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For decades, the right has been trying to undermine Social Security via various privatization schemes, claiming that the money will not be there when you retire. buff.ly/xGibbLr
The $4 million infusion from the new Safety & Affordability PAC, which was formed last month with a $25 million cash transfer from Trump’s MAGA Inc. committee to target close congressional contests, will fund a barrage of attack ads on Will Lawrence. buff.ly/iWGHmk0
Missouri regularly elects a Republican House and Senate, but since 2020 voters have not just legalized abortion, but approved recreational marijuana, accepted the Medicaid expansion, raised the minimum wage, and installed paid sick leave. buff.ly/IIfEc1r
This time around, crypto is dumping their money into a state where resentment of billionaires and Big Tech has reached a fever pitch, thanks to an affordability crisis and massive data center build-out. buff.ly/tE8GfcO
The consequences of this kind of rejection—opposing a good program because of its sponsorship by a less-than-good man—are playing out in real time right now in California. prospect.org/?p=146872
ALT Signs reading "Save lives, tax billionaires"
One of Trump’s personal super PACs has swooped in to Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District in an effort to save Republican incumbent Tom Barrett from a strong challenge by progressive Democrat Will Lawrence. prospect.org/?p=146814
ALT Congressional candidate Will Lawrence
Social Security is projected to run out of the funds that it needs to pay full benefits by 2032. It’s up to progressives to turn this threat around on the right and improve America’s most cherished (and socialistic) support system while they’re at it. prospect.org/?p=146821
ALT Illustration of a U.S. Treasury check and a Social Security card in front of the United States Capitol building
The crypto industry hopes to prevent Sherrod Brown from returning to the Senate, where he would be likely to play a significant role in overseeing digital asset regulation. prospect.org/?p=146807
ALT Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown
Not only does Lula’s victory spoil the storyline of a global right-wing resurgence, but even more remarkably, he did it as an incumbent. buff.ly/qU2lLX4
Treason is the only crime mentioned in the United States Constitution. It is described like this: “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” buff.ly/GwJl4x6
Harold Meyerson's third-camp position: "I don’t think Nithya Raman is much of a socialist. She strikes me as being more of an opportunist." buff.ly/46EYzD2
Underlying the data center boom that has spread across the United States is a very tangible new land market, full of winners and losers. buff.ly/snB5eHe
Lula’s win spoiled what was supposed to be the capstone of a series of right-wing victories in smaller Latin American countries. prospect.org/?p=146776
ALT President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addresses supporters during a victory rally
In the fastest-developing areas, like the branded “Silicon Heartland” of central Ohio, small landowners and homeowners are trying to figure out how to either profit and get out, or fight to stay in their homes. prospect.org/?p=146581
ALT Aerial view of the Amazon AWS Cosgray Data Center Complex and surrounding area in Hilliard, Ohio.
I don’t think Nithya Raman is much of a socialist. She strikes me as being more of an opportunist. prospect.org/?p=146733
ALT Nithya Raman
Both top-shelf reporting and top officials in the Trump administration, including Trump himself, have said that Musk made this decision on his own. That would be treason. prospect.org/?p=146689
ALT Ukrainian soldiers set up a Starlink satellite communications terminal.
In a classroom-sized space at the Powhatan Public Library, a dozen or so of incumbent Rep. John McGuire’s constituents let out cheers and applause when his opponent, Tom Perriello, walked into the room. buff.ly/WXtJK99
An October 20 Data for Progress poll showed toss-ups across every major race in Alaska, a state that Donald Trump won by 13 points in 2024. That includes the dead-heat race for Alaska’s at-large House seat, which covers the whole state. buff.ly/p9qYdBa
