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Shopify Crashes On First Revenue Miss In Four Years, Wells Fargo Warns AI Costs Hitting Margins

Shopify shares crashed in premarket trading in New York after the first sales miss since 2022. Investors focused on subscription revenue that fell short of the Bloomberg Consensus estimate, and Wells Fargo analysts pointed to gross margin headwinds due to AI. Third quarter revenue rose 32% to $3.74 billion, falling just short of the consensus estimate of $3.75 billion. Subscription Solutions revenue missed, while Merchant Solutions, its largest business, was roughly in line. Gross merchandise volume also missed estimates.Here’s a snapshot of 3Q earnings:Revenue $3.74 billion, estimate $3.75 billion (Bloomberg Consensus)Monthly recurring revenue $230 million, estimate $229.9 millionMerchant Solutions revenue $2.91 billion, estimate $2.9 billionSubscription revenue $836 million, estimate $850.2 millionAdjusted EPS 49c, estimate 48cOperating income $568 million, estimate $523.9 millionTotal operating expenses $1.21 billion, estimate $1.26 billionGross merchandise volume $119.15 billion, estimate $120.08 billionThe subscription revenue miss raises questions about Shopify’s ability to generate additional revenue from merchants.Shopify expects fourth-quarter revenue to grow at a low-30s percentage rate from one year ago, with gross profit dollars rising at a high-20s pace. Operating expenses are projected at 29% to 30% of revenue, while the free cash flow margin is expected to remain consistent with 4Q25. Wells Fargo analyst Ken Gawrelski: “Gross margin headwinds worsening; see Sidekick/AI inference as likely cause.” Gawrelski highlights year-over-year changes in revenue from Subscription Solutions and Merchant Solutions units. Shopify shares fell as much as 20% in New York premarket trading as investors hoped for stronger earnings results. Around 8:30 a.m. EST, shares were down 15%.”We believe the ~15% premarket selloff largely reflects heightened investor expectations heading into the quarter,” Truist analyst Terry Tillman wrote in a note. 
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John Rich is blasting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over the state’s renewable energy policies, accusing her administration of silencing farmers and overriding local officials in upstate New York.The 52-year-old Big & Rich member has publicly joined local landowners, activists and officials who are challenging New York’s Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES), a state agency that reviews and permits major renewable energy and transmission projects.Last month, Rich released his new country song “Dear Kathy,” which is directed at the Democratic governor, who is running for reelection. In the song, Rich speaks on behalf of farmers and landowners who are protesting large-scale solar and wind projects on upstate New York farmland, arguing that ORES has undermined local control and put family farms, rural communities and private property rights at risk.JOHN RICH WARNS NASHVILLE’S FAMED BROADWAY COULD GO DARK AS BUSINESSES FACE TAX ‘DEATH NAIL’During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Rich shared his message for Hochul, pointing to the final line of “Dear Kathy,” which asks, “Why do you hate these people so much?””What have they ever done to you except pay taxes and put food on your table? That’s it,” Rich said.”Why do you hate these people?” he continued. “Because only somebody that has a vindictive spirit would do what she’s doing to them — or greed.””I think greed is probably the largest driver in it because these companies that are coming in, building these huge fields. Listen, if you add up all the plans they have coming into upstate New York, it’s over 100 square miles of solar panels,” Rich added.WILLIE NELSON URGES AMERICANS TO FIGHT ‘WATER THIEVING’ AI DATA CENTERS DEVOURING RURAL TEXAS FARMLANDThe conflict centers on New York’s centralized permitting system for large-scale solar and wind projects. Created in 2020 under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, ORES generally handles renewable energy projects capable of producing 25 megawatts or more. Its rules encourage developers to avoid the state’s most productive agricultural soils and require them to minimize or mitigate impacts when farmland cannot be avoided.ORES can also waive local zoning and land-use restrictions it deems “unreasonably burdensome,” a power that critics argue gives state officials too much control over farmland and leaves local communities with limited say over projects in their areas.BROOKE ROLLINS, MONICA CROWLEY: AMERICA’S FAMILY FARMS HAVE KEPT US STRONG FOR 250 YEARSWhile speaking with Fox News Digital, Rich claimed Hochul’s administration used research from Cornell University to change how prime farmland is defined. The singer argued that the move made it easier for solar and wind projects to be built on agricultural land.WATCH: JOHN RICH SLAMS KATHY HOCHUL OVER FARMLAND DISPUTE: ‘WHY DO YOU HATE THESE PEOPLE?’”She decided she didn’t like their definition of prime farmland because if it’s prime, it’s protected from solar and wind and projects like that,” Rich said. “So they just redefined it. They just came up with a whole new equation and determined, well, based on these new numbers, there’s really no such thing as prime farmland anymore in upstate New York. So we can do whatever the hell we want to these people.”AMISH FACE NEW YORK VACCINE MANDATE IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT, MIGHT HAVE TO ‘PACK THEIR WAGONS’”Oh, by the way, we put ORES in place. So if they try to stop us, we just run right over the top of them,” he continued. “I mean, it is a complete and total chokeout