If your child’s starting Year 7 in September, there’s a strong chance you’ve already thought about their first day more than they have.

Every summer I meet parents worrying about whether their child will make friends, find their way around a much bigger building, or cope with going from top of the school to the very bottom overnight.

Those are all fair worries, and starting secondary school really is one of the biggest changes a child goes through.

But after watching hundreds of pupils make this exact move, I’ve come to think we tend to pin our nerves on the wrong day, because the transition is really made over the summer, weeks before the first bell.

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The reassuring bit is that most children are far more ready than we give them credit for. By the time they leave primary, they’ve already learnt how to make friends, fall out and make up again; cope when a plan goes sideways; and ask an adult for help – and all of that will carry them through Year 7 just as well as knowing where the science block is.

None of which means every child sails through, because they won’t. But most of those worries do settle, and there’s solid research to show it. When University College London (UCL) followed around 2,000 children through the move for its STARS study, it found most had some worries beforehand that eased once they actually started secondary.

So, a bumpy first few weeks is usually just part of settling in, and a calm face at home is one of the best things a child has going for them while it passes.

Ahead of that nerve-wracking first day, here are some ways you can help prepare your child while they’re off for summer.

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1. Keep the chat upbeat

Kids clock our tone of voice long before they take in the actual words, so keep talk of secondary school on the sunny side. A few nerves are normal, so say so, then steer the conversation around to the good stuff, like new friends, new subjects and all the clubs they never got to do at primary school.

2. Talk, and then talk some more

Ask Year 6s across the country what’s scaring them most and the answer is nearly always ‘getting lost’, which makes total sense when they’ve spent years in one building where they know every corner.

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When your child asks “but what if I get lost?”, they usually want reassurance more than a plan, because underneath it they’re really asking whether it’s normal to feel nervous. It always is. Let them say the worry out loud, tell them how you felt on your own first day, and remind them that staff spend all of September helping Year 7s find their way.

3. Get the boring stuff bought early

Buy the bag, uniform and kit well before the last week of the holidays, because nobody wants to be tearing around town for the last pair of black school shoes or a scientific calculator the night before term.

Once it’s bought, hand it all over and let them unpack it, label it and sort it themselves, so it feels like old news by the time September comes.

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4. Sneak some independence into the summer

Secondary runs on a hundred small jobs your child does without you, so treat the holidays as a low-stakes practice run. Let them nip to the shop, meet mates in town and get themselves ready for a day out. Once term starts, get them making their own packed lunch and laying their uniform out the night before.

5. Practise the journey together

For a lot of kids, getting to school is the first proper thing they’ll do on their own, so do a couple of trial runs. Walk, cycle or bus it together first, then let them try it with a friend, and time it while you’re at it. Talk through what to do if the bus doesn’t turn up or they take a wrong turn, because a plan they’ve already talked over does wonders for their confidence.

6. Hang on to old friends and routines

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Those first few weeks are exhausting, with everything new at once, which is exactly why familiar faces and old routines are worth holding on to. An afternoon with primary school mates, or the usual Saturday footie, is a proper breather in the middle of the whirlwind, so give them room to find their feet and go easy on the questions at the school gate.

7. Get ahead of the new phone rules

This year’s intake has something new to think about, because most will start secondary with much stricter rules around phones during the school day. Rather than letting it become another worry, look at your school’s policy together before September, so your child knows exactly what to expect.

8. Keep the school in the loop

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If something’s worrying you, the school really does want to hear about it, so drop a line to your child’s tutor or head of year, get along to the information evenings, and keep half an eye on the emails coming home. It’s the quickest way to know what’s going on.

Every September I watch new Year 7s turn up looking tiny in oversized uniform, and within a few weeks the same children are finding their classrooms without a second thought, joining clubs and coming home name-dropping teachers you’re still struggling to keep track of yourself.

That happens because we give them room to work things out, with support around them when they need it.

So, talk up what’s coming, hand over a bit more responsibility than you did last month, and trust that seven years of primary school have got them more ready than either of you quite believes right now.

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It’s a big milestone, but in the end it’s only one morning, and the real work is the bit you get to do together this summer.

