Eric Flores is an Army veteran and lawyer running to unseat Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas District 34.
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The Big Crypto Whiff
The crypto industry wasn’t able to buy support for its biggest legislative priority in the Senate this week, despite unparalleled levels of spending in the midterms.
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Will Democrats Fail to See the Working Class Again?
The Democratic base and working-class swing voters want action on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid and the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit.
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A Path to a Texas Breakthrough
James Talarico is deploying his Christian faith in his bid for the Senate. But he’s winning because Texans have been pummeled by inflation and corruption.
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The Hidden Divide That Shapes Our Politics
I believe that public policy should be directed toward the common good. Others think that impinges on people’s freedom. We need to be honest about this dispute.
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Organized Money: How the Democratic Party Runs on Elder Fraud
Don’t respond to the text, don’t even read it, and make sure your parents don’t either.
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Why Some California Democrats Step Up to Fill the Republican Void
How corporate pressure led legislators to kill a bill that would curtail surveillance pricing
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The Courts and American Democracy
If the Supreme Court is going to preserve free elections, it had better stop dithering.
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PAC Spending Reveals: Republicans Are Screwed in the Midterms
The analysis shows that Republican-affiliated groups are spending in a number of seats that should be almost automatic wins for their party.
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The New Majority Makers
A group of unapologetic economic populists are defying the conventional wisdom that only moderates can succeed in swing seats.