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Tidbits-Sept. 17: Reader Comments: Supremes Rebuff Trump on Mail Voting; What Kind of Candidates Dems Run in Future; Reader Offers Advice to Rural Alaska Minimum Wage Fight; Resource for Fair, Free Elections; Special Event in Honor of the UN Charter

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Reader Comments: Supreme Courts Rebuffs Trump on Mail Voting; What Kind of Candidates Democrats Run in Future; Reader Offers Advice to Rural Alaska Minimum Wage Fight; Resource for Fair and Free Elections; A Special Event in Honor of the UN Charter.

Friday Nite Videos | September 11, 2026

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Things Get Weird at the GOP Midterm 'Convention'. It Ain’t Fun Being MAGA No More | Parody Song. Kimmel - Talarico: The FCC-Forbidden Interview. The People Abusing Welfare Are Not Who You Think. Murdering 60 Minutes.

Is This Really the Left’s Big Moment? We’ll Know in Two Months

Alex Shephard The New Republic
Progressives and socialists made historic gains in Democratic primaries. What happens in November is what really matters. A win in Michigan opens up a lane for progressives in other competitive races across the country — perhaps even....

El-Sayed’s Win in Michigan Is the Most Consequential Election This Year

Dr. James J. Zogby Arab American Institute
In what will be seen as this year’s most significant election Dr Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and massive US military support to Israel became central themes actively debated across the state

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.

Tidbits-July 30: Reader Comments: Elections 2026, 2028-Democratic Socialists Further Advance; Should AOC Run for President; Jewish Socialists Helped Build Multiracial Democracy; Strikes of Attorneys Representing Poor Clients; Dr. Fauci; Lots More;

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Reader Comments: Elections 2026 and 2028 - Democratic Socialists Further Advance; AOC Should Run for President; Jewish Socialists Helped Build Multiracial Democracy; Strikes of Attorneys Representing Poor Clients; Dr. Fauci; lots more and Cartoons;

Fighting To Shape the Next World Order

Max Elbaum Convergence
Even in decline, the US will play a big role in global affairs. With control over the trajectory of US politics and the map of world power now up for grabs, the Left has an opportunity to influence both.
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