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A billionaire-backed group is gathering top Democrats to shape the party's future — while blocking our reporters after we exposed its funding.
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In an exclusive interview, Michigan’s senator-elect says Democrats should replace the Senate parliamentarian if she uses “arcane” rules to block health care legislation.
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In Episode 2 of The Lever’s new video series, David Sirota asks Gil Duran and Saikat Chakrabarti whether Democrats will confront the tech broligarchy — or bail it out.
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Test your knowledge of the blue wave, ballot initiatives, and other issues that really matter.
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An 181-page plan urges Democrats to put tech executives, Wall Street landlords, and price gougers under oath — but corporate Democrats are pushing back.
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Democrats’ landslide strengthened Hakeem Jeffries’s bid for House speaker, weakening progressive insurgents’ bargaining power even as their Senate allies challenge Chuck Schumer.
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Tuesday’s blue wave may secure Hakeem Jeffries’ speakership.
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In the first episode of The Lever’s new video series, David Sirota asks Robert Reich and Patrick Gaspard whether Democrats will now answer to voters — or wealthy donors.
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As Democrats prepare to investigate Silicon Valley, its liberal-branded lobby is scrambling to erase voters’ resounding rejection of Big Tech.
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The midterm results have proven that anti-corruption populism is the winning formula. Now help us make sure Democrats actually deliver.
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After generations of corporate capture, Texas’ long-suppressed anti–oligarchy movement returned — and swept Democrats into power.
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Deep-red voters overwhelmingly approved a plan to ban corporate political spending — creating a potential blueprint to taking elections back from big money.
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Texas flipped. El-Sayed won. Congress changed hands. Let’s unpack.
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The voters delivered a mandate for change. Our explosive new series asks whether Democrats have the guts to deliver.
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Hasan Piker joins David Sirota to break down the progressive insurgency reshaping the midterms — and what comes after Election Day.
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The world’s richest man is facing new scrutiny from Congress — and trying to spend his way out of accountability,
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Election Day is finally here. Could an incoming blue wave take out Leader Schumer?
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The conditions for real change are finally emerging — if voters treat Election Day as the beginning rather than the end.
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A super PAC network became so politically toxic that it stopped donating in the most competitive Congressional races.
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29,000 of the donations were from first-time givers. Now that's a backfire.
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By endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed’s defeated primary rival proved that Democrats’ pro-oligarch faction is willing to destroy their own party.
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Wayward donors, progressive revolts, and more from The Lever this week.
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Midterm campaign filings reveal a one-way loyalty test: Progressive donors rally behind Democratic nominees, while establishment money disappears — or moves to Republicans — when those nominees are populists.
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Democracy establishes a no-ICE zone, the revolution gets a routing number, survivors score an $800 million reckoning, and Meta pays up.
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