These Veterans Fought for Our Democracy, But New York Won’t Let Them Vote
A federal lawsuit filed by two veterans asks whether the right to vote comes from citizenship or from joining a party.
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BREAKING: Both Parties Lost in Alaska.
Plus: pop-up super PACs spent millions with hidden donors, and the DSA machine falls short in California.
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The REAL Reason Trump Hates Alaska and Dems Are Still Wrong
Plus: midterm predictions, CO's indy surge, and CA's indy power
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Buttigieg Goes Independent?
Plus, DSA v. Dems in California and independent voters to decide Congress
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Alaska Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting Win by Widest Margin Yet
Alaska voters decisively rejected a repeal of their open primary and ranked choice voting system by the widest margin yet, with 52.6% voting No on Ballot Measure 2 as of the latest count.
Conversations for voters who don’t fit the two-party box.
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The Election Night TSUNAMI Wasn’t Blue - It Was Independent (Here’s Why) | EP66
MIDTERMS: Will Talarico Take TEXAS? El-Sayed v. Rogers, Collins v. Jackson | EP65
The Two-Party System CONTROLS Our Elections. It’s Time to FIGHT BACK (John Opdycke) | EP64
California’s Election Will Be DECIDED by These Voters (NOT Who You Think) | EP63
How Trump’s LA Bombing “Troll” EXPOSES Our Broken Elections (Politics Explained) | EP62
The Veteran Suing New York for the Right to Vote (Paul Rieckhoff) | EP61
Trump & Mamdani Agree on This One Issue (NOT What You Think) | EP60
How California's Top-Two Primary Puts DSA vs. Democrats to the Test (Steve Peace) | EP59
How Trump's Own Mail-In Voting Rule Could BACKFIRE on Republicans | EP58
The Democratic Party Told Him To DROP OUT. He Said No. (Antonio Villaraigosa) | EP57
DSA Machine Falls Short in California’s Open Dem v. Dem Races
Democratic Socialists of America and Working Families Party-backed candidates won some competitive races in California's same-party Democratic contests, but fell short in most state legislative races against more moderate Democrats.
Independents Wrote the 2026 Winning Playbook. Democrats Won on It.
Independent candidates built a winning 2026 playbook on cost-of-living populism and anti-corruption reform, but Democratic winners adopted the message. What independents couldn't offer was a party label to oppose the party in power.
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These Veterans Fought for Our Democracy, But New York Won’t Let Them Vote
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Alaska Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting Win by Widest Margin Yet
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Taxpayer-Funded, Closed to Millions: The Growing Push to Reform Kentucky’s Primaries
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Iowa's Next Governor Wants Independent Voters to Have Equal Voting Rights
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Independent Voters Crushed Republicans. But Democrats Shouldn't Get Too Comfortable.
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Voters Fight Back Against Political Gatekeepers — And Stop Reform Repeal Again in Alaska
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How Republicans Flipped a Key Congressional Race Despite the Blue Wave in Maine
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Hakeem Jeffries Promises Ban on Congressional Stock Trading—Maybe Don’t Hold Your Breath
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Independents Wrote the 2026 Winning Playbook. Democrats Won on It.
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Trump Declares Alaska Senate Race Over (It Isn't)
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In Alaska, 'Decoy Dan' Was A Meme Vote, Not A Confused Vote
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When Democrats Stepped Aside, Independents Outran Them. But Only Slightly.
