Progressives’ anti-AIPAC wave hits a snag in St. Louis

Two years after former Rep. Cori Bush told the American Israel Political Affairs Committee she’d be back to “tear your kingdom down,” voters in Missouri’s 1st District again rejected her staunch criticisms of Israel and AIPAC. Rep. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.), who unseated Bush in a 2024 primary after she became one of the first members…

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Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Progressives didn’t get the earthquake they expected. Moderates are relishing in their stronger than expected showing. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, with Michigan’s marquee Democratic Senate primary still in limbo, one of Democrats’ key questions of the midterms remains unresolved: Can the party’s most progressive faction successfully compete — and go on to…

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