#world #politics - Can the world still trust America? | Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Financial Times

24 October 2026

As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future of US democracy and America's place in the world. In the second of a six-part series of interviews with leading historians and political analysts, Martin speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Anne Applebaum about the global stakes of November’s elections.

They discuss the parallels between Trump’s America and other authoritarian regimes and what the US’s changing role means for Europe and Ukraine. Even if Trump suffers a political setback, can the US ever regain the trust of its allies? To enjoy future episodes, be sure to subscribe to ‘Martin Wolf on the World’ wherever you get your podcasts. Host: Martin Wolf Producer: Mischa Frankl-Duval Senior producer: Laurence Knight Executive producer: Manuela Saragosa Video editor: Claire Justin Senior Audio Engineer: Breen Turner Broadcast engineers: Andrew Georgiadis Podcast development: Laura Clarke FT Global Head of Audio: Flo Phillips Martin Wolf on the World

Do you support Ukraine joining NATO? 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 A) - Yes B) - No https://t.co/H9WuiPX5an

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#Spain #PedroSanchez #HousingCrisis - Could Spain's housing protests force a snap election: Analysis

4 October 2026

Spanish freelance journalist Jaime Velazquez says Spain's housing protests, which drew around 500,000 people onto the streets of Madrid and other cities after parliament rejected the government's emergency housing decrees on Friday, are the largest mobilisation since the 2011 Indignados movement, which broke the country's two-party political dominance. Velazquez says protesters show no sign of backing down, putting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in a difficult position: he could present a more ambitious housing decree as early as Tuesday to try to rebuild a parliamentary majority, or call a snap election. Some Socialist Party and cabinet members reportedly favour an early vote now, framed around housing, rather than waiting months for an election that could instead be dominated by corruption allegations surrounding the party or the recent arrival of 80,000 migrants in Ceuta. Velazquez notes Sanchez is a political survivor whose next move remains unpredictable.

In Spanish this is what ignited the situation

#desahucio #maricarmen #madrid - El desahucio de Maricarmen en Madrid: las horas de tensión de la mujer de 87 años | EL PAÍS

Spain's housing crisis: Key issues come into focus after 87-year-old evicted from home

What is Spain’s property supply deficit?

Spain’s property supply deficit is the gap between roughly 226,000 new households forming each year and only about 83,500 homes completing. BBVA puts the cumulative shortfall above 730,000 units, on a path toward 800,000 by 2027 if construction velocity does not improve. It is a measurable stock gap, not a slogan.

BBVA https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BBVA.MC/

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#usa #DonaldTrump #politics - Trump was ‘played’ by a key ally into fearing for his life | Scott Lucas: The Trump Report

13 August 2026

Professor Scott Lucas was back for The Week That Was, discussing Trump’s bizarre Air Force One escape, his dwindling options in Iran, warning signs for the midterms, the Reflecting Pool saga and Putin’s latest moves on Ukraine.

#USA - The American Oligarchy: How corrupt is US politics? | ENDEVR Documentary

2 March 2025

Democracy for Sale | ENDEVR Documentary Watch 'Who Rules America? ' here:    • Who Rules America? | Complete Series ...   In America, lobby groups, corporations, and billionaires invest millions of dollars to ensure that the ‘right’ candidate wins elections. It affects everything from the selection of local officials to presidential elections and creates countless conflicts of interest, undermining what used to be a model democracy. And it has a serious impact on people’s daily lives. Drug prices are the highest in the world. Tax rates for the wealthy have fallen. Climate change is being denied. The impunity and extent of this are staggering. For many, this is nothing less than “legal corruption”. Today, America “is just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery”, said former president Jimmy Carter himself. Rules seem to have been designed to be bypassed; supposedly impartial judges are elected with the help of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars. We follow candidates on the field during the electoral process and hear from people whose lives have been directly affected.

REDMAP is a project of the Republican State Leadership Committee of the United States to increase Republican control of congressional seats, ...

At the conclusion of the 2010 national census, congressional seats will be reapportioned to each state.  The states with a shrinking population will lose congressional seats and states with a population boom will gain seats.  A massive effort to redraw state legislative and congressional lines will take place according to each state’s laws. The party controlling that effort controls the drawing of the maps – shaping the political landscape for the next 10 years.  In 38 states, governors and state legislators play a determining role in the redistricting process.