The Republicans are cracking up. Can Democratic unity hold? And will the Biden administration be an ally of long-term organizing?
J.D. Scholten
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J.D. Scholten Is Still Pitching Populism
The congressional candidate who nearly beat Steve King in a far-right district in 2018 faces two new challengers this year: an establishment Republican and a global pandemic.
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Unsanitized: J.D. Scholten on How to Revitalize Our Broken Food Systems
Also, big banks can’t administer their core function. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 30, 2020.
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How a Progressive Populist Plans to Win a Rural Republican District
J.D. Scholten almost took out Steve King in 2018. Now he’s back—stronger than ever.
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Sometimes It’s Lonely Being Liberal
At an “underground” watering hole in Pocahontas, Iowa—they serve fair-trade coffee, not homemade whiskey—hope grows for the tiny town’s left-wing minority.
