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A thousand kinds of crazy in a convulsing world

But If the Democratic Party establishment thinks the defeat of Turner has turned back the progressive upsurge, it’s mistaken.

Another day, another 20 scandals

Her willingness to learn from her base, while holding fast to principles and being willing to take a public stand even when that stand might cost her, offers a lesson to the party in how to evolve in the years to come.

Today, the second-largest cities in New York and Ohio are battlegrounds between activists fighting for progressive change and establishment forces determined to prevent it.

First inventory of the election from hell