2018 elections
Only billionaires will miss Paul Ryan
January 2, 2019Ryan was never a serious thinker, and he didn’t care about debt. He was a frat bro from a wealthy family who read a lot of Ayn Rand.
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Wisconsin Republicans to vote on weakening incoming Democratic governor’s power
December 4, 2018Demonstrators brave extreme cold in vigil outside the Capitol demanding that the GOP respect the will of the people.
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Progressives not pleased with Dem leaders’ silence on Medicare for All
November 21, 2018WASHINGTON—Progressive groups and individuals, whose energy, candidates, enthusiasm and votes swept congressional Democrats back into control of the U.S. House next year, are increasingly upset with top party leaders’ silence – at best -- on one...
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The House has gone Democratic. Can its majority now go bold?
November 21, 2018Tony Maxwell, a retired African-American naval officer, was trying — without much success — to get his Jacksonville, Fla., neighbor to go with him to the mid-term election polls and vote. The young neighbor, a high-school...
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Trumka: Record labor voter mobilization emphasizes pocketbook issues
October 31, 2018It also produced a record number of unionists running for everything from city council and county commissioner to Congress and governor.
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