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Elon Musk’s Lawyer Seeks Seat in Congress
Chris Gober, who helped draw Texas’s gerrymandered maps, is now running to represent one of those districts. His AI and defense industry ties could pose problems.
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13mAbdul El-Sayed Is Running Through, Not Around, the Right’s Racism
The Michigan Senate candidate is enduring Islamophobic attacks by refusing to accept the conservative narrative and pointing out their distract-and-divide strategy.
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9mMike Rogers’s Wife Runs a Consultancy That Sells Government Access
She got corporations to meet with members of Congress, and cabinet members—for a $100,000 initiation fee. If her husband reaches the Senate, ethics questions could grow.
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9mIn Michigan, El-Sayed Canvassers Engaging Voters on Jewish Safety
While AIPAC targets 130,000 Jewish Michiganders with mailers demonizing Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Bend the Arc is connecting with voters on a deeper level.
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11mCait Conley Rocks Rockland County at ‘End Citizens United’ Town Hall
With just days to go until Election Day, the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) laid out her plans to get dark money out of politics. She said Congress can start by imposing term limits on Supreme Court justices.
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6mThe Deeper Affordability Crisis
The problem isn’t just Trump-induced inflation. For ordinary working people, living standards have been dwindling for decades.