Andrew Wilson is the chief executive of OAK Multi Academy Trust.

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Back in March, the Labour government’s bill to restrict access to jury trials – a right enjoyed by English citizens for over 800 years – successfully passed its first reading. But last week, only hours after former Justice Minister David Lammy was dropped from Andy Burnham’s new cabinet, a Downing Street spokesperson announced that the newly coronated Prime Minister had no intention of following through with the plan.

Eyebrows were raised, however, at the ministerial re-appointment of Sarah Sackman, Keir Starmer’s ex-solicitor general and a key supporter of Lammy’s jury proposals. Sackman has previously worked as a foreign law clerk at the Israeli Supreme Court, and her grandfather once served as an ambassador for the settler state. Last week, Burnham extended her role in government with a re-appointment at the Ministry of Justice.

Sackman’s funders

At the end of June, and just eleven days after Burnham’s by-election victory in Makerfield, Sackman registered two new donations, each of £1250, from veteran pro-Israeli bankroller Trevor Chinn.

Sackman has long been a favourite of wealthy lobbyists, receiving tens of thousands of pounds from ex-Labour Friends of Israel chair Jonathan Mendelsohn, former Israeli soldier Jonathan Kestenbaum, and the Grabiner family. Anthony Grabiner, who is not amongst Sackman’s donors, was one of the UK Lawyers for Israel patrons recently subject to a “legal intimidation” complaint.

What do Sackman and Burnham really care about?

On Wednesday, at an event organised by Jewish Care, a charity whose Life President is former Tony Blair bankroller Michael Levy, Sackman announced:

It was wonderful to welcome the Prime Minister back to Jewish Care in Golders Green this morning … As Andy said, this time we are going to get this right.

However, a professed passion for reforming the care system is not the only thing the pair have in common. One of the funders of Burnham’s 2015 Labour leadership campaign was Michael Sternberg, who has also financed the current Courts Minister.

From 2015-2024, Sackman was vice-chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, which states that one of its aims is:

to promote the centrality of Israel in Jewish life.

In 2015, Sackman said:

The issue of Israel is something that is deeply personal and emotional.

Sackman’s opposition to the ICC

In May 2024, Sackman opposed International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, saying:

I trust the Israeli people to hold their leaders to account.

A 2025 Penn University poll recorded that 82% of Jewish Israelis supported the forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. 47% agreed that the Israeli military should kill all inhabitants of enemy cities. This is the nation Sackman “trusts” to hold war criminals Netanyahu and Gallant to account.

Before entering politics, Sackman worked at Matrix Chambers with former attorney general Richard Hermer, who once declared that he has “dear family members” serving in the Israeli military. Last week, Burnham replaced Hermer with Ellie Reeves, a long-time supporter of the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group.

Burnham continues Starmer’s legacy

Starmer will always be remembered for the military and diplomatic support he consistently lent to the Israeli state. But in December 2024, just over one year into the Gaza genocide, Sackman insisted that Starmer’s administration had “broadly got it right” on the issue of Palestine.

She made the comments in a public conversation with Adrian Cohen, LFI’s lay chair. Last Thursday, the controversial lobby group published a new paper suggesting that a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements is “practically and politically impossible”.

LFI-affiliated MPs continue to dominate the Labour cabinet. On the issue of Palestine, Sackman’s re-appointment sends a loud signal to those who thought Burnham might change course.

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By Jody McIntyre

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The UK has had several big by-elections over the past 12 months, with Reform UK underperforming in all of them. In the most recent, Reform’s underperformance wasn’t the only story; there was also the emergence of Restore Britain.

Now, Restore leader, Rupert Lowe, has called for something of a cooperation pact between the two parties.

What’s really going on here?

The Greater Manchester result showed what Restore Britain can deliver.

The next step is how we maximise the chances of delivering the change Britain needs – it means putting personal differences aside.

That is why today I am making a public offer to Nigel Farage and Reform UK. pic.twitter.com/vwQJYRkEFp

— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) August 2, 2026

Rupert Lowe: ‘I only care that it is done’

Lowe begins his video by talking about the public falling out he had with Farage — a falling out which was followed by Reform unceremoniously sacking him. He then repeats the far-right talking points we’re used to, including a reference to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech (emphasis added):

The country we both love is changing beyond recognition. Millions of people feel like strangers in their own communities.