that she’s put on these farmers up there.””Some of these families have owned their farms, been in their families since before the Revolutionary War,” Rich said. “You’re talking about one of the original 13 colonies, New York, and to think that 250 years later, after these same people’s ancestors had to fight off the British, now they’re standing there fighting with their own governor in the United States of America.””It is astonishing, and I find it to be disgusting. I also think it’s probably unconstitutional,” he added.Since taking office in 2021, Hochul has continued to advance New York’s renewable energy agenda. Her administration has promoted large-scale solar and wind development and defended the state’s approach to farmland, arguing that renewable energy projects are not taking over New York’s “best farmland” and that leasing land for solar can help farmers keep their property in their families.When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Hochul’s office pushed back on Rich’s criticism.”If he really wants to help farmers, maybe he can write a song calling on his buddy Donald Trump to lift the tariffs, end his reckless war with Iran that is driving up gas and diesel prices, and rein in the ICE raids, all of which are hurting farmers here in New York and across the country,” Ken Lovett, a senior communications adviser on energy and environment for Hochul, said.DEBRA MESSING DITCHES DEMOCRAT FOR TRUMP-BACKED REPUBLICAN AS SHE SOUNDS ALARM OVER NEW YORKRich said he first learned about the dispute after seeing Alexandra Fasulo, an upstate New York landowner and ORES critic, discuss it on social media. The singer said he was startled by the claim that the state could sideline landowners, zoning boards, mayors and other local officials when deciding where major projects would be built.”I said, that can’t be the case. I’m gonna go up and see this for myself,” Rich recalled.Rich argued that ORES’ authority undermines “home rule,” the principle that landowners and local governments should have authority over how land in their communities is used.During his visit, Rich held two town hall meetings, including one at Fasulo’s farm, where he met with hundreds of farmers and landowners.”We had Amish people standing in the room being silent, standing in the back,” Rich said. “It looked like something out of a movie.””And we had this discussion about ‘What are we going to do about this governor running over everybody?’” he continued. “And man, the sentiment in the room was so much frustration and feeling of bewilderment that what do you do? I mean, she’s put something into gear here that just runs us over and takes away our voice.”The singer told Fox News Digital that the meetings ultimately inspired him to write “Dear Kathy.”GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE”I left there thinking to myself, I need to put this song out, ‘Dear Kathy,’” he recalled. “I need to write a song for the governor of New York on behalf of all those people whose voices she has silenced. And so that led to me with a pencil and a piece of paper and a guitar writing a letter or a song to Kathy Hochul.”WATCH: JOHN RICH SAYS MEETING AMISH FARMERS INSPIRED SONG TARGETING KATHY HOCHULOn Oct. 28, Rich officially released the song and its accompanying music video, which highlights affected areas in upstate New York, showcasing local landowners and the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, which has actively opposed large wind projects near its grounds.”And I jokingly say in the video, ‘What do you get the woman who has everything, including your freedom in her back pocket? Well, you give her the one thing she doesn’t have — a country song,'” Rich said. “And so I wrote ‘Dear Kathy’ and it really was my way of speaking on behalf of those people that she will not listen to.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSRich described “Dear Kathy” as a “fight song” for the farmers he met and emphasized that the dispute transcended party lines.PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCOREWATCH: JOHN RICH CALLS ‘DEAR KATHY’ A ‘FIGHT SONG’ FOR NEW YORK FARMERS”One interesting thing about those farmers that I met — they were Democrat, Republican, probably more Democrat than Republican, actually,” he said. “And so it’s not a partisan thing. Owning land is an American thing. I mean it may be one of the last things we all agree on in this country is that if you own land, if you bought that land, and you take care of that land, that’s your land.””You get to determine what happens to it or what doesn’t happen to it,” he continued. “And that’s exactly what I felt up there. It was an across the board repudiation of Kathy Hochul and her assault on their land and on their land and on them and on their legacies.””To me, as bad as that is, that was a beautiful experience actually for me to sit up there knowing that this is not a partisan deal, and I’m sitting in the room with both sides of the aisle, but everybody is in unison,” Rich added.Despite his criticism of Hochul, Rich told Fox News Digital that he would welcome the opportunity to meet with Hochul to discuss the landowners’ concerns directly.”If Kathy Hochul wanted to sit with me and have a meeting, I would jump on the next thing smoking to be up there,” he said. “I mean, I would sit down at her desk. She could bring anybody she wants and I would just ask questions. ‘Why do you think this is OK? I mean you’re still an American. Don’t you think that this is against the Constitution? Home rule is a real thing. You don’t think that people that you govern have the right to determine what happens to their own land and not just a farm here or there, a hundred square miles of land?’ I would just ask her basic questions.”

