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El-Sayed’s Challenge: Overcoming ‘Otherness’

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November. El-Sayed's overriding message has to be that his election will help end Trump’s disastrous control of the economy. Halley Stevens concession and endorsement; Mallory McMorrow endorsement.

Election Analysis – What Happens, Why, What Next?

Peter Dreier Peter Dreier
The country is evenly divided when it comes to party preference. Trump did not win a landslide like FDR in 1936, Johnson in 1964, Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1980, or Obama in 2008. He won by a small margin in the Electoral College and popular vote.

Friday Nite Videos | August 16, 2024

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I Spent a Week With Black Republicans. Could Trump Work for a Trump Administration? Personalized, Cancer-busting Vaccines Are Coming. Chances (and Obstacles) to a Ceasefire Agreement. Why These Former Trump Voters Won't Support Him This November.

I Spent a Week With Black Republicans

"I learned a lot about Black Republicans—their motivations, their stories, their goals," says Mother Jones correspondent Garrison Hayes in a new, indepth video showcasing substantive interviews with Black RNC attendees.

Mobile, Alabama, Just Diluted the Black Vote Through Annexation

Ryan Zickgraf Jacobin
Last week’s annexation vote in Mobile, Alabama, added thousands of white residents, reducing the black-white voter gap in the majority-minority city. It’s an effective strategy used by city elites to artificially inflate conservative political power.
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