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- ‘Stop Interrupting Me!’ Congressmen Brawl During CNN Post-Midterm Debate Out...
Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) had an all-out post-midterm policy brawl Wednesday that left CNN’s Dana Bash struggling to keep control of the situation. Crenshaw accused the Democrats of waiting until after the midterms to work on important legislation like the Stop Insider Trading Act. “I bet they’re willing to work with Trump on this after the midterms,” Crenshaw said. An incredulous Raskin asked, “Donald Trump wants to stop insider trading in the Executive Branch?” “I think he’d vote for it. Yeah,” Crenshaw said. “You think he would? Let’s mark that down!” Raskin exclaimed. “‘Cause their whole administration is about insider trading!” You’re missing the point,” Crenshaw said, and Raskin shot back, “No, you’re missing the point. And you guys lost the election because you missed the point!” “Oh, my God! Listen for a second,” Crenshaw admonished. Stop interrupting me!” “Well, get your last few words in before you go back to Texas,” Raskin said to Crenshaw, who was ousted by a primary challenger. When Crenshaw accused Raskin of playing politics instead of working to solve problems, Raskin exploded. “You guys controlled the House and the Senate and the White House! You controlled the whole Congress!” Raskin exclaimed. “You guys didn’t want to pass anything, you just wanted to support Donald Trump’s corruption! “What does that even mean? Stop talking!” Crenshaw chastised. “Well it means something to the American people! Look at the election results!” Raskin shot back. “Are you capable of doing anything but talking just in talking points? Do you actually have facts? I’m doing actual policy discussions. You’re just yelling. Are you confused?” Crenshaw taunted. Bash finally interrupted. “As heated as this has gotten. I have to say, it is actually nice to hear the debate of issues and ideas, because we don’t hear that enough,” she said. “Let them talk!” Manu Raju agreed.” The congressmen continued to snipe at each other until Bash interjected, “We’re going to have to sneak in a break. We will continue this conversation for sure. Thank you all. Thank you both!” Watch the clip above via CNN.The post ‘Stop Interrupting Me!’ Congressmen Brawl During CNN Post-Midterm Debate Outside Capitol first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago - ‘Hopefully things get done’: Americans react to historic political s...
The BBC spoke to voters from different states for their reaction to Democrats taking control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago - Mississippi’s Unbelievable Blue Turn
One of Election Day’s most surprising results still isn’t final: the extraordinarily close Mississippi Senate race between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom, who could become the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction. As of Wednesday afternoon, the difference between the two candidates is under 100 votes, with Colom leading and over 95 percent of ballots counted. Democrat Scott Colom is currently ahead in Mississippi by 28 votes.Out of nearly a million votes cast, the margin is currently 28.— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-11-04T13:48:41.794Z Mississippi, a ruby-red state, has the largest proportion of Black residents in the country, at about 37 percent, who account for a similar percentage of eligible voters. But it is also historically one of the most repressive states for Black voters. The state’s Republican leadership has repeatedly redrawn maps that dilute Black voters’ power. And according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit working toward nationwide decarceration and addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system, in 2024, at least 43,700 Black Mississippians—over five percent of the state’s Black adult population—could not vote due to felony disenfranchisement, compared to a national average of 1.7 percent of all adult citizens. But my colleague Ari Berman reported on Wednesday that Black voter turnout has skyrocketed across the South this election cycle, due in significant part to mobilized frustration over the April Supreme Court decision that effectively dismantled the Voting Rights Act, Louisiana v. Callais, setting the stage for a string of extreme partisan gerrymanders and other crackdowns on access to voting. And just as in many other states, economic affordability is one of the most pressing issues in the campaign. Colom has promised to fight to raise the minimum wage—which has remained at $7.25 per hour since 2009, vote to cancel Medicaid cuts to keep rural Mississippi’s hospitals open, push for a pause on new data center construction until companies agree to pay for their own power and hire Mississippi workers, and to “protect the right of Mississippi communities to have the final say on whether data centers come into their communities.” According to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, the election results must be certified by November 13. With the race as close as it is, thousands of uncounted provisional ballots—typically filed by residents who were previously marked inactive on voter rolls or who didn’t bring their voter ID—could swing the outcome either way. Colom’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago - Fred Jacobs to Step Down at Jacobs Media
Fred Jacobs, right, and Paul Jacobs at CES 2025. Fred Jacobs, an award-winning consultant and programmer who has influenced public discourse about the business and future of radio in the United States, plans to relinquish most of his duties at Jacobs Media, the research and strategy firm he founded. According to a press release, his brother Paul will succeed him as president at the end of 2026, while Fred will become chairman and remain involved in aspects of the business. “I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of years now, and I’m ready for a change,” he said. “From the early days of the company and the birth of the Classic Rock format to our focus on technology in the 2000s, it’s been quite a journey.” In 2025 Jacobs publicly announced that he has Parkinson’s disease. He says he has been considering this transition for two years. Paul Jacobs said, “The core of the company will remain intact, but true to the Jacobs Media tradition, we’ll be making some changes to ensure we’re aligned with client and industry needs.” Director of Digital Revenue Chris Brunt and consultant Bill