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The Guardian: Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/jeffrey-epstein-emails-wealth
NPR: Young Democrats want to unseat their elders. Young Republicans are happy to wait
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/05/nx-s1-5529336/young-democrats-young-republicans-running-for-congress
‘Giddy’ Republicans cheer Mamdani’s impact on Democrats
Comment: "Zohran Mamdani’s front-running campaign to lead the nation’s largest city is stoking fear among moderate Democrats that his far-left politics will cost them at the ballot box."
"They worry a Mamdani mayoralty will deepen an existential crisis for a party desperate to win back power in Congress — simultaneously handing Republicans a cudgel to paint their moderate opponents as socialists and encouraging hard-left copy cat candidates to primary Democratic incumbents, potentially pushing the party further to the left."
"Republicans are giving the 33-year-old democratic socialist a starring role in digital ads and fundraising appeals — affixing him to moderate Democrats who represent swing seats in the New York City suburbs and nationwide."
"A video this month by the House GOP’s campaign arm warned that Democrats 'want to turn America into a socialist, crime-filled dystopia' and features a clip of Mamdani discussing the 'abolition of private property.' ”
Axios: The Democratic governor who's already called in the National Guard
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/30/democrat-governor-national-guard-new-mexico-crime
Comment: The proper use of the National Guard to help fight crime.
AP News: ‘No magic fixes’ for Democrats as party confronts internal and fundraising struggles
Politico: The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/democrats-woke-language-blacklist-00519421
How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ in their levels of education
Politico: Inside the DNC’s money problems
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/18/dnc-fundraising-donor-problems-midterms-00512473
DNC chair takes steps to restrict corporate and dark money in 2028 primaries | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/dnc-chair-resolution-restrict-corporate-dark-money
The Hill: Trump’s dangerous health care policies will be on the ballot in 2026
PBS: ‘Democracy isn’t working’: Many young adults believe voting is not important, AP-NORC poll finds
Time Magazine: Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Our Accomplishments—And Do This Instead
https://time.com/7306863/democrats-talking-about-accomplishments/
Comment: Good advice?
NBC News: Kamala Harris decides not to run for governor of California
Politico: Democratic memo: The party's redistricting problem goes much deeper
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/democrats-redistricting-problem-goes-much-deeper-00468638
Comment: "Democrats are facing a redistricting problem as Republicans in Texas — and potentially other states — are redrawing their maps to create more Republican-leaning seats. But state Democrats say that the real problem is the party doesn’t do enough to try to flip state legislatures and put Democrats in charge of redrawing the lines in the future."
"The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee calls on its party to rethink their “failed federal-first strategy,” in a memo sent to donors and strategists obtained by POLITICO, and instead invest in winning seats in state legislatures ahead of 2030 redistricting."
" 'To have a shot at winning and maintaining a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives moving forward, Democrats must reassess our failed federal-first strategy and get serious about winning state legislatures ahead of redistricting,' the memo said. 'Not just in the final months of 2030, but starting now.' "
Analyzing Democrats' mixed results in polls at Donald Trump's 6-month mark
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5407046-mixed-polling-democrats-trump/
NPR: A playbook is forming for younger candidates. The results have so far been mixed
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5468552/deja-foxx-arizona-special-election-zohran-mamdani
GOP incumbents are outraising Dem ones in House battlegrounds
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/house-battleground-campaign-fundraising-00458756
Axios: "There needs to be blood": Democrats' voters tell them to "get shot" in Trump resistance push
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress
Comment: "At town halls in their districts and in one-on-one meetings with constituents and activists, Democratic members of Congress are facing a growing thrum of demands to break the rules, fight dirty — and not be afraid to get hurt."
"Why it matters: House Democrats told Axios they see a growing anger among their base that has, in some cases, morphed into a disregard for American institutions, political traditions and even the rule of law."
