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ICYMI: New report on swing voters from @dataforprogress.org spells good news for economic populists. Policies that will make swing voters support Dems: - Taxing the rich - Medicare for All - AI regulation More in my story: newrepublic.com/article/2128...

I watched the Abdul El-Sayed vs. Haley Stevens debate last night so you don’t have to. Wrote it up, along with some takeaways on the race now that state Sen. Mallory McMorrow has dropped out. Here’s the story: newrepublic.com/article/2128...

✍️ NEW: Abdul El-Sayed just released a policy proposal to take on AI companies and redistribute their wealth to Americans. The platform includes a public ownership and governance model. Read more here: newrepublic.com/post/212447/...

A Michigan Dem Just Dropped an AI Plan Even Tougher Than Bernie’sAbdul El-Sayed, a contender in the Democratic senatorial primary, says he’s not afraid of AI companies retaliating against him.newrepublic.com

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I’m reporting from a protest at an ICE facility in Broadview, IL. Now everything is calm, but earlier uniformed officials shoved protestors and tried to push the crowd back, as @mulchy.bsky.social documented.

This summer I traveled to NW Indiana—"The Region"—to see how SNAP restrictions will hit both rural & urban communities. Trying to make sense of the gulf between the MAHA movement's rhetoric & its harmful actions. Read here for a story about health, food & poverty: prospect.org/health/2025-...

Do SNAP Food Restrictions Help Health, or Punish Poor People?Indiana is among several states restricting the purchase of sugary foods with nutrition assistance funds.prospect.org

Your tax dollars feeding hungry children? ❌🙅‍♀️❌ Your tax dollars building a missile defense system that will probably never work ✅😍✅

My colleagues @prospect.org are covering No Kings protests today. I’m in Chicago, where folks are shoulder to shoulder and ICE is a main concern of protesters.

I watched a lot of solar bro TikToks for this story — give it a read so my sacrifice has meaning.

The risks facing our anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs are chilling. If Republicans go through with SNAP cuts, a truly vicious cycle of hunger will be set off, devastating the poorest states and economies. Link below.

Who has power, and who is actually using it? We ranked Democratic-led states and found some useful patterns.

got pizza from one of these at the DNC influencer brat-themed afterparty (a sentence that is perhaps new to the english language)

Dems are making their strategy choices and Newsom has evidently decided that throwing trans people under the bus is the way to go. But there's another way! Look at Pritzker in IL and his unabashedly pro-LGBTQ agenda and rhetoric. Newsom should take notes (and so should voters).

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters have been fighting the blazes down in LA. The job is voluntary, but most other forms of prison labor aren't. In November, Californians voted to keep it that way. Slavery is alive and well in California's prisons.

Consider joining me as a writing fellow at the Prospect! I'm learning so much about writing and myself as a thinker every day at this job.

Journalist request !! I'm looking to speak to folks who are making plans to protect themselves/their undocumented loved ones before Trump takes office. Specifically hoping to hear from couples considering marriage to get documentation for their partners. (312) 989-2992 or ejanssen@prospect.org

My colleague Janie Ekere passed away last week. She was writing stories that needed to be written, about rural and low income communities, queer rights, and much more. My thoughts are foremost with her family, but also with journalism, which lost so much when we lost her.

Trump and the incoming Republican Congress could reverse some of the Biden administration's regulatory wins. Potentially on the chopping block: EPA rules on methane emissions and lead in drinking water, a CFPB rule on protecting financial data, and more. My breakdown of how it could happen:

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