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The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of Nebraska’s largest city used the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ playbook in her reelection bid. And suffered a resounding loss!

The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism.

The national leadership may have snubbed her—but Teamsters in the swing states that will decide the election are backing her all the way.

The Minnesota attorney general will use his speech at the DNC to call for a deeper dialogue around Palestine.

The union announced that more than half the workers at a VW plant in Tennessee have signed union cards. And it’s vowing that this is only the beginning.

There are more insights in this week’s elections than in polls about a vote that won’t happen for a year. Defense of abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, aligning with labor and saving the planet are winning issues.

Since United Auto Workers union members struck the Big Three automakers, GOP candidates have confirmed that the party of Eisenhower is now the party of unreconstructed reactionaries.

A pair of democratic socialists have formed the state’s first socialist caucus since the 1930s.

While Biden has consistently rejected calls to steer additional US Armed Forces into Ukraine, the Russian invasion could create pressure on US forces to provide tactical assistance, training, and more for the Ukrainians.

If Democrats allow corporate-aligned “centrists” to downsize the budget plan, abandoning FDR's legacy, they will lose not just the battle but the war.