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Democrats Weigh Bringing Corporate Price-Gougers Before Congress in January
In a pre-election poll, 48 percent of voters said the cost of living was the most important issue motivating them.
Progressives in Congress Can Now Sway Funding, Investigations, Health Policy
Progressives may soon have the best opportunity in decades to influence the direction of the Democratic Party.
Democrats Have Been Handed an Antiwar Mandate — and the Opportunity to Enact It
The Democratically controlled Congress must go further than just war powers resolutions, an ex-Biden official says.
Democrats Finally Have the Votes to Make the Electoral College Obsolete
“Blue wave” wins have produced enough Democratic state governments to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
The Egg on Elon Musk’s Face Cost More Than $440 Million
Musk’s astronomical campaign contributions were no match for outraged voters across the US.
Republicans Spent Nearly $200 Million on Ads Attacking Trans People — and Lost
The election was a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and Democrats should take note moving forward.
Sanders Says Democratic Party’s “Status Quo Policies Are No Longer Good Enough”
If Democrats win, the party “must undergo fundamental and immediate reform,” the senator said in an email to supporters.
Poll Challenges Narrative That Michigan Democratic Voters Are Split on El-Sayed
Ninety-five percent of Democrats say they’re voting for El-Sayed, and just 4 percent say they’re voting for Rogers.
New Ad Calls Out GOP for “Creepy Fetish of Monitoring Children’s Bathrooms”
The Progress Action Fund, a left-wing PAC, is running ads to “disrupt the right-wing media bubble.”
Families and Witnesses to 5 ICE Killings Testify Before Congress
“I don't think justice can be served until ICE is off our streets,” said Stella Carlson, witness to Alex Pretti's murder.