The Hill: Zohran Mamdani tapped into real frustration in New York. That doesn’t mean he can govern.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5382648-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city/
CNN: What new research tells us about how Trump won in 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/politics/trump-pew-research-election
Politico: ‘Weak,’ ‘whiny’ and ‘invisible’: Critics of DNC Chair Ken Martin savage his tenure
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/19/dnc-chair-ken-martin-infighting-00413409
Union leaders Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders quit DNC posts in the party’s latest dispute
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/politics/randi-weingarten-lee-saunders
The Hill: Kenyatta elected as a DNC vice chair
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5350964-pennsylvania-rep-elected-dnc-vice-chair/
Axios: David Hogg out at DNC, won't run again
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-kenyatta
Former GOP congressman David Jolly running for governor in Florida as Democrat | PBS News
The Hill: DNC infighting threatens to throw party into ‘chaos’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5304916-dnc-turmoil-primary-challengers/
CNN: A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/climate/ocean-currents-sea-level-rise-northeast
Upstate engineer Lee Johnson challenges Sen. Lindsey Graham for US Senate
The Hill: Only 1 in 3 Democrats optimistic about party’s future: Poll
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5300540-democrats-gop-optimism-survey/
Politico: Murphy says ‘no doubt’ Biden suffered cognitive decline while in office
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/murphy-biden-cognitive-decline-2028-00349025
NPR: Americans still dream about factory jobs. Can they be brought back?
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5375146/trump-tariffs-factory-jobs-nostalgia
Virginia Mercury: Democrats reach historic goal: A full slate in Virginia House races
Politico: Andy Beshear is making serious moves toward a 2028 presidential run
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/andy-beshear-2028-presidential-campaign-groundwork-00327724
Former Fetterman Staffer Sent Warning Letter To Doctor About Senator's 'Bad Trajectory': Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-fetterman-staffer-sent-warning-141803964.html
Politico: Beshear open to presidential run in 2028
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/andy-beshear-president-2028-00324286
Politico: Cortez Masto taking over ‘ModSquad’ PAC, urges Dems to drop ‘purity tests’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/28/cortez-masto-modsquad-drop-purity-tests-00311995
James Carville says Democrats need to stop letting Bernie Sanders and AOC define the party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-carville-says-democrats-stop-164525554.html
Axios: Senate Dems brace for leadership fight after Durbin retirement
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/senate-democrats-durbin-whip-klobuchar-schatz
Politico: DNC gives David Hogg an ultimatum
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/dnc-gives-david-hogg-an-ultimatum-00307113
Democrats’ crises begin to play out in early Senate recruitment and first campaigns
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/20/politics/democrat-crisis-recruitment-campaigns
Politico: New wave of Democratic primary challengers bring age problem into focus
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/democrats-age-primary-campaigns-032542
POLITICO: ‘If We Don’t Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority’
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/28/2024-election-democrats-kamala-harris-00230631
POLITICO: Dems expected to skewer GOP cuts at town halls. Instead they faced angry constituents
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/democrats-town-halls-anger-schumer-00239667
The Hill: House Republicans targeting 26 Democrats on initial midterm list
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5198213-nrcc-targets-vulnerable-democrats/
POLITICO: Dems’ own polling shows massive brand problem ahead of 2026
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/poll-democrats-jobs-economy-00222988
POLITICO: Centrist Dem group rails against leftist identity politics and purity tests
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/02/third-way-patriotism-democrats-campaign-00206890
Ken Martin wins race to become chair of the Democratic National Committee as party looks to find its footing - CBS New
5 things to know about Trump’s plan to create a sovereign wealth fund
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5123831-trump-sovereign-wealth-fund-tiktok/amp/
America’s love affair with confident stupidity has reached awful new heights
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-love-affair-confident-stupidity-093055389.html
Pence-aligned group’s president: Republicans won’t fall in line behind Trump forever
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pence-aligned-group-president-republicans-211716266.html
Rachel Maddow Says Republican ‘Shame and Embarrassment’ Over Trump Might Be What Saves the Country | Video
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rachel-maddow-says-republican-shame-174730843.html
The New York Times: Little-Known Intelligence Agency Outlines Limits on Spying
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/homeland-security-intelligence.html
Axios: Trust in CEOs erodes, new report shows
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/19/edelman-2025-trust-barometer
Inc.: The Federal RTO Crackdown Prompts a Scramble for Office Space
Department of Justice: Justice Department Files Nationwide Lawsuit Alleging Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions of Prescriptions that Lacked a Legitimate Medical Purpose
The Guardian US: Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering
CNN’s latest poll found Americans are divided on how they feel about Trump’s next term. Here’s what they had to say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-latest-poll-found-americans-110042219.html
SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION SCORECARD - DNC - Democrats
https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/social-media-misinformation-scorecard/
Prominent alternative social media accounts are mainly individuals, not organizations | Pew Research Center
Influencers Who Often Post About News, and Who Sees Their Content | Pew Research Center
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/
America’s News Influencers: The creators and consumers in the world of news and information on social media
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/
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