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NEW: No Answers from No Labels on Donors, Abortion & its Path to 270

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MoveOn issues top questions for No Labels on path to 270, dark money donors, and stance on abortion rights You can find the memo here.  Washington, D.C. – Following NPR’s “Open to Debate” with MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting and No Labels’ Chief Strategist Ryan Clancy, MoveOn released a memo outlining the reasonable questions No Labels refuses to answer about its reckless campaign.  “Voters deserve to know who No Labels’ donors are, what the group’s clear stance on abortion is, and how on earth it will secure 270…

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Peter Thiel Is Taking a Break From Democracy

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This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. It wasn’t clear at first why Peter Thiel agreed to talk to me. He is, famously, no friend of the media. But Thiel—co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, avatar of techno-libertarianism, bogeyman of the left—consented to a series of long interviews at his home and office in Los Angeles. He was more open than I expected him to be, and…

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Happy 25th Anniversary, MoveOn! Highlights from our Member Summit in Atlanta

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MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting shares the election plan for 2024. Credit: MoveOn Happy birthday to MoveOn! We’ve officially reached 25 years of people-powered progress! This past weekend, we hosted the MoveOn 25 Member Summit in Atlanta to celebrate MoveOn’s 25th birthday while also connecting and organizing ahead of the 2024 election. It was our first time coming together in person in 5 years and we took full advantage of the opportunity to celebrate our work together and build the power we need to win the White House and Senate,…

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The Threat to Democracy Is Coming From Inside the U.S. House

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Representative Jim Jordan may or may not break down the last few Republican holdouts who blocked his election as House speaker yesterday. But the fact that about 90 percent of the House GOP conference voted to place him in the chamber’s top job marks an ominous milestone in the Republican Party’s reconfiguration since Donald Trump’s emergence as its central figure. The preponderant majority of House Republicans backing Jordan is attempting to elevate someone who not only defended former President Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election but participated in…

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