Voters who have already cast ballots and those heading to the polls on Tuesday are weighing an economy shaped by rising everyday costs, surging home prices and strong gains in the stock market.President Donald Trump vowed a better economy and a brighter financial future in his 2024 bid for office. But nearly two years into his second term, fuel prices have surged, inflation has accelerated and buying a home remains expensive — all pressures that put Republicans’ affordability promises to the test in this midterm election cycle.Three charts help exhibit the economic forces shaping voters’ choices as control of Congress hangs in the balance and the future of Trump’s agenda is put on the line.HIGH PRICES PUT TRUMP’S ECONOMY IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE GOP FIGHTS TO HOLD CONGRESSThe latest inflation report showed consumer prices rose 3.7% over the year through September and 0.6% from August. The Consumer Price Index tracks prices across a broad range of household expenses, including food, housing, medical care and transportation.Trade policy has added to some of those costs.A New York Federal Reserve study found that Trump’s tariffs added about 2.9 percentage points to prices across the consumer goods researchers examined.Roughly one-third of the increase came from U.S.-made products, as domestic manufacturers faced higher costs for imported materials and components under Trump’s agenda.The impact varies by household, but these figures offer a snapshot of the price pressures voters may weigh ahead of the midterms. They show how costs have changed, though not how voters will assign responsibility.Higher energy costs are putting pressure on households and businesses, as the wars in Iran and Ukraine disrupt global fuel supplies.Diesel prices have climbed sharply, rising from about $3.45 per gallon in early 2025 to a peak of $6.53 in October 2026, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.The increase matters beyond the pump because trucks, freight trains and farm equipment rely on diesel.AMERICAN-MADE GOODS ALSO GOT MORE EXPENSIVE UNDER TRUMP TARIFFS, NEW RESEARCH FINDSHigher fuel costs can raise expenses for businesses moving groceries, packages and building materials, which may absorb some of the increase or pass it along to customers.Gasoline prices are also adding to household costs. They jumped 9.1% in September, accounting for more than half of that month’s overall increase in the Consumer Price Index.Housing remains a major affordability challenge, particularly for prospective buyers.Freddie Mac’s 30-year mortgage rate averaged 7.24% as of Oct. 29, while the latest median price for an existing home was $417,500 in September, according to the National Association of Realtors.Mortgage rates shape buyers’ monthly payments, and home prices determine how much they need to borrow, making it harder for many households to enter the market.TRUMP’S HOUSING CHIEF PAINTS A GRIM PICTURE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IN ONE MAJOR AMERICAN CITYRising home values can benefit people who already own property, but that wealth is difficult to access without selling or borrowing against a home. For renters and first-time buyers, the costs are more immediate.The data offer a snapshot of the costs voters have faced, but the charts alone cannot show how they will weigh the economy — or which party they will hold responsible — as results come in.

John McLaughlin predicts how the 2026 midterm election stacks up for Republican on the Benny Show with Benny Johnson.
Benny Johnson, host of the Benny Show, invited pollster John Mclaughlin on his show the day before the 2026 midterm elections.
McLaughlin, the CEO and Partner at McLaughlin and Associates, successfully predicted President Trump’s win in 2016, 2024 and the controversial 2020 election that was eventually stolen from the American people in a wave of late night Democrat maneuvers.
During their conversation, Benny asked John what his predictions were for the 2026 midterm.
