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Liz Loses
Democratic “solutions” aren’t even half measures. Nor was signing up Liz Cheney as an ally to rail against Trump and his MAGA followers.
Poll Workers, Essential for Our Democracy
A polling worker needs training to prevent fraud and conduct the election smoothly. Poll workers need to support officers and are essential workers for our democracy.
Protecting Voting Rights Act's 57-Year Legacy
We must never forget: America's soul was forged in a heroic fight for the right to vote for all Americans
Small Donors, Big Donors, and the Midterms
Big donors are giving more to Republicans. More small donors are giving to Democrats. Where will this lead?
San Francisco's New DA's $100,000 Challenge
Mayor London Breed took no position and stood back to let the billionaire money have its way with San Francisco voters in a low-turnout election.
Ilhan Omar Fends Off Primary Challenger
"Ilhan Omar has faced some of the ugliest attacks of any elected official and had hundreds of thousands of dollars spent against her," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Why Republican Candidates Can't Escape Trump
Once again, he's put them in a bind
Anti-Abortion Extremism Scares Voters, as it Should
Nothing is less abstract than control over one’s own body. As Kansas just showed, most voters don’t want politicians making personal medical decisions for them.
Arizona’s Secretary of State Race: Cyber Ninja Destroyer v Trump Insurrectionist
An interview with Adrian Fontes, who modernized Phoenix’s election system helping hundreds of thousands of voters during the pandemic and presidential election.
Fetterman Celebrates 1 Million Individual Donations
"The total number of contributions is a major milestone that demonstrates Fetterman's unmatched and steady grassroots support across the commonwealth."
Political Misinformation Meant to Forestall Latino Power Threatens All
Why have platforms and regulators failed to push back against destructive lies with the kind of activist intervention mustered to fight COVID-19, QAnon, and election misinformation?
Is the “Pyramid of Money” Corrupting US Democracy?
The architecture of “winner take all” elections magnifies the pernicious effects of privately-financed campaigns
August 2022 Primary Elections: What You Need to Know
If Trump cronies win in November, they will be in charge of overseeing the 2024 presidential election in the most important battleground states in the country.
Republicans Denounce Multi-State Registration as Voter Fraud
The need for regularly purged and updated voter-registration records to avoid any voter fraud. The Republicans claim extensive voter fraud and their hypocrisy.
Could Voter Guides Break Through Partisan Noise in the Midterm?
An interview with Paul Loeb, an advisor to Guides.Vote, which is leading the charge on getting voter guides developed in 30 states
7 Reasons That Dems Might Keep Congress after the Midterms
America’s narcissist-in-chief continues to do rallies advancing his Big Lie and supporting election-deniers across the nation.
Alaska’s First Use of Ranked Choice Voting
Lesson for political reformers: “Sometimes success can take a while”
Trump Republicans, Not Trump, Are 2022’s Biggest Anti-Democratic Threat
Momentum is gaining to prosecute Trump. But scores of copycat election-denying candidates who want to interfere with fair elections are on the fall ballot.
Is There Anything I Can Say to Get You to Donate?
It’s hard for me to believe most candidates don’t understand that the “center” is far, far to the left of where most centrist candidates are.
Rallying for Levin and Tlaib, Bernie Warns AIPAC It 'Cannot Buy Our Democracy'
There is something profoundly wrong in our political system when a handful of billionaires try to defeat progressive candidates for Congress.
From My Personal History, a Memo about the Upcoming Midterms
What I said 30 years ago is good again this election cycle
Progressive Representative Andy Levin in Israel Lobby's Crosshairs
The Israel lobby has eliminated two progressive Democrats in three weeks of Congressional races: Look who they are targeting next.
California Democrats
It may be idealistic to expect a party still beholden to corporations and the duopoly of power to forego networks of cash in favor of politicians that might raise good hell.