Lowe ends his video by saying:

I do not care how that is done. I only care that it is done. So Nigel, my message is simple. If you are prepared to work together around serious policies, serious reform and serious government, then so are we. Not because it’s politically convenient for Restore Britain. Not because it’s personally easy. After the events of the last 18 months, I would certainly rather not be making this offer.

Reading between the lines, Lowe is saying, ‘Adopt all our policies or we will continue to oppose you’. Reform is unlikely to move as far right as Restore, though, because it’s functionally difficult for it to do so.

Reform is open to people who aren’t white, as long as said people are willing to accept the politics of white supremacy. Restore Britain, meanwhile, is full of activists who think that white supremacy belongs to the whites.

Should Reform move further right, it would struggle to hold on to politicians like Suella Braverman, Nadhim Zahawi and Laila Cunningham. The same is true of Restore in reverse, which is why many think Lowe is making his move first.

People have accused Restore of splitting the far-right vote. Now, Lowe can claim he attempted to bridge the divide, even if it’s obvious such a plan would never work.

Reform’s Raheem J. Kassam was among those who noticed what Lowe is doing, saying:

Rupert Lowe, polling nationally on 1%, has made a multi-camera, scripted video asking if he can work with Reform again.

Yep. Instead of sending a text or picking up the phone, he’s done what he’s always done: try and get himself a little attention.

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What’s interesting is that Rupert doesn’t actually make a concrete offer in this video.

No, he makes policy DEMANDS of Reform, but doesn’t state what they’d get in return. It’s a total and utter grift, designed to try and make Reform look unreasonable, while actually offering nothing.

“Work together?” What does that look like? Is it an electoral pact? Would he fold Restore? Nah, no specifics, just some more “woe is me” crap and then an ultimatum dressed up in pseudo patriotism.

We trust Kassam about as much as we trust Lowe, but in this instance he’s pointing out the obvious.

Why a Reform-Restore takeover won’t work

Lowe also said:

In my view, failing to even try because of our own personal difficulties is simply not an option. The British people deserve nothing less than our best and sincere efforts to make it happen. Now is the time to put our differences aside and cooperate for the good of the country that we all love.

Let’s be real, the only way Restore could benefit Reform is by standing down completely (much like the Brexit Party did for the Tories in 2019). No one seriously thinks Lowe wants to step aside, but he could be up to something else.

When Lowe founded Restore, the Canary made the following point:

While it’s tempting to think Restore will split the Reform vote, there is another possibility. The spurned Lowe could use Restore as a weapon to damage Reform’s electability, and he could then use that to force Farage out and take control of both parties. This wouldn’t surprise us, as Lowe has already merged with Advance UK — a party formed by Ben Habib — i.e. another of the politicians Farage kicked out of Reform

Commentators like Don McGowan are making similar points today:

The beginning of a hostile takeover from Rupert Lowe?

Farage is finished, we can all see that now. Is Lowe making the first inroads into taking control of Reform UK when Farage, and probably Tice, have to stand away?

This is an interestingly timed interjection. https://t.co/RBFFbNrZfe

— Don McGowan (@donmcgowan) August 2, 2026

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As noted, it would be difficult for any politician to combine Reform and Restore into one movement. Restore is too far right for many Reform people; Reform is too centre-right for many in Restore. Lowe is certainly egotistical enough to think he could make it happen, though, and given his many ongoing scandals, it does look like Farage’s days are numbered.

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By Willem Moore

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Boy George, the multi-award winning music artist, is a convicted criminal who once falsely imprisoned a sex worker in his home by handcuffing him to a radiator. He’s also pretty much the last celebrity willing to defend the genocidal nation of Israel, and this means the Zionists have no option but to hold him up as some sort of hero.

Boy George is an iconic British superstar.

This week he put out a song to show solidarity with the Jewish people post October 7. It is called We Will Dance Again.

As a result, he has been libelled by almost all British media as “pro genocide”.

