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Ken Paxton’s victory is one of several things breaking Democrats’ way, putting the Senate up for grabs in 2026. Source link

To read some of the press coverage, one would think the biggest winner of yesterday’s Texas Republican primary runoff is James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate. He now gets to run against the scandal-plagued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as opposed to the steady old-hand incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R–Texas).  Talarico himself wasted no time in seeking advantage in Cornyn’s loss to Paxton by issuing an X post saying that the senator’s supporters are welcome in his campaign.  I want to thank Senator John Cornyn for his years representing our state.  We don’t agree on everything, but we both still…

Theodore Hamm, author of Meet Mayor Mamdani, joins CN Live! to assess Zohran Mamdani’s first five months in office as New York City’s socialist mayor. 8 pm EDT tonight, Wednesday. Guest: Theodore Hamm. Interviewer: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan Please Donate to the Spring Fund Drive!   Source link

In the episode of “The Unknowns,” host Charlie Stone interviews Robbie Goldfarb, co-founder of Forum AI. A former Meta executive who worked on trust and safety at Facebook and Instagram, Goldfarb explores key challenges facing artificial intelligence today. Specifcally, how to minimize bias and build greater reliability into systems that increasingly influence how people understand the world. Goldfarb shares a central realization from his time at Meta. He explains that sheer computing power and enormous datasets fall short when it comes to delivering dependable answers in complex areas like politics, foreign affairs, mental health, and breaking news.“What A.I. is lacking…

The Texas attorney general’s record will mean more attention on the issue of corruption, which Democrats can run on across the country. Source link

As Israel continued its “Gaza model” of mass slaughter and expanding occupation in Lebanon, its security minister said the “whole cabinet” opposed ending the war on Iran, Stephen Prager reports. No War With Iran march in Washington, D.C., on April 8. (Diane Krauthamer, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Stephen PragerCommon Dreams As Israel launched a new bombardment of Lebanon, its far-right security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, suggested Tel Aviv was trying to derail ongoing peace negotiations between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran. The influential settler politician railed against the possibility of a deal to end the war as it neared…

Democrats should unite behind Graham Platner if Maine’s Democratic voters pick him over Janet Mills, but voters should make that choice. Source link

In trying to avoid a quagmire in Iran, America found a dead end. Source link

Zohran Mamdani, the Mayor of New York City, is a Communist. Source link

The minimum wage is on the rise in the U.S. Thirty states, the District of Columbia, and at least 68 localities have set hourly compensation above the federal floor of $7.25. New York City, Long Island, and Westchester are at $17. In California, fast-food establishments are required to pay their workers $20 per hour. Advocates for these laws point to academic studies that claim higher minimum wages don’t cost jobs. Many of them use statistical techniques that generate misleading results or are misinterpreted by the media. A 2024 paper published in The Review of Economic Studies titled “Minimum Wage Employment…