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5 takeaways from Brad Lander, Dan Goldman primary debate for NY's 10th District seat

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NEW YORK — Brad Lander and Rep. Dan Goldman faced off in the first debate in their contentious Democratic primary in the NY-10 district.

The rivals traded barbs over Israel, immigration and even the Park Slope Food Coop in the hourlong televised showdown that was tense but short on real fireworks and didn’t produce any apparent knockout ...Read more

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at an event hosted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026.  AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters

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Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cottage industry has sprung up on the left dedicated to answering a single question: How can Democrats win back the working class?

The answers come in different forms. Sometimes it is veteran Vermont Sen. Bernie ...Read more

Schooners like these played a vital role in the American Revolution. wynnter/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

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George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it everything honorable and glorious.”

The ...Read more

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks on Capitol Hill on June 8, 2022, about a resolution condemning the great replacement theory. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

The more Fox News a white American watches, the more likely they are to believe in a racist conspiracy theory, regardless of party affiliation and demographics

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During a Washington Nationals baseball game on May 17, 2026, three people unfurled a large banner from the upper deck of Nationals Park displaying a link to a white nationalist website.

The website, warning of the replacement of whites by people of color, called for the deportation of 100 million people from the United States.

...Read more

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Administration sticks with Congress on Medicaid work mandate exemptions

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WASHINGTON — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday outlined states’ obligations to implement upcoming Medicaid work requirements, issuing a rule that closely adheres to a list of exemptions already found in federal law.

The work requirements, passed as part of the Republican 2025 reconciliation law, are set to take effect...Read more

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Commentary: In politics after Trump, nothing is disqualifying

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After a decade of Trumpism, it should come as no surprise that President Donald Trump’s ethos (presenting scandal as strength, outrage as authenticity and public disgrace as evidence you’re a “fighter”) has trickled down into congressional campaigns of both parties.

In Maine, for example, controversial oysterman and veteran Graham ...Read more

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Editorial: DOJ's E. Jean Carroll lawsuit probe marks another step in Trump's despotic quest for vengeance

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Continuing President Donald Trump’s abuse of government power against his perceived enemies, his hatchet men in the Justice Department have reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit American Future Republic, run by LinkedIn co-founder billionaire Reid Hoffman.

The supposed offense revolves around supporting the legal ...Read more

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Commentary: Why Trump is manufacturing a new crisis in Cuba

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With the United States’ attention fixed on Iran, Venezuela and other crises, the Trump administration’s increasing pressure campaign against Cuba has largely unfolded in the background. That may be why it has drawn less attention than other major foreign policy efforts. But the pieces add up to something larger than routine sanctions policy....Read more

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Trump sends a message to man who won his freedom from Alligator Alcatraz

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MIAMI — In the days since she helped secure her father’s release from Alligator Alcatraz, Arianne Betancourt received a number of congratulatory messages from friends, family, and even strangers.

On Sunday, she received a message from someone she never expected she’d hear from: President Donald Trump.

“Welcome home to Justo Betancourt,...Read more

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Walker enters Alaska governor's race as 5 pm deadline to file for office nears

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Monday is the filing deadline for candidates looking to run in Alaska’s elections, spurring a dash for gubernatorial hopefuls and congressional candidates to file all necessary paperwork to appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot.

With a U.S. Senate seat, the U.S. House seat, the governor’s mansion and 50 legislative seats up for grabs, ...Read more

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Donald Trump Jr. 'copied' JFK Jr's iconic wedding to Carolyn Bessette, followers say

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Soon after Donald Trump Jr. posted a glossy, heavily produced video of his Bahamas island wedding to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, many culturally savvy followers noted a number of striking similarities between their ceremony and a much more famous wedding that also starred the son of an American president 30 years earlier.

“Looks ...Read more

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Trump enters perilous polling territory, raising questions over base support

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WASHINGTON — Mired in a persistent cost of living crisis and an unpopular war with Iran, President Donald Trump reached a perilous milestone last week, registering an approval rating of 34% in a top-tier poll — a record low less than halfway through his second term.

The results mark one of the sharpest polling collapses of any modern ...Read more

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Heading for retirement, Pelosi still lends political heft to fellow Democrats

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WASHINGTON — For the first time in four decades, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi won’t be on the ballot in November, but she’s lending her political clout and prodigious fundraising skills to more than a dozen Democrats who will.

Pelosi, who concludes her barrier-breaking tenure in the House early next year, has offered up a string of ...Read more

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Tina Peters released from Colorado prison after Gov. Jared Polis reduces her sentence

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DENVER — Tina Peters was released from a Pueblo prison Monday after a commutation from Gov. Jared Polis ended both her 20-month incarceration and a months-long pressure campaign by President Donald Trump.

The former Mesa County clerk left the La Vista Correctional Facility before the press arrived Monday morning, her attorney said, just over ...Read more

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Early shakeup as Alaska candidates have until 5 pm Monday to file for office

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Monday is the filing deadline for candidates looking to run in Alaska’s elections, spurring a dash for gubernatorial hopefuls and congressional candidates to file all necessary paperwork to appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot.

With a U.S. Senate seat, the U.S. House seat, the governor’s mansion and 50 legislative ...Read more

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This week on Capitol Hill: Reconciliation round two?

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WASHINGTON — After a weeklong recess, Senate Republicans returned Monday with their focus set on ways to move their budget reconciliation package, which hit several hurdles before the Memorial Day break.

The House, which has been on standby while Senate leadership works out how much of the White House wishlist they can salvage, is returning ...Read more

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Pro-Trump outsider wins Colombia vote, sets up heated runoff

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Celebrity lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella unexpectedly topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential vote, as Latin America heads into another highly polarized election.

The conservative outsider is in a strong position to become the nation’s next president when he faces leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, an ally of current President Gustavo...Read more

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Tina Peters released from Colorado prison after Gov. Jared Polis reduces her sentence

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DENVER — Tina Peters was released from a Pueblo prison Monday morning after a commutation from Gov. Jared Polis ended both her 20-month incarceration and a months-long pressure campaign by President Donald Trump.

Her release was confirmed Monday morning by Adrienne Mazzone, spokeswoman for Peters’ legal team. Alondra Gonzales-Garcia, ...Read more

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National Democrats plan to pour resources into Moskowitz race

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MIAMI — Congressional Democrats’ primary fundraising arm is investing extra resources into the Republican-leaning South Florida district Jared Moskowitz is running to represent, after Gov. Ron DeSantis redrew Florida’s voting maps.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added Moskowitz to their Frontline program Monday, an effort...Read more

While financial institutions also commit property crimes (red hashmarks) through subprime mortgages, these are rarely included in property crime maps that typically only highlight property and vehicle theft, burglary and arson.
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Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative

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Throughout time, maps have been useful tools for those in power to stake their claim over territories and markets. Politicians start nationwide redistricting battles to ensure partisan control, weakening the power of voters. The Trump administration’s geopolitical posturing over Greenland builds on a long history of imperialism aided by ...Read more

 

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