Moderate PAC -- funding Lee's opponent -- has been described as "an organization of centrist Democrats," but its only donation in the 2022 cycle came from a firm co-founded by Republican benefactor Jeffrey Yass—the richest man in Pennsylvania.
Briana Bierschbach and Josie Albertson-Grove
Star Tribune
In Minnesota's primary for the Democratic Party, more than 45,000 people voted uncommitted. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said on CNN Wednesday morning that "these are voters that are deeply concerned, as we all are. The situation in Gaza is intolerable."
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries—who took more money from the Israel lobby in 2022 than from any other group and is featured on AIPAC’s website (alongside House Republican leadership)—has so far refused to condemn this tsunami of Republican money.
If our aim is economic and social justice, we’d do better to focus on changing the rules—including the rules of the Democratic Party. Even more important than the candidates we elect are the rules that determine whether real change is possible.
In a memo shared with Teen Vogue, the youth-led climate group warns Democrats to pay more attention to young voters. The memo strikes a clear tone: Stop taking us, and our voters, for granted.
"In Minnesota, we know that organized people will always beat organized money. Despite outside efforts to defeat us, we once again broke turnout records. Despite the attacks, our support has only grown."
It’s been a tough few months in the wake of Bernie Sanders’s defeat. But after the recent explosions in the streets and ongoing down-ballot progressive electoral organizing in the last year, the Left came roaring back in Tuesday's primaries.
After another disappointing primary night, Mr. Sanders said he would debate Joe Biden on Sunday, and laid out the questions he planned to ask him. Here’s a full transcript.
It’s well past time to bury the 'Bernie is unelectable' trope. He has a better shot than moderate Bloomberg. His campaign resonates with the growing realization of how unmoored the American capitalist system is from any sense of ethics or morality.
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