DSA Members Urge Campaigns to Ditch Platner Consultant Who Advised Mamdani
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America circulated a letter calling on candidates and elected officials to refuse to work...
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It’s Time for Maine to Ditch Platner — But Not the Politics That Won Over Voters
Graham Platner during a primary election night event at the YMCA in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9, 2026. Photo: Graeme...
Graham Platner’s Exit From Senate Race Leaves Maine Dems “Hobbled” in Scramble for New Nominee
In group chats of progressive activists and political operatives concerned with the state of the Senate race in Maine Wednesday...
Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office?
The CIA headquarters in McLean, Va., on March 3, 2005. Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images The Democratic Party is...
The People Who Stood By Graham Platner — Until He Was Accused of Rape
The Democratic Party is once again in upheaval as Graham Platner, its unconventional nominee to knock out longtime Republican Sen....
There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist.
As democratic socialists toppled establishment favorites this midterm cycle, the old guard of the Democratic Party picked up a preferred...
Graham Platner Inspired Another Left-Wing Veteran to Take On an Establishment Dem
Alex Scheel speaks at an Armistice Day rally on Veterans Day 2025. Photo: Bryan Richardson/Courtesy of the Scheel campaign When...
How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart
After a devastating earthquake rocked Venezuela last week, President Donald Trump backed off his claims to be “in charge” of...
RFK Jr. Claims He’s Investigating Terrorism Now, Too
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking a beat from his busy day job ending the...
Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver
Leftists toppled a three-decade incumbent they’d made the face of the Democratic Party’s failures on Tuesday in Denver amid an...
Congressional Dems Shift to Overwhelmingly Oppose Involvement in Israel’s War on Lebanon
Democratic Party leaders in the House reversed course and moved to back a resolution against U.S. involvement in Israel’s war...
Socialists Are Surging. In Colorado, a 29-Year Incumbent Is Sweating.
Rep. Diana DeGette has had a tough few weeks. The Colorado Democrat is facing her first competitive primary in her...
Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group
The political action arm of a Jewish anti-Zionist group best known for staging sit-ins to protest genocide in the halls...
The Peter Thiel Ally Who Helped Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.
Collage: The Intercept/Photo: Peter Thiel by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Aron D’Souza, the brainchild behind the lawsuit...
Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
The U.S. Capitol building on May 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images Democrats and...
