Eight Key Midterm Election Takeaways: The Progressive Electorate Has Spoken
We constantly hear about how progressives are too extreme; Tuesday’s results should quash that narrative.
National Politics
PA’s Next Governor: The Democrat Who Picks Fights With Bad Guys
Josh Shapiro is a Ted Lasso-style politician who does the one thing most Dems never do: He names the villains.
The Midterm Issue No One’s Talking About
As voters push to prioritize climate change and fossil fuels spend big on key races, less than one percent of election ads are focused on the environment.
Leonard Leo’s Next Move
The conservative activist’s new group is attacking Iowa’s Democratic attorney general for leading a consumer protection group.
Summer Lee Plans To Keep Fighting Forward
David Sirota interviews Summer Lee, a progressive Democrat just elected to Congress in Pennsylvania, about the pro-Israel super PAC spending millions to stop her.
Wall Street Strikes Back
This election season, the financial industry is proudly funneling cash and running misleading ads to boost its favorite political lackeys.
The Fed Chair’s November Surprise
Jerome Powell is preparing to crash the economy days before the midterm elections, hurting workers and ushering his fellow Republicans into power.
The GOP Fights To Preserve Predatory "Junk Fees"
As Biden takes aim at overdraft fees and other “junk fees” that prey on the country’s most vulnerable, big banks’ GOP lackeys are going on the offensive.
The “Shoot Now Pay Later” Gun Financier Backing Nevada’s Adam Laxalt
The GOP Senate candidate, Adam Laxalt, received maxed-out contributions from executives of a firm that runs controversial financing schemes with the gun manufacturer behind the Las Vegas and Uvalde, Texas, shootings.
Budd Got Loans And Cash And Boosted Bank Merger — Before Mass Layoffs
The North Carolina GOP Senate nominee, Ted Budd, helped clear the way for a controversial 2019 bank merger, then took hefty campaign cash and loans from the resulting financial behemoth.