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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab

For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which congressional boundaries are drawn. In places such as Wisconsin and Ohio, they have crafted cartoonishly distorted districts that have literally drawn Democrats out of power. But the longstanding battle between Republicans and Democrats over […]


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The Epstein Case Is Not a Distraction. It Shows How Elite Impunity is Sustained.

The sustained attention around the Epstein files lets us shine a light on the bipartisan architecture of impunity.


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The Real Conspiracy Behind the Texas Floods

David Sirota can be a hard one to pin down. He’s a former speechwriter for Bernie Sanders. A onetime radio host. A co-writer of the Oscar-nominated “Don’t Look Up,” a dark comedy about the looming threat of climate change. (Spoiler: Most people do not, in fact, look up.) Today, Sirota is the editor-in-chief and founder […]


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Sheldon Whitehouse: Democrats and Activists “Too Polite” in the Fight Against “Malevolent” Fossil Fuel Giants

This story is part of the 89 Percent Project, an initiative of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now The Democratic party and the climate movement have been “too cautious and polite” and should instead be denouncing the fossil fuel industry’s “huge denial operation,” the US senator Sheldon Whitehouse said. “The fossil fuel industry has run the biggest and most […]


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This Wealthy Member of Congress Just Proposed Increasing Her Own Taxes

With an estimated net worth of $76 million, Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) is one of the top 15 wealthiest members of Congress. On Thursday, Jacobs, the granddaughter of a successful early tech entrepreneur, plans to introduce legislation that would—if enacted—work against her own self-interest. The measure, which she discussed first with Mother Jones, is called […]


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Zohran Mamdani Won in a Double-Digit Blowout, NYC Ballot Results Confirm

The last round of ranked-choice ballots showed the left-wing candidate winning 56 percent of the votes, to Cuomo’s 44.


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Mamdani’s Ability to Break With Dem Status Quo Depends on Organizing From Below

Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-oriented model of political power remains incomprehensible to most political observers.


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After All-Night Session of Wrangling, GOP Still Lacks Votes to Pass Budget Bill

With Democrats unanimously opposed to the bill, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose three GOP votes.


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