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The Week in Review

'Take Some Ownership': AOC Hits Back After Defeated DCCC Chair Lashes Out Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney rejected Ocasio-Cortez's criticism of New York's "calcified political machine," which she said contributed to Democratic losses in the U.S. House. Read more → 'Young People Saved This Election' for Democrats, Say Progressives "Don't underestimate the power of a pissed off generation," said NextGen America. Read more → 'Seismic Win': Michigan Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment to Protect Abortion Rights "Voters are rejecting the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe and issuing a clarion call that they want their rights constitutionally protected." Read more → 'Not Yet Defeated': 1,000+ March for Climate Justice at COP27 "COP27 needs to be a turning point for the climate crisis," said one activist. Read more → Democrats Beat Election-Denying Secretary of State Candidates in Arizona and Nevada "There's an emerging blue wave in secretary of state races," said one observer after Adrian Fontes and Cisco Aguilar defeated Republican election deniers Mark Finchem and Jim Marchant. Read more → Biden COP27 Pledges Called a 'Band-Aid on Damage That Threatens Our Collective Future' "If President Biden is serious about the U.S. doing its part to 'avert climate hell,' he would deliver a plan to end the era of fossil fuels," said one campaigner. Read more →

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Opinion

Pundits Fortunetelling Coverage Over Actual Reporting Poses a Danger to Democracy Rather than informing voters so they can make decisions in their best interests at the ballot box, it obscures the most important issues with its endless guessing games about what those voters want. by Julie Hollar Read more → Democrats Need to Fire Their Corporate-Conflicted Political Consultants The fundamental question is why the Democrats did not landslide the Republicans nationally. This is the worst GOP in its history. by Ralph Nader Read more → The GOP Is Terrified of You, Because Democracy Scares the Hell Out of Them Why are the election deniers, the monied interests, and the bigots and the haters fighting so hard to defeat us? Why are they telling such blatant lies? Why are they so desperate to suppress our votes? One simple reason: They are afraid of us. by Robert Reich Read more →

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