Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty One of the core themes of this year’s primaries has been the clash between establishment Democrats and more progressive candidates from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota are no different. According to AP, Minnesota’s Democratic Senate primary has voters choosing between […]
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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Getty As we enter August, the primary period is winding down, and we’re gaining a clearer look at what this fall’s midterms will look like. On Tuesday, five states are conducting their primary elections. Here’s everything you need to know. The Progressive vs Establishment Battle Continues In Michigan One of […]
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The Ideas Factory Tuesday at 11 a.m. California time (2 p.m. Eastern), the Public Policy Institute of California holds a virtual event about more sustainable crops for the imperiled but vital farmland of the San Joaquin Valley. Speakers include the think tank’s Letitia Grenier, Caitlin Peterson, and Bradley Franklin, along with Geoffrey Vanden Heuvel of the Milk Producers Council, Sustainable Conservation CEO Josette Lewis, and public policy mediator Dave […]
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El-Sayed’s policy proposal, which he shared exclusively with The New Republic ahead of its release, has three key components: democratic governance of AI, public ownership of AI companies, and safety requirements. His proposal takes inspiration from Sanders’s American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund bill, proposed earlier this month—and like Sanders’s bill, calls for the creation of […]
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Source: Jon Cherry / Getty President Donald Trump has a drastically low approval rating and is losing support across his key bases nationally. Despite leading his party to what, on paper, looks like a loss in the midterms, Tuesday’s primaries confirmed that Trump still holds a firm grip on the Republican Party in deep Red […]
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“When I looked at the illustration, I didn’t jump to the same conclusion as some,” Graham wrote. “There were no spiritual references—no halo, there were no crosses, no angels. It was a flag, soldiers, a nurse, fighter planes, eagles, the Statue of Liberty, and I think this is a lot to do about nothing.” But […]
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“All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with,” Trump wrote on Truth […]
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Source: UCG / Getty For years, Democrats cast themselves as the last clean hands in a dirty game—denouncing dark money like it was a political disease infecting only the other side. They built an identity on outrage, on the promise that they were better than the billionaires, the backroom deals, the anonymous checks. But somewhere […]
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The New York Times reported of one outcome that “a moderate former congresswoman defeated a left-wing rival.” That would be news to voters in Illinois’s 8th congressional district, where AI-industry titans funded an innocuous-sounding Think Big PAC to propel former House member Melissa Bean, once dubbed “Wall Street’s favorite Democrat,” with over $1 million of […]
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Source: Scott Olson / Getty Illinois held its primary elections on Tuesday, which gives us a good sense of who will ultimately be heading to the halls of Congress next year. Plenty of money was spent by AIPAC, cryptocurrency, and AI lobbyists, but it was ultimately Gov. JB Pritzker who came out on top. According […]
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He then went on to attack Boasberg with similarly inflammatory language: The Courts treat Republicans, and me, so unfairly, always seeming to protect those who should not be protected. They are highly politicized. Cases don’t matter, the Judge does! As an example, how is this absolutely terrible Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, not […]
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It was a draw last night in Illinois. Each side won two races. The primaries were the latest illustration of a changing party where no faction or group is dominant. Progressive policy views, such as skepticism of the Israeli government and support for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, are gaining ground […]
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Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey) Jimmy Panetta (California) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Greg Landsman (Ohio) Jared Golden (Maine) Jim Costa (California) “Our war powers resolution allows for the short-term, targeted strikes on the regime’s missiles and bombs, requires Trump to come to Congress for a vote, and specifies ‘no ground troops,’” Representative Landsman wrote Tuesday. “Destroy the […]
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Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey) Jimmy Panetta (California) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Greg Landsman (Ohio) Jared Golden (Maine) Jim Costa (California) “Our war powers resolution allows for the short-term, targeted strikes on the regime’s missiles and bombs, requires Trump to come to Congress for a vote, and specifies ‘no ground troops,’” Representative Landsman wrote Tuesday. “Destroy the […]
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Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey) Jimmy Panetta (California) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Greg Landsman (Ohio) Jared Golden (Maine) Jim Costa (California) “Our war powers resolution allows for the short-term, targeted strikes on the regime’s missiles and bombs, requires Trump to come to Congress for a vote, and specifies ‘no ground troops,’” Representative Landsman wrote Tuesday. “Destroy the […]
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Source: Grant Baldwin / Getty This week, the road to the midterms formally begins as primary elections are held in several states to determine the nominees for this November. Despite the rampant unpopularity of President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is still facing widespread disapproval for its tepid response to the Trump administration and lack […]
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