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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell concedes re-election fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson
SEATTLE — First-term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded his re-election fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson on Thursday, handing another victory to leftist Democrats around the country frustrated with unaffordability, homelessness, public safety and the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Democratic socialism is having a moment, between Zohran Mamdani's buzzy mayoral campaign in New York City, Omar Fateh's candidacy in the Minneapolis mayoral race and the ongoing influence of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen.
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Socialist wave spreads coast to coast as progressive Democrats rally around Zohran Mamdani's NYC win
From Tennessee's "AOC of TN" to a Gen Z activist and congressional candidates challenging career politicians, meet the progressive candidates pushing the Democratic Party to the left.
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Ending shutdown had nothing to do with helping you. Real reason Democrats fumbled | Opinion
Democrats did th political equivalent of kneeling on the ball at the one-yard line and it had nothing to do with helping you.
The party has never been one of ideological purity. It has always been a coalition, across regions, identities, classes, generations, and traditions, held together by shared purpose.
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Some progressive Democrats criticize Schumer’s leadership
Fox News host Will Cain gives his take on Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., being referred to the U.S. Department of Justice for a criminal probe and new divisions within the Democratic Party on ‘The Will Cain Show.
Sorry Rachel, Gavin, Bernie and all the other liberal pundits and progressive Democrats who have been excoriating the eight senators who cut a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown – sorry, but you are wrong.
Progressive groups are angry that Schumer was unable to keep his members together and that the deal doesn't include the things Democrats wanted.
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Shutdown proposal pits Democrats' moderates and progressives against centrist Senate dealmakers
The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the party’s tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the left’s disparate factions were pulling in the same direction