Instigators of Electoral Backlash: Israel’s Ben-Gvir and Our Own Stephen Miller
Israel’s racist policing helped produce an Arab surge at the polls; ICE’s marauding will yield a Latino flight from Republicans.
Abdul El-Sayed Is Running Through, Not Around, the Right’s Racism
The Michigan Senate candidate is enduring Islamophobic attacks by refusing to accept the conservative narrative and pointing out their distract-and-divide strategy.
Mike Rogers’s Wife Runs a Consultancy That Sells Government Access
She got corporations to meet with members of Congress, and cabinet members—for a $100,000 initiation fee. If her husband reaches the Senate, ethics questions could grow.
In Michigan, El-Sayed Canvassers Engaging Voters on Jewish Safety
While AIPAC targets 130,000 Jewish Michiganders with mailers demonizing Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Bend the Arc is connecting with voters on a deeper level.
Cait Conley Rocks Rockland County at ‘End Citizens United’ Town Hall
With just days to go until Election Day, the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) laid out her plans to get dark money out of politics. She said Congress can start by imposing term limits on Supreme Court…
The Deeper Affordability Crisis
The problem isn’t just Trump-induced inflation. For ordinary working people, living standards have been dwindling for decades.
Judge Blasts Trump Officials, Hints at Contempt Over Deportation
In a scorching order Tuesday, a federal judge laid out a four-page laundry list of noncompliance in the case of Ahmed Soliman.
House Progressives Throw Down a Marker: No AI Bailouts
A new resolution demands that Congress withhold support for AI companies that bankrupt themselves and instead respond to any future recession by supporting ordinary people.
New Medicaid Requirements Galvanizing Dems in Battleground States
Advocates are hosting a series of conferences about deadly GOP health care spending cuts; Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee found five contracting goliaths are set to reap outsized benefits.
Public Service Commissions Power the Midterms
In states such as Louisiana and Georgia, upcoming public service commission elections are slated to determine how data center developments work with utility companies.
Troy Jackson Is on a Medicare for All Mission
Maine health care is deteriorating in real time, and the Senate candidate wants to find a way out of this crisis.
Is the California Wealth Tax’s Sponsor a Plausible Argument Against It?
Proposition 40’s substance—never mind its sponsor—provides the reason to support it.
Organized Money: The Future of Price Gouging
Unethical tech surveillance is on the rise.
Guerrilla Projections and Defending Democracy in Missouri
Democratic activists want to strengthen the right to place initiatives on the statewide ballot, and defeat Republican efforts to repeal ballot measures they’ve already passed.
The Trump PAC That’s Attacking a Democratic House Candidate
The president’s PACs have intervened in a handful of House races, most particularly against a leading critic of data centers.
Saving Social Security
While they’re at it, Democrats can make the program even better and shame Republicans who resist.
In Ohio, Crypto Revenge Spending Runs Into a Data Center Backlash
To punish Senate Democrats for voting down an industry-backed bill, crypto interests have spent $55 million to defeat Sherrod Brown. The Big Tech money might hurt more than it helps.
Lula’s Huge Win for the Left
His come-from-behind victory in Brazil’s presidential election spoils the storyline of right-wing dictators on the march.
The Residents Forced to Choose Amid Ohio’s Tech Boom
They must decide whether to sell their land for data centers or other facilities, without the transparency to determine if they’re getting a good deal.
The Question Before Los Angeles Isn’t Whether to Have a Socialist Mayor
Challenger Nithya Raman is no more and no less a socialist than incumbent Karen Bass.
Did Elon Musk Commit Some Light Treason?
Or maybe not so light.
Maine Students Turn Out for Troy Jackson and AOC
The two politicians received a rock-star welcome in Portland, but whether young people will vote this time around is still a very big question mark in a seriously close contest.
Robert Rubin, Faux Statesman
His seemingly high-minded piece in the Times is a reminder of who really governs.
The Trump Administration May Have Just Lied to Judge About an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea
An ICE agent told a judge a charter flight to Equatorial Guinea had been canceled. The plane landed there the next day.
What a Health Care Crisis Looks Like on the Ground
In South Los Angeles, ER patients are cared for in a gift shop, in tents, and even outdoors. And that’s before the crushing Medicaid cuts.
Can Tom Perriello Win Back His Old Seat, 18 Years Later?
The former Democratic representative for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District is in a tight race for the seat he once held.
The Quirkiest House Race in America Is in Alaska
Independent candidate Bill Hill, a commercial fisherman and educator, embodies the state’s subsistence lifestyle. He wants to take that sensibility to Washington.
SpaceX Is a De Facto Government Agency. It Should Be Nationalized.
Otherwise, Elon Musk sets U.S. foreign policy.
The Sad Republicans Exploiting Family Tragedy
What Ken Paxton and Vivek Ramaswamy have in common
As Lawmakers Scrutinize Pentagon Equity Deals, Pentagon Keeps Making Them
Congressional gridlock has been a boost to the private equity-style shop at the Defense Department that’s free to do their bidding with impunity.
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