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• David Sirota
The Democratic Socialists of America are winning big this summer — but can a DSA candidate land the governor’s seat in a swing state like Wisconsin?
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• David Sirota
Bernie Sanders’ chief campaign strategist says Democrats rigged the 2016 presidential primary — and started a fight the party is still having today.
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• David Sirota
David Sirota visits the Michigan birthplace of “Reagan Democrats” to meet with the Senate candidate who poses a populist threat to both parties.
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• David Sirota
The Democratic Socialists of America out-muscled big money and party incumbents — is your election next?
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• David Sirota
One elected official quietly controls a $300 billion fund and holds the power to move financial markets. Why is no one watching?
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• David Sirota
A California ballot initiative aims to fund schools and poverty programs by taxing billionaires. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to kill it.
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• David Sirota
In U.S. politics, it’s slobs versus snobs.
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• Natalie Bettendorf
How an innovative new law is challenging the rules that transformed money into the most powerful force in American politics.
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• Natalie Bettendorf
How the convicted sex trafficker built his power in the shadows of the Iran-Contra affair — and why no one stopped him.
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• David Sirota
A “party within the party” is forcing its corporate-aligned agenda on voters — and spending millions to crush populist Democrats in districts that will likely decide control of Congress.
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• David Sirota
David Sirota asks what Trump's war is really costing us.
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• David Sirota
The upstart strategist behind Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win believes the Democratic Party is broken — and candidates like Graham Platner can rebuild it.
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• David Sirota
David Sirota buckles up for a drive through rural Maine with the Senate candidate that the Democratic establishment doesn’t want — but can't afford to lose.
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• David Sirota
Congress has a secret weapon to stop Trump’s unpopular war in Iran — but lawmakers have never used it before. Their excuse? An obscure immigration case from 1983.
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• David Sirota
California Democrats just killed single-payer health care — again. Tom Steyer, a billionaire candidate for governor who once opposed single-payer, now says he can pass it.
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• David Sirota
The IRS already knows what you owe. Why are you drowning in paperwork every April?
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• David Sirota
Big Tech’s problem child is running for Congress — and AI super PACs are spending big to stop him.