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He has had to withdraw from…

— Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) August 1, 2026

Boy George and Zionists unite

Zionism is the ideology that dictates Israel must exist as an expansionist colonial state — one which also serves as America’s foothold in the Middle East. Zionists have used this belief to justify the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, as well as the recent expansion into Lebanon. They also use it to justify the criminal mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners, as we’ve reported:

• Serious scabies outbreak in Israeli occupation prisons is part of the policy of torture and slow killing used against Palestinian political prisoners
• 2025 saw unparalleled testimonies and atrocities from Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails
• Palestinian prisoners — Israeli lawyer branded traitor for exposing torture

Given the above, it’s no surprise that Israel and Boy George would find common ground. In 2009, the Guardian covered his trial:

Boy George was today sentenced to 15 months in jail for falsely imprisoning a male escort by handcuffing him to a wall and beating him with a metal chain.

The judge told the 47-year-old former Culture Club front man, whose real name is George O’Dowd, he had left the escort “shocked, degraded and traumatised” by the ordeal.

O’Dowd was found guilty last month of attacking the Norwegian model Audun Carlsen, 29, after he visited the singer’s flat in London in April 2007.

Given Boy George’s conviction, it’s frankly reprehensible that Zionists would hold him up as a paragon of human virtue. At this point, though, who’s surprised?

‘Dehumanising and racist propaganda’

Speaking on the Boy George song that led us here, human rights advocate, Gary Spedding, said:

The [Boy George] song that many (including myself) have been talking about is objectionable because the lyrics dehumanise Palestinians, justify Israel’s crimes against Palestinians, and attack other musicians who have expressed solidarity with Palestinians.

Lyrics that stand out are:

“You say genocide, I say war. When you’re attacked, it’s what the army is for. Does it get ugly? You bet it does. When I know you want to kill every last one of us.”

And

“You condemn the Jews, with selective memory. Musicians holding flags, mouthing like sheep. Propaganda fuelled by the internet feels so weak.”

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Accusing Palestinians of wanting to slaughter every last Israeli Jew is dehumanising and racist propaganda that portrays Palestinians as blood thirsty savages. Combine this with the denial that Palestinians are facing a genocide and justifying the IDFs actions in Gaza and we can see a very obvious smear.

His attack on other musicians is blatant and horrendous. He discusses propaganda fuelled by the internet and yet its obvious that Boy George himself has been driven by what hes been absorbing in terms of online content.

Because they’ve no cultural relevance left, Zionists have felt compelled to issue messages like the following:

Boy George, you dared to sing for truth and humanity while others marched with the mob. Now the United Nations must hear you. I intend to make it happen. https://t.co/yD2kTs3iAo

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 1, 2026

Time will tell, and we are people of patience.

I'm with Boy George on this one. https://t.co/e1d22ILP8H

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— Ella Ke (@EllaTravelsLove) August 1, 2026

Thank you @BoyGeorge for your moral clarity and normal working brain https://t.co/d2llttL5eu

— Shelley Blond (@BlondShelley) August 2, 2026

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We’re not sure it’s best to describe Boy George as having a “normal working brain” given interactions like the following:

Yo, @BoyGeorge, read the pending community note. pic.twitter.com/EEhQpAFsSK

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) July 28, 2026

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LBC host James Hanson said this:

Whatever your view on Israel’s actions in Gaza, no-one should be cancelled for speaking up for their Jewish friends and writing a song that condemns October 7.

Solidarity with Boy George.https://t.co/43xXrxWpUw

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— James Hanson (@jhansonradio) August 1, 2026

If Boy George is ‘cancelled’, it’s not just because he defended a genocide; it’s because in doing so, he drew attention to his past conviction. No one forced him to do that. And let’s be real, the people who are boycotting Boy George today were already functionally boycotting him anyway because he hasn’t been relevant in years.

Wait, it gets worse

In case you didn’t already know, Boy George used AI to create the rancid song in question. In other words, everything about this story is grim and unnecessary, which is the most accurate description of where the Zionists are in this current moment.

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By Willem Moore

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He’s eating barbecue. He’s winning over Joe Rogan. He’s challenging his opponent to mano-a-mano televised faceoffs.

