#Political polarization

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• 🇺🇸 Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa Performed a Skit. N.Y. Republicans Are Livid. — 29/03/2026 [USA]

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his former Republican opponent recorded a skit on cat adoption for the Inner Circle, an annual press corps roast. Some politicians weren’t laughing.

  Related: #Bipartisanship, #Media events, #Political humor
• 🇬🇧 Far-left and far-right gains throw French mainstream parties into a quandary — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Awkward choices emerge for mainstream parties after the first round of mayoral elections.

  Related: #Electoral strategy, #Ideological conflicts
• 🇺🇦 Budapest rallies highlight Hungary’s divide over Ukraine, Europe before April vote — 15/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Thousands have flooded the streets of Budapest on March 15 as two rival political blocs showcased their strength four weeks before the pivotal parliamentary elections.

  Related: #Foreign policy
• 🇺🇸 Americans are now diagnosing their political opponents instead of understanding them — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Psychological interpretation of political disagreement is replacing reasoned debate, leading to a culture of avoidance and echo chambers, and ultimately hindering democracy.

  Related: #Social psychology
• 🇺🇸 Officers who killed Austin gunman won't face charges — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Travis County DA Jose Garza said Tuesday that suggestions that he would seek charges in the killing were "intentionally false" and political in nature, calling the officers heroes.

  Related: #Police accountability, #Public safety
• 🇺🇸 It’s the Troll vs. the Bore in the G.O.P. Texas Senate Runoff — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  The state needs intelligent and responsible political leadership, but will it get it?

  Related: #Republican transformation, #Entertainment politics
• 🇺🇸 GOP state lawmakers urge White House to halt efforts to block state AI laws — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  More than 50 Republican state lawmakers are calling on the White House to stop efforts to prevent the passage of state AI laws, as the Trump administration takes aim at a Utah measure. In a letter to ...

  Related: #Federalism, #Technology regulation
• 🇺🇸 Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico and the power of compact electoral minorities — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  MAGA Republicans in Texas backing state Attorney General Ken Paxton in Tuesday’s Senate primary share a lot in common with Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s supporters on the Democratic side. There is the reckl...

  Related: #Anti-establishment movements, #Electoral dynamics
• 🇺🇸 Trump has spent years deriding foreign entanglements. Now, he's taken the U.S. to war with Iran — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  Even Trump's closest advisers have been unable to point to any specific imminent threat to the U.S. from Iran that required urgent action.

  Related: #Foreign policy contradiction, #Military escalation, #International relations
• 🇺🇸 Ivermectin is making a post-pandemic comeback, among cancer patients — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  The anti-parasitic drug became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is now being embraced as an alternative treatment for cancer. It is as politically polarizing as ever.

  Related: #Medical misinformation, #Alternative medicine
• 🇺🇸 Gwyneth Paltrow’s Business Partner Blasts Democrats Over Iran Strike Criticism — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  Kinship Ventures co-founder Moj Mahdara called on Dems to "wake up" and support Trump over his controversial military action against the Islamic Republic.

  Related: #Foreign policy, #National security
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration to give briefing on Iran to Congress on Tuesday — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  Top Trump administration officials will brief both chambers of Congress on Tuesday regarding ongoing U.S. strikes on Iran, amid widespread Democratic opposition to the operation and broad Republican s...

  Related: #U.S. foreign policy, #Military strikes, #Congressional briefing
• 🇺🇸 In polarised Iran, Khamenei’s death triggers celebrations and grief — 01/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitical conflict, #Social division
• 🇺🇸 How have US politicians reacted to the attack on Iran? — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Republicans largely rally behind Trump's strikes on Iran, while Democrats fail to offer singular message of opposition.

  Related: #US-Iran relations, #Military intervention, #War Powers, #International conflict
• 🇺🇸 Under Siege | Sunday on 60 Minutes — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Federal judges are under threat as never before. A 60 Minutes investigation found that judges who have ruled against the Trump administration have become top targets. Bill Whitaker reports, Sunday.

