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Bad News and Good News on the Fundraising Front
A new investigation shows how one Democratic firm has built a self-dealing nexus of shady PACs, while ActBlue, the fundraising powerhouse, finally takes…
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Micah L. Sifry
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The Israel/Palestine Vibe Shift
As Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander have shown, including progressive Zionists in your coalition is very smart politics. Plus, debating how and when to…
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Micah L. Sifry
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Cryptocurrency, Epstein and the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle
The silver lining: “The amount of energy needed to sustain bullshit *that is obvious to all* is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce…
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Micah L. Sifry
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A Podcast to Listen To and a Book to Read (while I battle Covid)
Say hello to "This Old Democracy," my new podcast with the Center for Ballot Freedom. And check out "Out of Many, One," a new anthology on American…
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Micah L. Sifry
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The Hard Work of Persuasion
While the Defiance keeps growing, here's an argument for moving from mass protest to lots of face-to-face engagement with people who *aren't* already in…
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Micah L. Sifry
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Six Notes on the Zohran Mamdani Miracle
How he expanded the electorate, defeated Cuomo's money machine, and made the election about affordability rather than identity politics.
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Micah L. Sifry
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So Many Contradictions, So Little Time
There's a through-line connecting Mad King Trump's claims about war with Iran and Prince of Darkness Andrew Cuomo's bid for political rehabilitation in…
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