James Talarico is determined not to let his GOP challenger Ken Paxton’s and Republicans’ attacks on his masculinity define him in what has emerged as one of the party’s loudest tactics in the crucial Senate race.

The Texas Democrat is working to position himself as a candidate focused on issues he says men actually care about instead of speculation about his diet, sexuality and religious beliefs.

“They’ve even called me a vegan, and those are fighting words in the state of Texas,” Talarico said at a San Antonio rally this summer.

“Nowadays our culture tells young men that greatness is tearing other people down, is trolling and owning and dominating. But my dad showed me what real greatness looks like. He inspired me to serve,” Talarico said at another rally in Houston, referencing how his dad often mowed the lawn of his elderly widowed neighbor without asking.

Talarico’s attempt to reclaim the masculinity narrative by confronting the issue head-on could help propel him to flip a seat Democrats haven’t held in nearly four decades, and which could determine control of the Senate next year.

It comes as both parties, in Texas and across the U.S., are fighting to win male voters — especially young, Black or Hispanic men — who in 2024 lurched to the right to help Republicans take control of the White House and Congress. The issue of masculinity has also been turbo-charged during Donald Trump’s second term, with the president hosting UFC fights on the White House lawn and his Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pushing for testosterone testing in the military.

If Talarico prevails, he could ultimately serve as a model for other Democratic candidates to connect with male voters or fend off Republicans who try to use issues of masculinity as a cudgel.

“Democrats need to be prepared for more of these attacks to come and understand how to handle them,” Lucas Holtz, a senior political adviser at the centrist think tank Third Way, said in an interview.

Republicans think they’ve hit a nerve with Texas voters about Talarico’s manhood. Members of the party have targeted the 37-year-old public school teacher-turned-state legislator for past statements endorsing a vegan lifestyle, suggesting that “God is nonbinary” and opposing legislation that erodes transgender rights.

“If you look at him, this is a guy who’s publicly stated pretty bizarre things — that God is nonbinary,” said Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) in an interview. “He’s a total weirdo, and I think Texas voters recognize that.”

Talaricosaid recently his comment on God’s gender was meant to be “deliberately provocative” and that he meant God is beyond gender.

Republicans are also seizing on Talarico’s unmarried status and smaller physical build to paint the Democratic candidate as weak and effeminate. Some have falsely called him gay or transgender. Paxton’s very first ad of the general election campaign implied Talarico has low testosterone levels. And a conservative PAC released an AI-generated video of Talarico as an actress from “The Sound of Music” singing about wanting to give hormones to children.

Talarico opposes gender affirming care for minors, his spokesperson JT Ennis said.

“In Texas, there’s a certain level of tough guy-ness that we all pretend to have in ourselves, and that we like in our elected officials,” said Vinny Minchillo, a Texas-based Republican admaker who is not involved in the race. “If you push that the right direction, that especially does not sit well with Hispanic men and Black men.”

Paxton’s campaign and his allies think Talarico’s previous comments on these issues put him out of touch with voters in both parties.

“Texans can spot an audition for a new identity and they know he is weak and woke on core Texas values,” Paxton adviser Nick Maddux said in a statement. Maddux pointed to moves Talarico has made during the campaign he said shows flip-flopping, such as wearing a Texas flag shirt after calling the American flag a “complicated symbol.”

“He is undoubtedly hurting Democrats,” Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said in an interview about Talarico.

Some Hill Democrats say Republicans’ fixation on Talarico’s manhood is an attempt to distract from Paxton’s weaknesses.

“They fear his strength, especially since he’s running against the most notorious scumbag in American politics,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) said.

Paxton has faced an ethics complaint that was later dropped, a Justice Department corruption investigation for which he was not charged and securities fraud charges which were ultimately dismissed in an agreement. He was also impeached by the Texas GOP-led House for bribery and abusing his public office, which he called a “sham” coordinated by liberals, and was later acquitted by the Texas Senate.

Paxton also has a history of using cultural issues to his advantage, such as stoking anti-Muslim fears through campaign messaging.