  Related: #Judicial independence, #Rule of law
• 🇺🇸 Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic tech over AI safety dispute — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a move that could prevent U.S. military vendors from working with the company.

  Related: #AI safety, #National security, #Government regulation of AI, #Supply chain risks
• 🇺🇸 Fact-checking Trump's claims in his State of the Union address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump touted the economy and his immigration policies in a record-long State of the Union address, and he'll soon take those messages on the road. The White House is hoping Trump can convinc...

  Related: #Economic policy, #Immigration debate
• 🇺🇸 Fact-checking the State of the Union and the Trump's surgeon general pick faces a Senate grilling: Morning Rundown — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  In today’s newsletter: Trump’s State of the Union tackled the economy and immigration as his approval ratings on both issues fall.

  Related: #Healthcare controversies, #International conflicts
• 🇺🇸 Trump hails ‘golden age’ in State of the Union as voters sour on economy — 25/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Economic messaging, #Immigration policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump condemns Iran’s ‘sinister’ nuclear ambitions in State of the Union speech — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President warns Islamic republic is rebuilding nuclear weapons programme amid huge US military build-up

  Related: #National security, #Economic policy, #International relations
• 🇺🇸 Johnson: Democrats 'brought shame upon their party' with State of the Union heckling — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Democrats who heckled and shouted at President Trump during the State of the Union "brought shame upon their party and upon themselves." Trump's address wa...

  Related: #Civil discourse, #Partisan conflict
• 🇺🇸 Three takeaways from Trump's State of the Union speech — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump gave a triumphant State of the Union speech, proclaiming that he has ushered in a “golden age of America,” while clashing with Democrats.

  Related: #Economic policy, #Immigration, #Partisan conflict
• 🇺🇸 Trump's State of the Union clocks in as longest address in history — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump's first State of the Union of his second term became the longest such address in history Tuesday, hitting roughly 1 hour, 47 minutes.

  Related: #Presidential speeches, #Partisan reactions
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: 'You killed Americans,' lawmaker says as Trump asks Congress to stand for protecting citizens — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  While Republicans stood and applauded for two minutes, at least one Democratic lawmaker in the room shouted "you killed Americans," a reference to two citizens shot and killed by federal agents in Min...

  Related: #Immigration policy, #Government accountability
• 🇺🇸 Trump blasts Democrats as 'crazy' after they decline to cheer teen gender transition ban — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Tuesday blasted Democrats as “crazy” and accused them of “destroying the country” after they refused to stand and applaud his proposal during the State of the Union to bar states fr...

  Related: #Transgender rights, #Parental rights
• 🇺🇸 Trump says Democrats 'ashamed' to stand for U.S. citizens — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump delivered a blunt call on illegal immigration Tuesday, renewing his call for deportations, calling on Congress for help and warning that fraud is rampant and "importing these cultures"...

  Related: #Immigration policy, #Election integrity
• 🇺🇸 Democrats shout at Trump during remarks on immigration at State of the Union — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump asked members of Congress to stand if they agree with his statement that the first duty of the U.S. government is to protect American citizens, not those in the country illegally. As h...

  Related: #Immigration policy, #State of the Union
• 🇺🇸 Trump chides Democrats after Elizabeth Warren applauds retirement plan access announcement — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump laughed at some Democrats Tuesday during his State of the Union after Sen. Elizabeth Warren applauded his announcement that private sector employees will have access to federal retirem...

  Related: #Bipartisanship, #Retirement policy, #Political strategy
• 🇺🇸 US Rep. Al Green escorted from House chamber during Trump speech — 25/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Political protest, #Congressional decorum
• 🇺🇸 The State of the Union comes at a pivotal moment in Trump's 2nd term. Here are 5 questions ahead of the address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  "It's going to be a long speech because we have so much to talk about," Trump said on Monday.

  Related: #Economic policy, #Foreign relations, #Judicial independence