Nevins is co-publisher of The Fulcrum and co-founder and board chairman of the Bridge Alliance Education Fund.
The Team hosted a groundbreaking event on Oct. 8 to round out National Voter Education Week. Over 7,000 people participated, including attendees at 11 watch parties across 34 states where 1,200 pizzas were delivered.
The speakers included college athletes who spoke of the importance of using their platform to inspire others to become civically engaged. They urged fellow athletes to find what they are passionate about and to turn that passion into action.
The incredible lineup featured student athletes interviewing NCAA President Charlie Baker, UCLA quarterback Chase Griffin, Maryland Gov. Wed Moore (D), the Seattle Storm’s Nneka Ogwumike and the headliner, Phoenix Mercury all-star Natasha Cloud.
Their words were an inspiration to thousands of student athletes, coaches, and administrators across the country as they spoke of how they have made an impact on their communities.
The Team ’s co-founder Lisa Kay Solomon hosted the event with energetic and inspirational commentary:
"In a time that feels divisive and hard, it’s inspiring to see how student athletes are using their platform, their voice, their vote, their passion and their grit to help others ‘get in the game’ and shape the types of communities we want to be a part of."
Missed the All Star meeting? No problem — watch the full event here.
And here are some valuable resources to help you prepare for this election season.
- The Team’s Voter Guide takes you step by step through the voting process — from registering to vote to making a voting plan to researching your ballot. We know getting ready to vote can be confusing.
- Party to the Polls is hosting epic dance parties all around the country to celebrate early voting. Join for free food, great music, art, dancing and more. Find a party near you and get ready to dance!
- The Team and Headcount are offering the opportunity to check your registration, register to vote or sign up for election alerts and enter for a chance to win the ultimate sports vacation. This means two tickets to any game of your choice, including travel, transportation and $500 for concessions/merch. Enter here.
A view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2026. President Donald Trump jolted Republicans during a fiery appearance at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, scrapping a housing bill signing ceremony and clashing behind closed doors with a party rebel who challenged him over the Iran war. Trump had been expected to sign the bipartisan housing.
Only Trump doesn’t care about housing
It was August 15, 2024. Then candidate Donald Trump stepped out of his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club’s columned clubhouse to a gaggle of reporters. He was flanked by tables of groceries and signs showing the rising cost of food. Also on one of the tables was a dollhouse, meant to represent the equally alarming rise in housing prices.
It was a speech about the economy, the single most important issue of the 2024 election cycle, full of promises that went right to the heart of Americans’ anxieties. While former President Joe Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris were contorting themselves to posture a good economy that just needed more time to recover from the pandemic, Trump was preying on voters’ very real fears of unaffordable gas, groceries, and homes. It was obviously a winning message.
In that speech, Trump promised, “We’re going to open up tracts of federal land for housing construction. We desperately need housing for people who can’t afford what’s going on now.”
As of mid-2023, there had been a housing shortage of nearly four million homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. Americans all over the country were either priced out of buying new homes due to low inventory, trapped in their existing homes by sky-high mortgage rates, or facing exorbitant rent hikes thanks to corporate investors buying up rental properties. Americans needed help, and Trump promised it.
Cut to March of 2026, when Trump reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson, “No one gives a sh*t about housing.”
That kind of thinking may explain why Trump this week suddenly announced he was canceling a signing ceremony for the bipartisan “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,” a housing bill co-sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tim Scott that passed the House 358-32 and was approved in the Senate on Monday.
Trump instead demanded Congress pass the SAVE America Act, his controversial election grievance bill that doesn’t have enough Republican support to get passed in the Senate.
It’s just the latest in a line of policy self-owns where Trump has seemingly intentionally made life more difficult for Republicans hoping to keep their majority. Despite midterm elections occurring in the midst of a blistering economy and an unpopular war, they were surely hoping the housing bill would give them something — anything — to brag about when they returned home to their districts.
And very much to the contrary, Americans do give a sh*t about housing. According to a recent survey by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a whopping 79% say the cost of housing is extremely or very important to them. Eighty-three percent say Congress should take action on the issue — like it just did. Eighty-nine percent say the House and Senate need to work together to pass affordable housing legislation — like they just did. And 63% say they would be more likely to vote for a lawmaker if they helped pass legislation to build more affordable homes and lower housing costs — like they just did.
There aren’t many issues that unite Americans like housing does, and very few bipartisan policy wins Congress can point to, and yet, Trump is holding that bill hostage in order to get his pet project — which doesn’t even have the support of his own party — pushed through.
If you’re trying to make sense of something so nonsensical, as I’m sure many Republican lawmakers are, it’s certainly sad but not actually all that complicated. Trump said what he needed to get reelected and then promptly abandoned his promises in order to pursue his own self-interests, even if those interests are bad for Republicans and bad for voters.
That’s just the kind of guy he is.
S.E. Cupp is the host of "S.E. Cupp Unfiltered" on CNN.