California Primaries: Cracks in the Democratic Coalition and Promising Results for SocialistsMidterm primary elections rarely receive much attention. But in a year when control of the congress hangs in the balance, California’s primaries have raised a lot of eyebrows. As one of the few states with open run-off primaries — where only the top two winners, regardless of party, are allowed to advance to the general election — its elections have become a barometer for national politics. And if Tuesday’s results are any indication of the sentiment of the rest of the electorate, the Democrats could be in trouble come November. Though the party establishment seems to have fended off several challenges from both the Right and the Left, including a progressive challenge for Nancy Pelosi’s house seat in District 11, the results reveal that when given a choice, many voters are opting for candidates to the Left of the Democrats. In Los Angeles, in particular, progressive challengers performed well and candidates associated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won several elections and will advance in many others.
https://www.leftvoice.org/california-primaries-cracks-in-the-democratic-coalition-and-promising-results-for-socialists/How Secret Pro-Israel Money Flooded the Labour Party and Ended with a Ban of Hasan Piker and Cenk UygurPiker and Uygur were not banned by the Labour Party—they were banned by the Labour Together party. The primary architect of the Labour Together project is Morgan McSweeney, who was, until recently, Starmer’s chief of staff and widely understood as the real force running the government. McSweeney resigned in February after it was revealed he had pushed Peter Mandelsohn as the UK’s ambassador to the U.S., despite knowing of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. I know McSweeney’s capacity for destroying free speech—and especially criticism of Israel—first-hand. I have been investigating the Labour Together Project since 2021, setting out my findings in my book, “The Fraud.” As a result, I was one of multiple journalists targeted by Labour Together. I was reported by Labour Together to the UK’s cybersecurity agency, in an apparent attempt to catalyze criminal investigations into me and my colleagues
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