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Category: 2018 Election

Fund-Raiser-Invitation

Dems: Let’s try politics without the donor class

September 20, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There’s nothing particularly sexy about what’s happening above the radar in Democratic politics. Primaries for Congress and states don’t start until well after the

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Better deal

Dems’ Better Deal: Courting white voters, abandoning social justice

August 14, 2017 Hafsa 2018 Election, Charity & Justice, Democrats Leave a comment

Since the harrowing, soul-crushing Democratic defeat in the 2016 elections (and ever since), liberals have been desperately wracking their beleaguered brains trying to devise

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Five Candidates

2020 Potential Democratic Contenders: A Closer Look

August 7, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The race for the 2020 Democratic nomination began at 11:30 PM, November 8th, 2016 when the networks projected that Donald Trump would carry the

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Kelli Dunaway challenging Ann Wagner: First impressions

August 6, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Democrats, Missouri region 3 comments

Kelli Dunaway introduced herself to a small, informal group of progressive-minded Democrats last week and, as she told her jaw-dropping origin story, made a

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Problem Solver Caucus

Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise

August 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Economy, Health care, Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on

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Trump-2020

12 Possible Endings for Trump’s 1st Term

July 9, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Democrats, Government, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

This list isn’t organized in any particular way, but rather it’s just a selection of possible places we might find ourselves in 4 years.

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Rural America

It Wasn’t Just Russia: Democrats Have Larger Problems

June 6, 2017 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Hillary Clinton, Missouri region, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

There are several theories that attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton was defeated in November, and most of them are at least somewhat credible.

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Hillary Money

Please, Hillary, spare us

May 17, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics One comment

This past Monday, Hillary Clinton formally announced her post-2016 election plans. She will be establishing a political organization aimed at funding “resistance groups” that

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Groundswell Progressive

Are we in the midst of a progressive awakening?

April 18, 2017 Renee Shur 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Activism, Democracy, Politics Leave a comment

Are we in the midst of a progressive awakening? Are the marches, rallies, and town-hall meetings the beginnings of a committed and long-term movement?

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Bernie Sanders

Come on Dems; now is the time that Bernie needs your support

March 27, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Democrats, Progressive people, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

Fortunately, Bernie Sanders has been getting a lot of air time recently. For the most part, the peripheral vision of the media has ranged

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