Democrat John Bel Edwards worked with the Koch empire on criminal justice. Now their money is going to unseat him in the Louisiana governor’s race.
Alexander Sammon
Alexander Sammon is a former staff writer at The American Prospect.
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The Billionaire Class Created Their Own Wealth Tax. It Failed.
The folly of voluntary charity as a substitute for government tax and transfer policies is most evident in the story of the Giving Pledge.
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Election Night 2019 Was a Triumph for Democracy, Health Care, and the Democratic Party
Democrats picked up a governor’s race in Kentucky, the state legislature in Virginia, and several other races.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: Leadership Lessons from PG&E’s Former CEO
Geisha Williams will speak at the Bob and Elizabeth Dole Leadership Series.
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What to Watch For on Election Day 2019
From Seattle to Mississippi, there are important races for progressives up and down the ballot.
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Boeing Is Basically a State-Funded Company
So why don’t we get a vote on its leadership?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Warren Buffett Is Not the Answer to California’s Energy Grid Problems
Governor Gavin Newsom has floated that America’s billionaire should buy PG&E. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
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The Republican-in-Democrat’s-Clothing Trying to Win a Seat in Congress
David Carlucci, a ringleader in the yearslong effort to deny Democrats a working majority in the New York state legislature, now wants to replace retiring House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey.
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Seattle’s Biggest Corporations Try to Buy the City Council
Led by Amazon, which has poured $1.4 million into defeating socialist and progressive candidates, the city’s corporate sector wants to stop dead any talk of higher taxes funding public services.
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The Miseducation of Mean Pete
Once the Rhodes Scholar version of Mister Rogers, Buttigieg has become the snarling incarnation of anti-left rage.
