A sleeper race in Arizona could see community organizer Kai Newkirk upset Rep. Greg Stanton in a House race in the Phoenix area.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
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The wealthy got the ultimate regulatory carve-out for when this bubble pops.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Posted inPolitics
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Posted inPolitics
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Organized Money: Curbing America’s Gambling Problem
Calling out prediction markets for what they are: rigged extraction machines
Posted inAmerica and the World
Aftermath: War’s On
What are the implications for our new endless war in the Middle East?
Posted inPolitics
Maine Democrats Poised to Run a Convention for Senate
The state party has apparently decided that any process that didn’t allow voters to get a say would be fatally compromised.
Posted inPolitics
When in Doubt, Moderates Veer Left
Haley Stevens espoused progressive ideas in last night’s Michigan Senate debate. That’s a familiar pattern.
Posted inTechnology
The Great AI Repricing Isn’t Going Well
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