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R.I.P No Labels, the Renegade Faction of the Centrist Elite

Daniel Schlozman / n+1 May 23, 2024 The group’s downfall is to be celebrated, but the deeper longings and forces it embodied will live on. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

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Manchin as a Third Party Candidate

Jeff Koterba Jul 20, 2023 Dig deeper

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Desperate Measures

Noah Berlatsky / Alternet Dec 21, 2022 While Republicans claim to speak for rural America, their policies d keep rural people and their children in desperate circumstances. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Democrats Make Last-ditch Effort To Pass Joe Manchin’s Energy Bill

Jake Bittle / Grist Dec 6, 2022 Manchin’s bill in its current form would speed up federal environmental reviews for many large infrastructure projects, making it easier to ramp up production of fossil fuels as well as green energy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Trial: Pointed Questioning With Bolton Book at the Center

LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 The former national security adviser's forthcoming publication threatens GOP hopes of a quick acquittal. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Plot to Discredit and Destroy Julian Assange

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 6, 2019 Several nations have played a role in the WikiLeaks publisher’s downfall as corporate media stands idly by. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Billionaires Have Declared All-Out War on Sanders and Warren

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Nov 7, 2019 The 1 percent throws money at the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden because it understands that the left poses an existential threat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

McConnell Resists Pressure to Address Gun Violence

LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Aug 7, 2019 The president is calling for an expansion of background checks for gun sales, but the Senate leader knows such ideas have little GOP support. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chuck Schumer Earns Progressive Ire With Joe Manchin Promotion

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Dec 12, 2018 Activists warn that placing a champion of Big Coal atop a crucial energy committee is "at odds with any plans for real climate action." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kavanaugh Confirmed, 50-48, in Near Party-Line Vote

ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Oct 6, 2018 Protesters interrupt the roll call several times before police remove them from the Senate gallery. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Collins, Manchin Back Kavanaugh; Confirmation Appears Certain

LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2018 The announcements by Sens. Susan Collins and Joe Manchin are expected to deal a fatal blow to the opposition, but Democrats are still pressing the fight. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gina Haspel Debate Spotlights America’s Soul Sickness

John Kiriakou / Truthdig May 8, 2018 The U.S. has become a country that supports torture, so the fight to stop the godmother of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" program may be futile. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )