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Why Are Texas Democrats Now Embracing Bernie Sanders?

Christopher Hooks Texas Monthly
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.

The Progressives Propelling Abdul El-Sayed Forward in Michigan

Eli Day The American Prospect
Activists are building a political home for the Michigan Senate candidate’s anti-corruption, anti-war populist message. Following Sen. Gary Peters’s announced retirement, Michigan’s open seat has become the most hotly contested race in the country.

Zohran Mamdani Is Right To Condemn West Bank Land Sales

Ben Burgis Jacobin
After a rowdy protest outside a real estate event at Park East Synagogue, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely criticized for supporting the protest by condemning the sale of West Bank properties. But the criticisms don’t stand up to scrutiny.

The Great Antifa Hoax

Eric Alterman The New Republic
Yes, it exists. It’s not really a threat to anyone except neo-Nazis—but that’s all the excuse the Trump administration needs to turn the machinery of federal law enforcement loose on anyone with “dangerous” ideas.

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.

Mexico Is Going All In for Universal Health Care

Kurt Hackbarth Jacobin
Mexico’s new national health system aims to provide universal care. At a moment when US taxpayer dollars are being harnessed to destroy health care infrastructure abroad, Mexico is attempting to make a constitutional right to care into a reality

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....

The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up

Greg Sargent The New Republic
In the president’s warped world, his increasingly deranged demands are never the problem—only his underlings’ failures to meet them.
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