McLaughlin shared some good news that will dampen the spirits of the anti-American radical left.
He says Republicans will hold the US Senate and may surprise in the congressional races.
He also noted how Republicans needed to point out the contrast to their candidates and the communist radicals running in the Democrat party.
Trump did that these past three months.
Trump did that very, very well!
Benny Johnson:  Final question here, John. You’re saying that we could see massive upsets, potentially in Minnesota for a Senate seat pickup for Republicans. Potentially a gubernatorial pickup in New York.
What other shockers should we be looking at? And if you don’t mind, I’m sure you hate this question, but what is your crystal ball? What do you think is going to be the most likely outcome based on your data, not on the fake polls?
John McLaughlan:  I think we should hold the Senate like 52, 53 seats. I mean, we’re going to lose North Carolina. The bad part is they pulled back money in in North Carolina and Georgia. And they should— I, I polled in those states the 3 last times for President Trump. We won North Carolina 3 times, we won Georgia 2 out of 3, and we got stolen from us with drop boxes. We should be in play in those states. So I mean, we should be much closer to Jon Ossoff than people realize.
But reality is, I think we get 52, 53 seats, and we should be able to hold Alaska and Maine. I mean, these, these… So the Senate should be ours. And, and, and the House will— we’ll be kicking ourselves that we unfunded some races where congressionals could have picked up.
And we didn’t fund some gubernatorial races. So— but it all depends on the Trump voters getting back out to, to avert this, this national catastrophe. If these, if these big government socialists come back in, these are the guys that shut us down during COVID These are the guys who, uh, basically kicked off inflation, raised energy prices, who’s cut off oil and gas drilling, etc. If we want to give them a second time to come out and redo the 4 years of the Biden administration, shame on any Trump voter who stays home. We got to get out.
Benny Johnson:  Okay. Thank you so very much, John McLaughlin, McLaughlin Associates CEO, the most accurate pollster in America.
McLaughlin is right.

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Majority control in the U.S. House and Senate are on the line in Tuesday’s midterms, set to shape the last two years of President Donald Trump’s term.

OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN — Michigan’s Republican ticket had a clear message for voters preparing to vote in the midterm elections: Their path to victory relies on winning over voters who typically don’t align themselves with the GOP.That prospect appeared to be buoyed by Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens’ 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her primary rival, Abdul El-Sayed. Early Monday afternoon, Republican operatives in Michigan blasted out a press release advertising an event just hours later intended to tout Stevens’ endorsement and its purported impact on Black and Jewish voters.In front of a throng of press at the Michigan GOP’s headquarters, six community leaders representing African Americans and Jews criticized what they saw as El-Sayed’s excesses and lauded Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers. Broadly, they argued that El-Sayed had insufficiently distanced himself from some of his radical associations, that Stevens’ endorsement had real significance for the race and that they were seeing an unprecedented groundswell of support for Republicans among their peers.MIKE ROGERS DISHES ON HOW SHOCK HALEY STEVENS ENDORSEMENT UNFOLDED HOURS BEFORE ELECTION DAYIn addition to the community leaders, close to two dozen others — many of whom were Black or Jewish — attended the event as well. While some political observers have cast doubt on the impact of Steven’s endorsement and the degree to which African Americans and Jews are defecting from the Democratic Party, members of those communities told Fox News Digital the shift is happening.”I believe it’s going to make a big difference that she came out,” Michelle Nard, an African American former Democrat running for State Senate told Fox News Digital. “She had a big following. She’s a great congresswoman, a great state representative for the United States.”BLACK VOTERS RIP DEMS OVER TAKING THEM FOR GRANTED IN EL-SAYED’S BACKYARD: ‘HUSH US UP’Nard recounted how she had recently spoken to a Black woman who highlighted that her community makes a big deal of going to the polls on Election Day, a point she used to stress that Haley’s endorsement, though late in the cycle, could still influence last-second voters.”You have strong Haley Stevens supporters in our community that will support her to the end, and then you have some that feel betrayed,” Marcus Bowman, a metro Detroit school board trustee, told Fox News Digital.Bowman, who says he knows Stevens personally, said “true supporters of Haley Stevens, they know her as a person and they know what she represents. I think they will follow her and respect her for her decision based off some of the radical