Fact check: Are weekly wages in the US ‘lower than 50 years ago’? No. Senator Sanders’s data relies on a blip in 1973. Economists show wages are actually higher now than 50 years ago. Al Jazeera · Nov 12, 2024
Democrats should have celebrated America’s stunning economic success–but they were intimidated by progressives The elitist Biden and Harris advisors bought into the false Trump economic narrative rather than confidently and clearly explain the actual economic facts. Fortune · Nov 11, 2024
Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined, says author and Salvage founder Richard Seymour The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024
US presidential election updates: Trump demands Senate streamline his cabinet picks as recruitment begins Rick Scott has emerged as front runner for the role of Senate majority leader, as Trump urges Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2024
Democrats are trying to work out where it all went wrong. On the left of the party a consensus is forming Democrats must abandon ‘neoliberalism’, Connecticut senator warns, as party leaders face strongest backlash in years The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024
Bernie Sanders repeats scathing rebuke of Democrats abandoning working class after Nancy Pelosi says he 'has not won' "The Democrats need an explanation, and that explanation is corporate greed and the power of the billionaire class," Sanders said. Fortune · Nov 10, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders Criticizes Democratic Party's Appeal To Working Class Senator Bernie Sanders criticizes Democratic Party for failing to connect with working-class Americans, calls for stronger advocacy for key issues. Top News · Nov 10, 2024
Bernie Sanders doubles down that people are ‘angry’ with Dems after Pelosi said she didn’t ‘respect’ his remarks In a statement after Donald Trump sailed to victory, the veteran Vermont senator said that the election results should ‘come as no great surprise’ The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024
Bernie Sanders says he opposes urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down Senator says he doesn’t support calling for justice to retire so that Biden can pick replacement before his term ends The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2024
Bernie Sanders Criticizes Democrats For Abandoning Working Class Voters Senator Bernie Sanders criticizes Democratic Party for neglecting working-class concerns and advocates for economic equality and policy initiatives. Top News · Nov 10, 2024
‘No time to pull punches’: is a civil war on the horizon for the Democratic party? Accusations and recriminations abound as Democrats try to figure out what went wrong after an electoral trouncing The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2024
Nancy Pelosi slams Bernie Sanders for comments about Democrats abandoning working class amid party blame game The former House speaker, a powerful force in Democratic politics, doubled down on her belief that the party champions the working class The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024
None of the conventional explanations for Trump’s victory stand up to scrutiny This election has blown a hole in the worldviews of both leftists and centrists. The pandemic may be a more important factor The Guardian - US · Nov 9, 2024
‘They say Democrats look down on me’: Trump win spurred by populist backlash The president-elect tapped into a fierce anti-establishment sentiment – and the Democrats didn’t have enough to say The Guardian - US · Nov 9, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 Bernie Sanders perfectly sums up Trump’s 2024 game plan in decades-old video Bernie Sanders appeared to sum up Donald Trump's campaign tactics in a video decades before the now-president-elect won the 2024 election.
The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2024 Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s delay in exiting race blew Democrats’ chances Had Biden left sooner, she noted, the party could have an open primary. Now they must ‘live with what happened’
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 How shifts among key demographic voting groups sealed Trump’s 2024 election victory The Democrats lost votes among Latino men, Black men and even young voters.
Salon · Nov 8, 2024 The progressive sales pitch problem Trump voters backed abortion, minimum wage and family leave — but don't get that Project 2025 would take it away
The Conversation · Nov 8, 2024 Bernie Sanders says the left has lost the working class. Has it forgotten how to speak to them? Donald Trump was elected US president this week. Despite vastly outspending her opponent and drafting a galaxy of celebrities to her cause – Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, Taylor Swift – Democratic candidate Kamala Harris lost the Electoral College, the popular vote and all the swing states.
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 After Trump wins the ‘influencer election’, why some Democrats want to create their own Joe Rogan The popular podcast played host to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and JD Vance in final moments of the 2024 election
International Business Times · Nov 8, 2024 Defeat To Trump Prompts Democratic Soul-searching Democrats are facing a painful reckoning over Kamala Harris's drubbing at the hands of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, as shock gives way to anger and recrimination in the aftermath of a devastating repudiation.
Top News · Nov 8, 2024 DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison Fires Back At Bernie Sanders DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison counters Senator Bernie Sanders' claim of Democratic Party neglect towards working class, emphasizing President Biden's initiat...
Texas Observer · Nov 7, 2024 For Texas Democrats, a Lost Decade Or, how to lose in every way, all at once.
Top News · Nov 7, 2024 White House Disagrees With Sanders' Claim On Working Class White House responds to Senator Sanders' criticism of Democratic Party's connection with working-class, highlighting Biden's pro-union policies and commitm...
The Guardian - US · Nov 7, 2024 ‘Straight-up BS’: Democratic chair attacks Bernie Sanders’ election critique Sanders’ analysis that Democrats lost because they failed working-class voters scorned by party chair Jaime Harrison