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Will John Fetterman Go Full Benedict Arnold?

Ryan Cooper The American Prospect
Any re-election campaign in 2028 is doomed. Will he spend the remainder of his term completing the betrayal of his own constituents? Is Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) going to switch parties? That’s the scuttlebutt in Washington, D.C.

Is DNC Boosting Kamala for ’28?

Norman Solomon LA Progressive
Who are party leaders protecting most by not releasing an autopsy of the former vice president’s 2024 loss to Donald Trump?

Trump’s Wreckage of Social Security and Medicare

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The assault on cherished social insurance programs is a gift to Democrats, but only if they are clear about how to defend them. Taxing the rich to save social insurance has the further virtue of splitting Republicans, who are divided....

Special-Interest Super PACs Underperform in Illinois

Emma Janssen The American Prospect
Only two of four AIPAC-backed Democratic House candidates won, despite tens of millions in spending. An absurd $92 million was spent on four open-seat House races and an open Senate race, a corruption of democracy that is relatively unprecedented

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Why Labor Needs a Declaration of Political Independence

Les Leopold Common Dreams
No matter how you slice the demographics, aside from Democratic and Republican Party operatives, a new working-class political party independent of the Democrats and Republicans is really popular.

Do Democrats Have a Plan for the Post-Trump World Order?

Jen Kirby The American Prospect
Democrats try to figure it out in real time, on the world stage in Munich. And, center stage was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman from New York, along with Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic governor of Michigan.
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