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In the 1990s, the working class of this country was told that unfettered free trade would create millions of new jobs and raise wages. As many of us understood then, that claim was a lie. Now they’re being sold the same false promises about AI.

New - Senate poll - Texas 🔵 Talarico 44% 🔴 Paxton 43% 🔵 Talarico 43% 🔴 Cornyn 41% Impact research (🔵) - LV - 3/17

I spoke to Anthropic’s AI agent Claude about AI collecting massive amounts of personal data and how that information is being used to violate our privacy rights. What an AI agent says about the dangers of AI is shocking and should wake us up.

Here’s Michigan’s U.S. Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak. “Guess who’s not here?” McMorrow says, referencing their fellow Senate candidate, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens.

I'm waiting for any kind of video evidence that an entire army of Kurds from Iraq have entered Iranian territory. If this really is happening, we should be seeing evidence very soon. Not gonna rely on one single Israeli outlet.

⭕️ LEAKED Email: Kat Abughazeleh “firmly an interventionist,” foreign policy adviser says Kat Abughazaleh, a socialist Democratic candidate in Illinois’ 9th District and one of the only Palestinian-Americans seeking office in 2026, was described by her national security adviser as “firmly an interventionist” who “won’t stop until Russia is made to pay for its crimes,” in written responses detailing her foreign policy vision, obtained by Drop Site. Ben Mermel wrote in an email to a Washington-based progressive foreign policy activist that Abughazaleh believes “the world is better off when America takes a leading role” and that the U.S. has “an obligation to support pro-democracy movements around the world, from Iran to Venezuela.” He added that “Kat wholly supports the National Endowment for Democracy, as well as its affiliated organizations (NDI, IRI, and the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center),” and said Congress should expand tools “from sanctions to NGO support” to advance those efforts without always resorting to “kinetic force.” The DC-based activist had written to Mermel saying he had noticed unusually hawkish language on the campaign website related to Ukraine and Taiwan and was looking for clarification. In his response, Mermel said that on Taiwan she would amend the Taiwan Relations Act by “dropping our strategic ambiguity” and make clear the U.S. would counter Chinese aggression “with force,” arguing the region now requires “a firmer hand.” On Ukraine, Mermel wrote she would “hold the line,” support “funding the Ukrainian war effort to the hilt,” back long-range strikes on Russian strategic targets, deploy additional U.S. “air, naval, and ground assets” to NATO’s front line, and that “She supports the seizure and redistribution of Russian assets in Europe and the United States, for the purpose of financing the war effort.” Abughazaleh did not respond to a request for comment, but a source close to the campaign told Drop Site that the adviser’s email did not accurately represent her views, saying, “Kat is committed to taking on authoritarianism but is vehemently against the military industrial complex and the continuation of failed US intervention approaches.” Abughazaleh has consistently argued against U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and, at a recent forum, said she opposes U.S. strikes on Iran. Mermel in 2024 attended a pro-Israel protest held to counter the encampment at George Washington University. He has been Abughazaleh’s National Security Adviser since July 2025, according to Legistorm. The full exchange is posted below. Watch the report on Breaking Points:

Texas - Democratic Senate Polling: 🟢 Talarico: 52% 🔵 Crockett: 40% Blueprint / Feb 24, 2026

New - Fetterman Approval Trand (vs 2023) 🔵 Democrats: -40 (Was +68) 🔴 Republicans: +55 (was -78) Quinnipiac

Why does Biden look younger as a senator than as a president 😭