Doom and Gloom Democrats

Joe Biden and the Democrats Will Pay a Heavy Price for Betraying Young Voters

The Biden administration has reneged on key promises that candidate Biden used to entice younger voters to turn out for him in 2020. Surprise: his approval ratings with the young are now in free fall.

The Democrats Are Choosing to Rely on Corporate Donors

New reporting shows the Democratic Party outpacing the GOP in the dark money arms race. You can’t “save democracy” by embracing the very forces ranged against it.

Democrats Have Given Up on Fighting Dark Money

With Republicans taking over the House in January, Democratic lawmakers have given up on efforts to end the political dark money era. Congress’s year-end omnibus spending bill will once again help dark money donors hide their identities from the public.

Union Leader: It’s Time for the Democrats to Wake Up

Painters’ union leader Jimmy Williams Jr says that the Democrats have a messaging problem with working-class voters — and it isn’t just going to cost them a single election.

The DeVos Democrats

Corporate Democrats have enabled Betsy DeVos's privatization agenda for years. It's time for them to choose which side they're on.

Saskia Esken Failed to Change Germany’s Social Democrats

German Social Democrat leader Saskia Esken was elected in 2019 promising to return the 150-year-old party to its roots. Her quest to change this establishment party was likely doomed all along — and now it’s shifting even further to the right.

Democrats Should Call Manchin and Sinema’s Bluff, Right Now

It’s time for Democratic leaders to make Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and every other senator vote — and not on some gutted half measure, but on a real $3.5 trillion bill.

Will Democrats Learn From the Biden Disaster? Probably Not.

The Democratic Party’s propping up an obviously declining Joe Biden is one of the greatest political disasters in American history.

Some Democrats Are Trying to Preemptively Outlaw a Billionaire Tax

Sensing its popularity, Obama’s former Supreme Court lawyer and a Louisiana Democrat are using an obscure corporate taxation case to try to make a federal wealth tax illegal before it even exists.

Here’s What Democrats Can Actually Do To Stop Trump’s SCOTUS Pick

The Democratic Party has long made a habit of preemptively surrendering major fights with Republicans before they even begin. They’ll have to change that right now if Democrats want to block a Supreme Court replacement of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Coronavirus’s Devastation Has Been Made Far Worse by Years of Democrats’ Neoliberal Policies

Coronavirus isn’t only exposing Donald Trump’s incompetence. The crisis is laying bare the consequences of the neoliberal economic agenda corporate Democrats have been pushing for decades.

Corporate Democrats Are Attacking Nina Turner Over Medicare for All

Democrats bankrolled by Big Pharma are suddenly targeting Nina Turner — right after she aired an ad touting Medicare for All.

Democrats Haven’t Learned Much From Florida 2000

The GOP isn’t being shy about their attempt to steal the election. It’s a long shot, but history suggests that Democrats relying on a passive strategy to win is risky.

Here’s Who the Democrats Want You to Vote for This November

Millionaires, mediocrities and militarists — a sneak preview of the Democratic Party’s new fall lineup.

Democrats Chose Bad Policy Over Truly Universal Childcare

Democrats’ half-baked childcare proposal opened itself up to Republican attacks. There’s an easy solution: scrap the byzantine and expensive scheme Dems have concocted, and just give everyone universal childcare.

New York Democrats Seem to Be Giving Up on State-Level Medicare for All

Under pressure from labor leaders and insurance executives, New York Democratic leaders are blocking a vote on single-payer health care legislation in the state — even though it has majority support in the legislature.

The Democrats Love Democracy — When It’s Convenient

A consistent feature of Democrats’ messaging is that we should vote for them to preserve democracy. But from canceling primaries to ignoring voters’ opinions on Medicare for All and Palestine, they aren’t acting like they care about the will of the people.

The Democrats Seem Just Fine With Joe Biden’s Sexual Assault Allegations

In 2016, an alarmed Republican establishment tried to force Donald Trump out of the race over his history of sexual assault — not because they were feminists, but because they thought it looked bad. But today, the Democratic establishment is simply dismissing the same allegations against Joe Biden.

In Sweden, the Barriers Against the Far Right Are Collapsing

The far-right Sweden Democrats were the big winners in yesterday’s general election, rising to second place. Rooted in neo-Nazism, the party is blatantly racist — but the established parties seem less determined than ever to confront it.