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In much of the US, Democrats’ reputation is utterly toxic to working-class voters. Running independent candidates may be the way forward for labor and the Left in many regions — potentially planting the seeds of a new party.

GOP lawmakers broke with the president on Iran, a compensation fund that could go to Jan. 6 rioters and his ballroom renovation — and they are increasingly bleak about November.

The looming loss of Black House districts across the South has raised the stakes in an open-seat primary in Philadelphia.

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This week the state party welcomed the Vermont senator along with former President Barack Obama—a major public shift on two politicians once considered too liberal to be seen with.

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As you look at Alabama and other Southern states reintroducing racist gerrymanders, don’t think it can’t happen anywhere else. Trump isn’t building a ballroom for the next guy. It’s up to us to hold the line.