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DeSantis Gerrymander Targets Four Florida Democratic Seats, but Not All Are Guaranteed GOP Pickups in 2026

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By David Wasserman Verified
| The Cook Political Report Verified
On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a ruthless new gerrymander designed to convert the Sunshine State’s House delegation from 20 Republicans and eight Democrats to 24 Republicans and just four Democrats. First released to Fox News, the proposal would target one Democratic seat each in Tampa Bay and Orlando and two in South Florida. But given the prevailing winds of 2026, not all of those potential gains — nor the safety of several existing GOP incumbents — would be assured this November.
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Exercise-induced activation of ventromedial hypothalamic steroidogenic factor-1 neurons mediates improvements in endurance

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By Morgan Kindel, Kyle Grose, Louise Lantier, Eunsang Hwang, Jamie R.E. Carty, Lenka Dohnalová, Lauren Lepeak, Hallie C. Kern, Rachael Villari, Nitsan Goldstein, Emily K.W. Lo, Albert Yeung, Lukas Richie, Bridget Skelly, Jenna Golub, Manmeet Rai, Teppei Fujikawa, Julio E. Ayala, Joel K. Elmquist, Christoph A. Thaiss, David Wasserman Verified, Kevin Williams, Erik B. Bloss, J. Nicholas Betley
| Cell Press Verified
Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) The following rAAVs were used for these experiments: AAV1-hSyn-FLEX-TeLC-P2A-eYFP-WPRE (titer = 3.6x1013 GC/mL, Addgene 135391 packaged by Neurotools) was used for TetTox Light Chain neural silencing experiments; AAV1-CAG-FLEX-eGFP (titer = 1.0x1013 GC/mL, Addgene 59331) was used as the control. AAV1-CAG-DIO-mCherry-mBDNF-shRNAmir (titer = 8.8 x 1012 GC/mL, Vector Biolabs shAAV-253926) was used for Bdnf knockdown experiments.
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Five Ways 2026 Looks Like 2018 - and Five Ways It Doesn’t

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By David Wasserman Verified
| The Cook Political Report Verified
For all the ways in which Trump 2.0 has blown past the bounds of Trump 1.0 — expanded use of emergency tariffs, divisive stepped-up ICE crackdowns, National Guard deployments and now the extraction and detention of a South American head of state — 2026 is still on track to follow the patterns of previous midterm elections, in which a dissatisfied electorate turns down the thermostat on the president’s agenda and penalizes the party in power.
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