Inside Indivisible’s Plan to Take Over Democratic Primaries
Indivisible OC members protest out California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s district office.Matt Masin/Orange County Register via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since its inception in late 2016 as a crowd-sourced Google Doc offering tips for how activists can fight back against Trump, Indivisible has grown into a hyper-active, multi-million-dollar operation with…
These Democrats Used to Tout Their NRA Grades. Now They’re Facing the Consequences.
Curtis Compton/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When the National Rifle Association kicked off its annual conference in Phoenix in 2009, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, a first-term Democrat whose district covered an Illinois-sized swath of rural Arizona, welcomed its members with open arms. “I am proud that my state is hosting…
California’s “Jungle Primary” Could Turn Democrats’ Enthusiasm Into a Fiasco
vesmil/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since Donald Trump’s election, liberal activism has exploded across Southern and Central California, including in traditionally Republican bastions such as Orange County. In response, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has drawn up an aggressive battleground map that targets 10 districts as part of its effort…
Nancy Pelosi Just Endorsed a Congressman Who Opposes Abortion and Gay Rights
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Illinois Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski’s career is on life-support. The seven-term congressman from the Chicago area, who inherited his seat from his father, is facing a formidable primary challenge from businesswoman Marie Newman, whose campaign has been fueled by progressive anger…
Bernie Sanders’ Son Is Running for Congress in New Hampshire
Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Levi Sanders, son of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, announced he was running for Congress in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District as a Democrat. In a statement on his website (still a work in progress) the younger Sanders outlined a brief…
Bernie Sanders Wants to Be a Kingmaker in the Race for Congress
Dennis Van TineStarmaxinc.Com/Newscom/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 2016 election may never end but the 2018 election has already begun in earnest. Although Democrats in Wisconsin won’t hold their primary until August, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders traveled to southeast Wisconsin Saturday to stump for Randy Bryce, the Racine ironworker…