The Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.
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Jackson Earns Senate Nomination Sweep
The North Woods logger and former state senator out-organized everyone to take Graham Platner’s place on the ballot.
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As the CBC Condemns Will Lawrence, Local Black Leaders Back Him Up
On a podcast, Lawrence said Black establishment leaders’ support for the status quo ‘is a big problem.’ Black voters and leaders in Michigan agreed with him.
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Rising Momentum for Another Progressive Champion
A sleeper race in Arizona could see community organizer Kai Newkirk upset Rep. Greg Stanton in a House race in the Phoenix area.
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Maine’s Hybrid Nomination Can Harness Grassroots Energy
The process to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot is an organizing opportunity.
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Super PAC Attacks Progressive Will Lawrence Over His $11,000 401(k)
The ad buy costs 48 times more than the T. Rowe Price target fund owned by Lawrence, who leads in a swing-seat House race in Michigan.
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Maine’s Three Likely Replacements for Graham Platner
Troy Jackson, Shenna Bellows, and Nirav Shah all bring different qualities to a showdown with Susan Collins.
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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.
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When in Doubt, Moderates Veer Left
Haley Stevens espoused progressive ideas in last night’s Michigan Senate debate. That’s a familiar pattern.