This is totally dishonest. None of AIPAC’s ads mentioned Israel, they attacked Lee as a “bad Democrat.” They’re now backing her Republican opponent.

And checking progressive values of equality and racial justice is precisely what AIPAC demands of Democrats, or else.

I went down to Little Saigon, where incumbent Republican Michelle Steel, a Korean Immigrant, is running for re-election against Navy reservist & community college trustee Jay Chen, almost exclusively on the idea that he'd be a stooge for communist China.
prospect.org/politics/crazi…

wow...the Biden administration's FDA has come out against advance provision of abortion medication. This is not a move I would expect from a Democratic president trying to expand access to care politico.com/news/2022/10/3…

NEW: Republicans have a secret weapon this year: more rich nominees than ever before.

36 of the 68 Republican nominees in competitive House seats have dipped into personal fortunes to boost their campaign coffers. 21 of those 36 have dropped $100k or more.prospect.org/politics/repub…

Really important race where the self fulfilling prophecy of Dem leadership in Texas (and with Latinos) is painfully clear. Party heads will do anything to prop up establishment candidates who then sabotage the party, and abandon progressives bc they “can’t win,” making it so.

I got my hands on some questionnaires that two crypto PACs sent to Democratic candidates this year. One passage alleges that bitcoin mining helps stabilize the energy grid and uses less energy than the banking system.
prospect.org/power/crypto-p…

Democrats often say “Texas isn’t a red state, it’s a nonvoting one.” The second clause is definitely true. But I traveled the state talking to folks who aren’t planning on voting this year, and found they aren’t as ready a target for the Dems as assumed: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

in addition to everything else, mike davis was someone who never sold out, who maintained a necessary & lifelong disgust with idiots in power—this at a time when “intellectuals” have become ever more enamored with prestige and capable of justifying their gross desire for it. RIP

I talked to Alex Sammon about the biggest dark money megadonors of the Democratic primaries taking their ball and going home for the general: slate.com/news-and-polit…