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2024 Broke the Democrats. Can They Put Themselves Back Together?

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For the first time in two decades, the Democratic Party has found itself without a clear political leader—or even an obvious frontrunner. Angry and adrift, voters are clashing with politicians over how to fight back.  Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. They’re also dealing with an uncomfortable new […]

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A Second Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Trump’s Executive Order on Elections

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Judge Denise Casper ruled provisions of the order exceeded Trump’s authority and would cause “irreparable harm.”

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I’m a Farmer Who Voted for Trump. His Tariffs Are Stressing Me Out.

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Few have felt the whiplash of President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs with China more than American farmers. The US is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products, from corn to soybeans, wheat, and cotton. And the largest importer of America’s farm products? China. The two countries have engaged in a back-and-forth series of escalating […]

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Defying ICE and Charting a New Course for Democrats

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In May, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka made headlines when he was arrested during a protest outside of an immigration detention facility in New Jersey and charged with trespassing. Baraka has staunchly opposed the reopening of the 1,000-bed detention center, called Delaney Hall, since Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a deal with the private prison company […]

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Trump’s Pardon Attorney Mulls Clemency for Fake Electors—Dead or Alive

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The Trump administration’s new chief pardon attorney is considering a plan to grant clemency to dozens of so-called fake electors who aided Donald Trump in his scheme to overturn the 2020 election, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. Ed Martin—the failed US attorney nominee whom Trump recently named to a different high-level […]

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David Hogg’s Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party

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“It’s all gas, no brakes.” For David Hogg, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, there’s little time away from politics right now, especially considering his $20 million campaign to disrupt his own party.  Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, and gun control advocate, is looking to oust what […]

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Democrats Won a NC Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Something Important.

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The party that controls this board holds power over who votes, how votes are counted and who ultimately wins races.

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“This Election Is a Whole Lot Bigger Than What Happens in Philadelphia”

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Last November, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued a characteristically blunt warning to anyone hatching plans to “play militia,” threaten voters, or otherwise interfere in the upcoming election: “F around and find out.” “You can have your fun in a jail cell, ’cause that’s what’s coming,” he said in a press conference that went viral […]

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Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History

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President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers seem better suited to explain this unique moment in America than Nikole Hannah-Jones. A New York Times journalist and Howard University professor, Hannah-Jones has spent years studying and shaping compelling—and at times […]

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