House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries promises to ban congressional stock trading when Democrats take control in January, but a history of broken promises from both parties raises questions about whether this time will be different.
Plus: pop-up super PACs spent millions with hidden donors, and the DSA machine falls short in California.
Plus: midterm predictions, CO's indy surge, and CA's indy power
Plus, DSA v. Dems in California and independent voters to decide Congress
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Kentucky veterans swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not a political party. Now, they're challenging a closed primary system that forces independent voters to pay for elections they cannot participate in.
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The Election Night TSUNAMI Wasn’t Blue - It Was Independent (Here’s Why) | EP66
MIDTERMS: Will Talarico Take TEXAS? El-Sayed v. Rogers, Collins v. Jackson | EP65
The Two-Party System CONTROLS Our Elections. It’s Time to FIGHT BACK (John Opdycke) | EP64
California’s Election Will Be DECIDED by These Voters (NOT Who You Think) | EP63
How Trump’s LA Bombing “Troll” EXPOSES Our Broken Elections (Politics Explained) | EP62
The Veteran Suing New York for the Right to Vote (Paul Rieckhoff) | EP61
Trump & Mamdani Agree on This One Issue (NOT What You Think) | EP60
How California's Top-Two Primary Puts DSA vs. Democrats to the Test (Steve Peace) | EP59
How Trump's Own Mail-In Voting Rule Could BACKFIRE on Republicans | EP58
The Democratic Party Told Him To DROP OUT. He Said No. (Antonio Villaraigosa) | EP57
Democratic Socialists of America and Working Families Party-backed candidates won some competitive races in California's same-party Democratic contests, but fell short in most state legislative races against more moderate Democrats.
Independent candidates built a winning 2026 playbook on cost-of-living populism and anti-corruption reform, but Democratic winners adopted the message. What independents couldn't offer was a party label to oppose the party in power.
