A shadowy polling firm confessed this week to faking survey results in two marquee races — then claimed the entire operation was a “short-term social experiment” on misinformation.Why it matters: An AI-enabled flood of synthetic and outright fabricated content is wreaking havoc on reality, poisoning the signals people rely onContinue Reading
Politics Evan Barker’s debut book exposes the rot hollowing out the Democratic Party. One of the more striking developments in American politics over the past three decades has been the transformation of the Democratic Party from a big-tent movement built around working-class Americans into an elite-driven institution obsessed with diversity,Continue Reading
Across southern Africa, sitting presidents have faced a wave of turnovers and electoral setbacks in the past few years. Malawi and Botswana saw opposition victories. In Namibia and South Africa, incumbents were re-elected, but with significantly smaller majorities. In Zambia, the Patriotic Front suffered a humiliating defeat in 2021 asContinue Reading
One of the most competitive Senate races this year is pivoting around data centers. The contest in Ohio between incumbent Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is a key example of how the increasingly controversial issue is playing a role in this cycle’s politics…Read MoreContinue Reading
After coming in fifth for governor in the June 9 South Carolina primary election, while surrendering her congressional seat because she mounted that ill-fated gubernatorial bid, Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) appears to be at loose ends. Unlike her former colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene, she hasn’t gone full-gonzo anti-Trump, which meansContinue Reading
Russia Has Tremendous Influence Over Our US Elections Says Expert Elizabeth Graham The shadow cast by Putin over the landscape of American democracy, and his influence and control over Trump grows larger and darker by the moment. He is engaging in a prolonged and destructive strategy involving Donald Trump andContinue Reading
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. Michigan made national headlines last week with the wins of progressive Democrats up and down the ballot in this battleground state. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for Senate.Continue Reading
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee — better known by its short name, AIPAC — bills itself as a bipartisan advocate “for policies that strengthen the US-Israel partnership.” In 2026, it’s become something else: a major — and seemingly, losing — issue in Democratic politics. Progressive Democratic candidates in primariesContinue Reading
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