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In case you missed it: this week’s posts
We did it, Joe! We made it through another week and are now a month out from the midterms. Almost a million people have early voted already, and things are looking pretttttyyyy good. Here’s what you might have missed this week:
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Consumer optimism slides to lowest point since 2014
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9.3 million student loan borrowers are in default
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The 2025 Prairieland case and the 1919 Elaine massacre
red scares, racism, and accountability
A group of 19 protesters outside the Prairieland ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas were arrested as part of a “North Texas Antifa Cell” after one of them shot a police officer in 2025. Nine defendants w...
How Secretaries of State are prepping for election shenanigans
I join Under the Desk News every Wednesday at 10 EST for our livestream “A Hill To Die On,” where we chat all things headlines, historical context, and have cool friends drop in like Nevada Secretary of State, Cisco Aguilar. Here’s today’s...
How Obama’s Chief of Staff helped us lose the South
I’m a hard no on Rahm Emanuel for 2028
Over the weekend, Robert Reich published a warning letter about the dangers of Rahm Emanuel’s obvious run for President; I am here to join that chorus of voices. I doubt Emanuel has a snowball’s chanc...
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