Meanwhile, Talarico’s campaign says they’re not seeing evidence that the masculinity barbs are gaining traction, pointing to robust Democratic gains among Hispanic voters while also arguing that polling shows a toss-up general election contest. The campaign did not share specific data to support that its messaging to male voters was lifting Talarico’s polling with that demographic.

Talarico has focused on issues he says affect many men — like lowering housing costs, stopping corporate landlord rent manipulation and curbing the influence of billionaire mega-donors in politics.

“Ken Paxton is picking these fights no one cares about to distract from the fact that he has no solutions to lower the cost of gas, groceries, or healthcare,” Ennis said in a statement. “Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves.”

Talarico also has tried to appeal to young men and Hispanic voters by placing ads during World Cup and NBA Finals games. And he’s challenging Paxton to a series of televised debates, in which the two could spar on manhood and other issues. Paxton’s team said he’s agreed to the debates but they’re still negotiating logistics and terms.

The Democrat’s campaign also said it is trying to facilitate similar opportunities to Talarico’s pivotal appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast last year, which boosted his national profile to millions of young men who make up Rogan’s core audience. The podcaster — who during the interview exclaimed “you need to run for president,” to Talarico — has continued to compliment the Texas Democrat and defend his views, including during a conversation with Vice President JD Vance last month.

Talarico has also fired back with his own jabs. He responded to Paxton calling him “Talafreako” by putting the phrase on T-shirts and selling them on his campaign website.

And Talarico turned on Paxton’s low-testosterone message by telling MS NOW “I don’t think guys my age are really concerned about that kind of thing,” adding, “You’ve got these old guys lathered up in their fake tans throwing cheesy nicknames at each other.”

Some public opinion research shows Talarico’s strategy fits the 2026 moment.

The growing cost-of-living crisis — exacerbated by the deeply unpopular military conflict in Iran — and Trump’s low approval ratings may mean the GOP’s masculinity attacks fall flat this cycle, Luke Warford, founder and director of Texas Public Opinion Research, a nonpartisan public opinion research firm, said in an interview.

The top issues for men and young men in Texas center on affordability, the cost of living, economic growth and job creation, according to an aggregate of data shared with POLITICO from the group’s latest surveys in May and June.

“We’ve got a really different scenario now where the Republicans are in power in Texas and nationally, so they own the things that are broken,” Warford said. “There is a deep anti-establishment sentiment in this country and a deep frustration with the status quo particularly among men, and that could be a much stronger political force than the cultural attacks.”

Matt Angle, founder of the Lone Star Project, a Democratic-aligned political action committee in Texas, said “there’s no attack that should be ignored,” but that Democrats are in a good position.

“Ken Paxton is no he-man. He’s a thin-chested, soft spoken, weak guy,” Angle said.

One warning sign for Talarico: a swath of male voters perceive him as too progressive, said Holtz, the Third Way adviser. Holtz noted a recent poll of men by the group in which 49 percent of respondents said the candidate was “too far left.”

In focus groups held by the centrist think tank last year and this year, young men overwhelmingly pointed to the Republican Party as the better representative of men’s priorities. Respondents in those groups associated Democrats with more social and cultural issues while tying Republicans with financial independence, finding a partner and starting a family.

On Capitol Hill, some Democrats are calling the conversation in Texas an opportunity to revisit the party’s historic avoidance of issues that are important to men, which have made them more susceptible to criticism.

Rep. Marc Veasey, a moderate Texas Democrat, said in an interview that “Democrats, overall, need to do a better job of expressing some of the concerns that young men have.”

“When we have people on our side who are attacking things like nuclear family structure and expecting everybody to fall in line, that’s pure insanity,” Veasey said. “There’s this expectation with Democrats that men are just going to follow along, and they’re not. We haven’t figured out how to talk to them.”

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said in an interview that Democrats tend to display examples of “traditional masculinity” rather than the “stereotypical masculinity” Republicans are attacking them for not adhering to. He pointed out he served in the Marines, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) played football and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was an astronaut.

“What voters know is truly masculine is a politician who is going to take care of their needs and be a protector and be a provider for the family,” Gallego added.

“When a man can’t support his family because inflation is so fucking high, they’re not going to care about who is on the ballot that is, quote unquote, ‘not masc enough.’”

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