Jacobs will remain in their roles. “Our primary focus will be helping clients with their overall strategies, including digital transformation and building profitable digital revenue programs. That’s what broadcasters need in 2026 and beyond, and that’s where we’ll focus,” Paul Jacobs said. Jacobs Media will continue to conduct its Techsurveys of commercial, public and Christian music radio, with Fred participating in the design and implementation of the studies. NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt issued a statement: “Fred Jacobs has spent more than four decades helping radio innovate, evolve and thrive. His impact on our industry is extraordinary.” In a blog post Wednesday, Fred wrote that he founded Jacobs Media in 1983, working from a kitchen table in his Farmington Hills, Mich., apartment. “The idea was to build a full-service consultancy to help client stations maximize their ratings, and by extension, their revenue. For the first two decades, it worked pretty much that way. But in this century, disruption from myriad sources and platforms necessitated radio having to change, pivot and defend its position,” he wrote. He is considered the father of the classic rock format. Later, under his leadership, Jacobs Media introduced numerous innovations, several of which changed the direction of the industry or had major impact on how its leaders think… [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago - The Polls Found a New Way to Be Wrong
Heading into the midterms, everyone who follows American politics had the same question: Were the polls correct, or would they underestimate Republicans once again? The answer turned out to be neither. This time around, the polls undercounted a different kind of voter: Democrats. According to the Silver Bulletin polling averages, Democrats were on track to win the U.S. House popular vote by nine points and narrowly flip a few Senate seats in states that Donald Trump had won by double digits. Democratic voters across the country saw these numbers and braced for disappointment. They remembered the polling misses of 2016 (which underestimated Trump by about three points on average) and 2024 (which did too) and believed that they could be watching another blue mirage. In fact, even this year’s seemingly incredible poll numbers turned out to significantly understate Democrats’ strength. Democrats are now expected to win the House popular vote by 13 points, the largest such victory in 50 years. And that four-point national polling error was small compared with the miss in certain states. In South Carolina, polls underestimated the Democratic candidate by five points on average; in Mississippi, by seven; in Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina, by nine. As a result, what was already expected to be a great night for Democrats turned into a rout of historic proportions.Polling is hard and getting harder. Americans used to reliably answer surveys. Now simply finding people willing to pick up the phone is an uphill battle. As response rates have declined, so has pollsters’ ability to reach a representative sample of the electorate. In 2016, pollsters underestimated Trump’s support among white voters without a college degree because they couldn’t poll enough of them. In 2020, the industry made a concerted effort to reach more of those voters. And yet the polls underestimated Trump by even more. Pollsters reasoned that even if they were now reaching the right educational groups, they must be missing certain personality types that were disproportionately likely to prefer Trump. More judgment calls needed to be made. Ahead of 2024, pollsters made a point of ensuring that their samples included enough 2020 Trump voters. That didn’t do the trick either—they managed to underestimate Trump yet again. This cycle, pollsters introduced even more bespoke solutions. In their jointly run polls, The New York Times and Siena College devised ways to discount respondents they deemed unrepresentative—rural white college-town residents, for… [TheTopNews] Read More.15 hours ago - Report Reveals Pete Hegseth’s Wife Was Paid By Firm That Worked With Major Def...
(Photo by Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP). Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was reportedly paid for working with top Washington, D.C., consulting firm, Watchtower Strategy, which is linked to defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin was a client of Watchtower last year, Politico reported. A Lockheed spokesperson would not talk about Watchtower specifically, saying only that the contractor routinely works with “a number of companies.” Daniel Lippman reported for Politico’s Playbook Wednesday that Jennifer Hegseth was paid for consulting services, and that her work was listed in Pete Hegseth’s annual financial disclosure report. That report did not list how much Jennifer was paid for her work with the firm. “Watchtower is one of the top Trump-connected firms in Washington, offering strategic advice, advocacy and communication services,” Lippman wrote. “It was founded in January 2025 and includes former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republican operatives Jeff Miller, Arthur Schwartz, Dan Conston and Brian O. Walsh. Jennifer Hegseth, who’s the daughter of a late Lockheed Martin executive, and who worked at Fox News for 18 years, has been described as her husband’s “most influential” adviser. She holds no formal role at the Pentagon. “It should be no surprise that a public affairs firm would want to work with one of the biggest former star producers at Fox News, the nation’s preeminent conservative news outlet,” a Watchtower spokesperson said in a statement. “Jen has assisted us in navigating conservative TV media and we appreciate her help. She has not interfaced with any clients nor does she provide any advice to Watchtower on defense matters.” The spokesperson declined to comment on whether Jennifer Hegseth still works for the firm. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement: “Secretary Hegseth and his wife are in full compliance with all ethics laws and regulations, and their sole focus is serving our warfighters, President Trump, and the American people.” Jennifer Hegseth did not respond to Politico’s request for comment.The post Report Reveals Pete Hegseth’s Wife Was Paid By Firm That Worked With Major Defense Contractor first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago
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