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Democrats Will Probably Lose the Midterms. But They Don’t Have To.
There’s no natural law that says the Democrats have to lose next year’s midterm elections. But if Democrats can’t fundamentally improve the quality of life for working-class voters, there’s good reason to think they will lose. ...[Read more]
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Whip Count: The Democrats Who Support the Progressive Reconciliation Strategy
A running tally of the lawmakers who have — and have not — committed to withhold their votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in favor of robust budget reconciliation. ...[Read more]
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Bernie Sanders Blasts Conservative Democrats for Siding With Big Pharma
After the vote, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, came out swinging. Declaring that “the pharmaceutical industry owns the Republican Party and that no Republican voted for this bill,” Sanders went on to say that, � ...[Read more]
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Explosive Report Says Dark Money Fueled Centrist Dems’ Objections to $3.5T Bill
New investigations by The Intercept have revealed that the group of Democrats who have been trying to obstruct the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill have ties to billionaire-funded dark money group No Labels, which offered two representatives in the group ...[Read more]
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Anger Mounts at Handful of Right-Wing Dems Still Threatening to Kill $3.5 Trillion Plan
Frustration with a small group of conservative House Democrats boiled over Monday as the party failed to reach an agreement to pass a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, a step that would pave the way for major investments in climate action, Medicare expansi ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky: To Retain Power, Democrats Must Stop Abandoning the Working Class
In this interview, Noam Chomsky, an esteemed public intellectual and one of the world’s most cited scholars in modern history, discusses the current shape of the Democratic Party and the challenges facing the progressive left in a country governed by a ...[Read more]
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Democrats finally ditch the carrot and pick up the stick
President Joe Biden "echoing the feelings of millions of Democrats who worked their butts off to elect Democrats, only to see all hope of real progress crash on the shores of the Senate filibuster " seems like he's had enough with the do-nothing nature of ...[Read more]
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73% of US Voters—Including 57% of Republicans—Back Biden’s $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Poll
A new poll released Tuesday shows that a large, bipartisan majority of voters in the United States supports President Joe Biden's proposal to spend $2.25 trillion over eight years to upgrade the nation's physical and social infrastructure. The survey (pdf ...[Read more]
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AOC Raised $1 Million for Struggling Texans as Cruz Prioritized Post-Cancun PR Mess
While Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was dealing with an embarrassing public relations disaster of his own making — flying to Cancún, Mexico, with his family while his home state was reeling from blackouts and water shutdowns amid frigid temperatures — his ...[Read more]
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So Far, the Biden Administration Is Shaping Up to Be Obama’s Third Term
Progressives are swooning and right-wingers are hyperventilating. But a closer look at Joe Biden's first month in office shows a presidency that — for better and for worse — looks a lot like Barack Obama's so far. ...[Read more]
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After Donald Trump, the Last Thing We Need Is Unity
Joe Biden has long prized bipartisanship above all, and some of his early actions indicate he simply wants to restore the country to its pre-Trump form. That would be a disaster. ...[Read more]
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