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Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate. Two new polls suggest that moderate Democrats too want higher taxes on the rich and some measure of economic populism. Moderate isn’t what it was in 1992.

It's not progressives but centrists who are out of touch. Moderate voters are not like the people who purport to speak for them. And that’s crucial for Democratic candidates and strategists, as well as journalists, to understand. They're not looking for a nominee with a Republican-lite platform.

The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

Would we be here if there had been repercussions for the attack on Afghanistan in 2001, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Obama's drones program or continuing genocide in Palestine? We need true accountability for these crimes. And the only way to get it is to wage a struggle against militarism every day.

From Mogadishu to Minneapolis The Trump administration’s crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota ignores a longer history: decades of US intervention that helped produce the violence and displacement Somalis fled.

The Trump administration’s crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota ignores a longer history: decades of US intervention that helped produce the violence and displacement Somalis fled.

There Is No Pretext or Plan for the US-Israel War on Iran Framed as a strike on “evil,” Washington and Tel Aviv’s attacks leave Iran with few off-ramps. Tehran’s incentives now point toward escalation as a matter of survival.

Framed as a strike on “evil,” Washington and Tel Aviv’s attacks leave Iran with few off-ramps. Tehran’s incentives now point toward escalation as a matter of survival.

Iran Prepared for an Existential War. How Much Are Trump and Israel Willing to Gamble? Iran is intensifying strikes across the region after Supreme Leader Khamenei's assassination, as Trump floats new talks and more bombing.

Quagmire anyone?

Hey, hey, Donald J.,
How many kids did you kill today?

Opinion | There’s a Way to Nearly Eliminate Homelessness

Replace right to shelter with right to housing.

Trump will be gone soon. We must plan for what comes next. It won't be possible to return to what was; no matter, it wasn't that great anyway. So how will we make the next American republic more democratic? More equitable? More just? More peaceful? Safer? Power to the people or to the oligarchs?

Killing (or snatching) a country's leader doesn't assure regime change. Will old cohort install new leader? If an opposition seizes power, will it be better? If there's civil war, do we intervene? Will we install a puppet? If there's resistance, do we invade? Do we occupy? Or just destroy and run?

'Trump announced at 2:30 a.m. Saturday via Truth Social that the strikes had occurred, urging the Iranian public to rise up against its leadership and “seize control of your destiny.”'

What say we try that?

Democratic leadership has descended into self-parody.

New Polling on Ousting Schumer: Necessary Policy and Smart Politics The first year of the second Trump administration was defined by horrifying authoritarian abuses from an unpopular regime that were met…

Last month, we teamed up with YouGov to ask voters in Minnesota and Michigan their opinions on Democratic leadership. The results paint a clear picture: Chuck Schumer is one of the most staggeringly unpopular politicians in America.

Analysis | Ranking the 2028 Republican presidential contenders Most are all-in on MAGA.

TeeHee

A tax on these high-income earners is the most effective way to redistribute benefits to workers once again.

Rethinking Working-Class Resistance: Flipping the Script Working-class youth are recognizing their strengths in order to rewrite themselves into social movements.

So-called deficits are actually strengths: "a sense of solidarity, compassion, a merging of the mind and the body, learning and willing to take risks, embracing passion, connecting knowledge to power, and being attentive to the injuries of others and embracing a sense of social justice."

Boycott and disrupt: the only actions now. Last night, Dems who sat like potted plants while Trump insulted and demeaned them or worse who stood and applauded, props and extras in the dictator's show, proved again the party leadership is not fit to meet this crisis.

BREAKING: Al Green was just kicked out of the SOTU for the second year in a row to chants of USA.

He carried a sign that read “black people aren’t apes”.

Man I love this guy.

Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 23, 2026 YouTube video by Democracy Now!

The news staff at NYTimes should be required to watch Amy Goodman every day before work. They could learn something about contextualizing the news.

The Primary Win That Stunned Democrats Everywhere Analilia Mejia’s upset victory in New Jersey offers invaluable insights about the past and present of liberal politics in America.

Analilia Mejia’s upset victory in New Jersey offers invaluable insights about the past and present of liberal politics in America.

ICE Is Deporting Thousands With Minor Offenses — From Traffic Violations to Weed Possession Many people with little or no criminal record have been swept into the administration’s immigration dragnet since January, an analysis of deportation data shows.

People with no criminal convictions at all make up two-thirds of the more than 120,000 people deported between January and May. For another 8%, the only offense on their record was illegal entry to the U.S.

Bullshit Bots | Sohini Desai Is AI really coming for entry-level jobs first, and the rest of the workforce next? Tech CEOs certainly want you to think so.

“Agentic commerce invites us to hand over our data to the same regime of automation that will justify and accelerate the global march toward labor becoming more contingent and precarious.”

The Case for Public Electricity (Neon Liberalism #64, with Ryan Smith) Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Ryan C. Smith, author and economic historian, discuss the possibility of publicly-owned electric utilities in America. Smith argues that there is a strong case for public ...

Today @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com talks to @rcsmitheco.bsky.social, who argues that private electric companies—like Pacific Gas and Electric—are often inefficient and incompetent. Nebraska and other states with publicly-owned power companies have proven their superiority as an alternative.