things we’ve heard about Abdul El-Sayed.”While those who spoke were handpicked for a Republican news conference, there is some data to back up Black voter defection. Between August and September, El-Sayed’s support among African Americans held steady at around 75%, well below the party’s typical benchmark.FOX NEWS POLL: MICHIGAN VOTERS SPLIT BETWEEN EL-SAYED AND ROGERSThe Arab American community in the Detroit metropolitan area has historically been at odds with African Americans in the areas across a number of issues, a theme that has come up occasionally during El-Sayed’s campaign.While comparable polls have not found similar trends among Jewish voters, who are a much smaller part of Michigan’s electorate, a number of high-profile members of the communities, including top donors, have flocked to the Rogers camp.”Haley, what she did was give a lot of Jews permission, hardcore left-wing Democrats, permission to now say, you know what, if Haley can endorse him, I can vote for him,” Aaron Tobin, a conservative Jewish community leader, told Fox News Digital in reference to Mike Rogers. “Now I think she’s broken that wall down and now they can see that a hardcore Democrat — and she was very successful and very popular in Michigan — if she said Mike Rogers is good enough for her, I think a lot of Jews are going to say, ‘I’m going to vote for him because Abdul just says the worst things.'”Ezra, another Jewish voter, told Fox News Digital that he believes Jews have increasingly been abandoned by the Democratic Party and, even if Stevens’ endorsement doesn’t move the needle, he’s grateful that she took a stand.”The [March 12] terrorist attack in [a] West Bloomfield [synagogue], I believe was the starting point of the Detroit Jewish community being afraid and that fear was not alleviated over the next [six months]. That fear has not been alleviated by Abdul El-Sayed in any sort of way, which is why I think you’re seeing this,” he said. “We’re waiting for something and it’s not coming. And so that’s why I think you’re seeing so many in the Jewish community moving for Mike Rogers because they’re like, you know what, that guy’s going to keep my family safe. The other guy’s not.”MAMDANI, HASAN PIKER AMONG RADICAL LEFT-WING VOICES ERUPTING OVER HALEY STEVENS’ ENDORSEMENT SWITCH”I think in some ways, it’s, it’s more brave because it’s at the last minute. In some ways, you know what, who knows, even if it, if it’s 100 votes or 1000 votes, then it makes a difference,” he added.These alleged breakthroughs with traditionally Democratic constituencies took center stage at Rogers’ closing rally on Monday night. At one point, the campaign invited six Black and Jewish voters, most of them former Democrats, to take the stage where they explained why they believed El-Sayed to be too extreme for their support. Rogers himself praised the group during his final campaign speech, invoked the need for unity and thanked Stevens at length for her endorsement.Conservatives at the rally were clearly grateful to Stevens for her endorsement, with nearly every mention of her name being met with cheers or chants of her name. Republicans are even optimistic that Stevens’ endorsement could trickle down to their down-ballot races.MICHIGAN DEM CLAIMS STEVENS SHOT DOWN ROGERS ENDORSEMENT RUMOR HOURS BEFORE TURNING ON EL-SAYED”I was on the ground last week in Michigan and Ohio, and the momentum in Michigan is real. It was real before Haley Stevens endorsed Mike Rogers, even more real now,” Adam Piper, executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association, told Fox News Digital.Piper said he “absolutely” believes Stevens’ endorsement will move the needle for Michigan Republican attorney general nominee Doug Lloyd.”You know, around the Detroit area, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, elsewhere, I saw homemade yard signs in the yards of black churches that said African-Americans and Jews stand together. And that was powerful.”Lloyd said he is optimistic that Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers could give him a boost.”Well, I saw something today in the news that basically said 50% of the available voters have voted through absentee and early voting. We still have one day left. And as we’ve said, you know, the race isn’t done until 8 o’clock tomorrow night when the polls close,” he said. “So, if this made a difference for someone who had been sitting on the sideline and they decided they were going to get out and vote because of it, I’m excited for that.”Democrats have argued Stevens’ endorsement could strengthen, rather than weaken, El-Sayed’s support. Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel said he expected the episode to galvanize Democrats, while El-Sayed’s campaign reported raising $2.4 million Sunday, its largest fundraising day of the campaign.While cutting into the Democratic Party’s margins by successfully pulling away Black and Jewish voters could prove valuable to the GOP, a reversion among Arab voters — who swung toward Republicans in 2024 but strongly favor El-Sayed — could erase such gains. Fox News’ final power ranking rated Michigan’s Senate race as a toss-up, meaning that, as voters head to the polls, neither party holds a clear edge.