker Mike Johnson and MAGA Republicans. prospect.org?p=146096

El Salvador during the Trump administration has become a staunch ally. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has accepted and imprisoned detainees and agreed to other favors from the administration. And that could be impacting the country’s TPS designation. buff.ly/9Vdiz0i

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Thousands of people are preparing to protect the midterm elections and mobilize immediately if President Trump interferes with the results. prospect.org?p=146054

An upset loss would rob the financial industry of one of their biggest champions who has put himself at the center of virtually every deregulatory effort of the past decade. prospect.org?p=146066

The Salvadoran president has accepted and imprisoned detainees and agreed to other favors from the Trump administration. That could be impacting the country’s TPS designation. prospect.org?p=146075

Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician and mother of three, is making the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina competitive. buff.ly/AfGB6Pr

It’s been more than a decade since a Democrat has held statewide office in Arkansas. Long gone are the days of two-term Gov. Mike Beebe sweeping every county in the state in 2010, trouncing his Republican opponent despite the GOP enjoying a wave year almost everywhere else. buff.ly/KylEg3P

A sizable chunk of California’s Democratic establishment, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, greased the skids for the father-son duo of Larry and David Ellison to gain control of a commanding share of America’s culture and news industries. prospect.org?p=146041

Betancourt runs a company that just made, on its face, the most lopsided financial deal since the Russians sold us Alaska for $7 million. buff.ly/4gyLPpA

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications. buff.ly/FMLBx4A

Fourteen years ago, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s friends emailed him a tentative itinerary for a trip to Caracas, listing nine “movers and shakers” the pedophile middleman needed to meet. Third on the list was Alejandro Betancourt. prospect.org?p=145982

Health care may be just the thing to spur what would be one of the biggest upsets in November. prospect.org?p=146005

A recent shock poll has given Arkansas Democrats a glimmer of hope that their long slide in the state could reverse in November. prospect.org?p=145995

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A third-country national recently freed from the African prison he was expelled to by the Trump administration got stuck in an international airport terminal for nearly 60 hours this week due to problems with his paperwork. The man came to the United States as a child refugee. buff.ly/vc3kzyH

Last month, the U.S. Postal Service was thrust into the headlines again when the Supreme Court temporarily blocked President Trump’s new restrictions on mail-in voting. buff.ly/7VkFo7M