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• David Sirota
David Sirota travels to the state where “Democrat” is a dirty word and sits down with the union leader taking on Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts, a billionaire’s son.
Lever Time - The Lever
• David Sirota
Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate seat in Maine since 1988 — but Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins isn’t out of the woods yet.
Lever Time - The Lever
• David Sirota
We peel back the curtain on one billionaire’s effort to move the Democratic Party more to the center during this midterm season and the upcoming presidential season.
Lever Time - The Lever
• David Sirota
Democrats keep losing Florida. DSA-endorsed Oliver Larkin believes he knows why — and that his insurgent campaign against Rep. Jared Moskowitz can turn the tide.
Lever Time - The Lever
• Natalie Bettendorf
The pop-up PACs, paid influencers, and new political playbooks reshaping the 2026 midterms.
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• David Sirota
The U.S. Senate candidate weighs in on Democrats’ biggest liabilities, MAGA’s performative masculinity, and why AIPAC is out to get him.
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• David Sirota
A lifelong Republican left his party in 2016. Ten years later, he says Democrats are making the same mistakes — and the end result could be worse than Donald Trump.
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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.
Lever Time - The Lever
• 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?
Lever Time - The Lever
• David Sirota
A California ballot initiative aims to fund schools and poverty programs by taxing billionaires. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to kill it.
Lever Time - The Lever
• David Sirota
In U.S. politics, it’s slobs versus snobs.
Lever Time - The Lever
• 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.
Lever Time - The Lever
• 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.
Lever Time - The Lever
• 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.