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is defying calls from the Trump administration for his armed forces to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, telling Fox News: “Our response must be painful.”In an interview in Kyiv, Zelenskyy acknowledged holding discussions with the Trump administration about targeting oil facilities, attacks President Donald Trump has pinned as being partly to blame for high gas prices in the U.S.”We had different conversations — different, and several — with President Trump and with his team about attacks on refineries,” Zelenskyy said.”We said that if you want us not to attack Russia’s refineries, they have not to attack our energy system.”TRUMP TELLS ZELENSKYY TO STOP DOING ‘ONE THING’ DURING ATTACKS ON RUSSIAUkraine has reported near-daily Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, triggering power outages just as temperatures dip ahead of winter.”That’s why we have to respond. But our response has to be painful for Russian military people,” Zelenskyy said. “If we will not respond on energy, they will continue.”U.S.-Ukraine relations took a further hit in October when Trump struck a deal to import millions of tons of Russian diesel to the United States.ZELENSKYY ACCUSES PUTIN OF DEFYING TRUMP’S CEASEFIRE PUSH, SENDS POINTED MESSAGE TO WHITE HOUSEZelenskyy suggested Ukraine might be encouraged to hold off on further attacks on Russian oil facilities if the United States were to deliver more U.S.-made Patriot missile interceptors to protect Ukrainian skies. Pressed by Fox News on whether that might be seen as an attempt to leverage Trump, Zelenskyy said: “I don’t have any concerns when I share the truth between partners.””Our countries are huge partners. American society (is a) huge supporter.””And that’s why I have to share with (the) president the truth, the real situation: that America can’t help Russia. (The) president can’t help Putin.”US WILL MEDIATE UPCOMING UKRAINE-RUSSIA TALKS IN ABU DHABI, WITKOFF SAYSAhead of planned peace talks in the United Arab Emirates, Zelenskyy urged Trump to launch another push for a targeted ceasefire where both Russia and Ukraine refrain from attacks on energy facilities.”If the American president thinks that this war has influence on the prices,” Zelenskyy said, “he can ask, energy ceasefire, during (the) Abu Dhabi trilateral meeting: energy ceasefire.”Zelenskyy spoke with Fox News hours before starved and exhausted residents left the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky and crossed into Ukraine under a humanitarian truce brokered by first lady Melania Trump, the first of its kind in more than four years of war.Zelenskyy welcomed the first lady’s initiative, calling the evacuations “a huge result,” and adding: “I don’t know how many such steps will be available for us, but if the First Lady can do it … it’s very helpful. I’m very thankful to her.”

Former Rep. Mary Peltola said in August 2026 that “it should be a criminal offense to lie or mislead the electorate.” (@NRSC / X screen shot)
Two former staffers are accusing Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola of repeatedly using the n-word, including once to attack an Army veteran who organized a fundraiser for her. 
An unnamed staffer says that during an October 25, 2024 dinner to honor Black Army soldiers who helped construct the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II, she used the slur while privately lashing out at the man promoting the event.
Ed Wesley, an Army veteran and former commander of the American Legion Post 34, had urged Peltola’s campaign to purchase multiple tables for the event, assuring her they would be filled. But when the event was poorly attended and the tables sat mostly empty, according to Alaska Landmine, Peltola lost it, calling Wesley a “scammer” and the n-word, according to the former staffer.
“I can’t believe that n—r,” she allegedly said.
According to another staffer, Peltola used the n-word multiple times during a 2024 campaign staff meeting.
Peltola’s campaign has denied the claims to the outlet and the New York Post. In a statement to the Post, they described it as “part of a smear campaign driven by an unstable, disgruntled former staffer.”
“Mary would never use this word, which is a vile slur with a painful, hateful history,” the spokesperson said.
However, Peltola is reportedly prone to outbursts involving profanities and slurs.
She’s been accused of using the word “f*ggot” over the years, even calling her staffers the slur.
Her campaign has conceded that she “regrets” using the word “retarded.”
In text messages obtained by reporters, Peltola wrote “Fuck that retard,” in reference to a commercial fisheries executive who posted a selfie with her. She also wrote “FUCK THOSE B*TCHES.” during an outburst on Planned Parenthood, even wishing that one local Planned Parenthood board member would “die of a botched abortion.”
And she’s been accused of assaulting an aide during a fit of rage, shoving him in the chest hard enough that he stumbled backward after she could not find a document.
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