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Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders
By Bernie Sanders

Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/poll-progressive-candidates-election-economy

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Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/poll-progressive-candidates-election-economy #UsPolitics #UsNews #BernieSanders #Democrats #UsEconomy #AiArtificialIntelligence #ClimateCrisis #UsForeignPolicy #UsUnions #UsHealthcare #SuperPacs #UsPoliticalFinancing

The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/the-guardian-view-on-ai-money-in-us-politics-not-the-way-to-hold-an-urgent-democratic-debate #UsPolitics #UsPoliticalFinancing #MarkZuckerberg #AiArtificialIntelligence #SuperPacs

The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial
By Editorial

Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/the-guardian-view-on-ai-money-in-us-politics-not-the-way-to-hold-an-urgent-democratic-debate

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The Democratic party chair is a handy scapegoat. But the party’s problems are much bigger | Norman Solomon
By Norman Solomon

Much of the criticism of Ken Martin is deserved. But his actions are symptomatic of a party that fails to listen to the grassroots

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/ken-martin-dnc-criticism-scapegoat

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The Democratic party chair is a handy scapegoat. But the party’s problems are much bigger | Norman Solomon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/ken-martin-dnc-criticism-scapegoat #Democrats #UsPolitics #UsPoliticalFinancing #UsNews

Aipac’s brand has become toxic. Can its ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ rival J Street move in?
By Aaron Gell

J Street’s liberal Zionist politics are landing with the Democratic establishment but the electorate may have moved on

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/29/aipac-j-street-zionism

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Progressive primary victories have corporate Democrats panicking | Norman Solomon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/01/democratic-socialists-versus-corporate-democrats #Democrats #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCongress #HakeemJeffries #ChuckSchumer #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Republicans #Lobbying #UsPoliticalFinancing

A major US court case could help fix the ills of Citizens United | David Sirota https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/19/citizens-united-super-pacs #SuperPacs #UsSupremeCourt #UsPoliticalFinancing #LawUs #UsPolitics #Maine #UsNews

Fifteen bucks a signature: the crisis of money in US politics is growing | Katrina vanden Heuvel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/13/california-billionaire-tax-campaign-funding #UsPoliticalFinancing #California #UsNews #WestCoast #SuperPacs #Technology #UsSupremeCourt

AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/12/ai-image-problem-policy-papers-thinktanks #AiArtificialIntelligence #Openai #UsPoliticalLobbying #UsPoliticalFinancing #UsPolitics #Technology #UsNews #Computing #WorldNews #SamAltman

Cryptocurrency firms suffer heavy losses in Illinois primaries after spending big https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/19/cryptocurrency-firms-losses-illinois-primaries #Cryptocurrencies #Technology #UsPoliticalFinancing #UsPolitics #UsNews

Google co-founder donates almost half a billion dollars in fight against California billionaire tax https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/google-sergey-brin-california-billionaire-tax #California #Technology #SergeyBrin #Google #Alphabet #UsPoliticalFinancing #UsNews

Aipac in the era of Trump: the pro-Israel Super Pac that has become an electoral liability https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/aipac-pro-israel-super-pac-elections #UsPoliticalFinancing #Israel #UsisraelWarOnIran #IsraelgazaWar #UsPolitics #UsNews

With $200m to spend on the midterms, crypto hopes to repeat its 2024 success: ‘It’s the most critical time’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/midterms-crypto-pacs-political-spending #UsPoliticalFinancing #Cryptocurrencies #UsPoliticalLobbying #UsPolitics #Technology #UsNews

Texas congressional candidate with extremist views backed by hard-right donors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/jace-yarbrough-texas #UsPolitics #UsPoliticalFinancing #TheFarRight #Texas #DonaldTrump #UsNews

Billionaire US investor Ken Griffin accuses Trump White House of ‘enriching’ itself https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/ken-griffin-citadel-republican-donor-donald-trump-critic-white-house #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrumpJr #EricTrump #DonaldTrump #UsPoliticalLobbying #UsPoliticalFinancing #UsPolitics #HedgeFunds

Kyrsten Sinema gave $9,000 to man she’s accused of having an affair with https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/kyrsten-sinema-senator-bodyguard-payment #KyrstenSinema #UsPolitics #UsSenate #UsNews #UsPoliticalFinancing #Arizona

From Fugee to felon: how Pras ‘betrayed his country’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/pras-fugees-campaign-finance-money-laundering #USpoliticalfinancing #BarackObama #UScrime #Fugees #USnews #Music

Senate Democrats demand list of donors to $300m Trump ballroom https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-ballroom-donors-democrats #USpoliticalfinancing #Trumpadministration #WashingtonDC #DonaldTrump #USSenate #USnews

Texas attorney general seeks jail for Beto O’Rourke over funding Democrats’ walkout https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/12/beto-orourke-texas-democrats-ken-paxton #USpoliticalfinancing #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USpolitics #USnews #Texas

Senator Cory Booker says he will not accept any donations from Elon Musk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/cory-booker-elon-musk-donations-trump #USpoliticalfinancing #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #CoryBooker #Democrats #ElonMusk #USnews

Elon Musk claims he will step back from political donations in near future https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/20/elon-musk-political-donations-trump #USpoliticalfinancing #Republicans #DonaldTrump #Technology #USpolitics #ElonMusk #USnews

Trump claims without evidence that celebrities were paid to endorse Harris https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/trump-beyonce-springsteen-endorsements-truth-social #USpoliticalfinancing #BruceSpringsteen #USelections2024 #KamalaHarris #OprahWinfrey #DonaldTrump #Republicans #Democrats #Beyoncé #USnews #Music

Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/trump-greenland-donors-investors-finance #USpoliticalfinancing #Trumpadministration #Cryptocurrencies #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Greenland #Worldnews #Business #JDVance #Mining #USnews

Billionaires spent record amounts during 2024 federal election – report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/billionaires-record-spending-2024-election #USpoliticalfinancing #USpoliticallobbying #USelections2024 #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #ElonMusk #USnews

US rise of cryptocurrency and fall of regulation pose ‘profound risks’ – report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/crypto-deregulation-trump #SecuritiesandExchangeCommission #USpoliticalfinancing #Trumpadministration #Cryptocurrencies #Republicans #USpolitics #Technology #E-commerce #Regulators #Worldnews #Internet #Business #USnews