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Should the State Pay Stay-at-Home Moms?

Plus: AI doom, trolling the DSA, and more...

Reason

Leftist insurgents are storming the midterms – just don’t call them all democratic socialists

Progressive candidates navigate their ties to the DSA as the group faces historic growth and mounting pressure

The Guardian - US

From the Freedom Caucus to the democratic socialists, small groups inside parties can wreak havoc with leaders’ agenda in Congress

The Democratic Party’s coalition headed into the 2026 midterms is as broad as it’s been in years. That seems likely to help them pick up dozens of seats in Congress and win majorities back from Republicans in either or both chambers.

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‘Grassroots will beat big money every day’: can a DSA member flip a Republican Senate seat?

Angie Nixon won one of the biggest upsets in US midterm primaries – and if elected, the Democrat would be the first African American senator in Florida history

The Guardian - US

Is Donald Trump’s bid to brand Democrats as ‘radical’ communists working?

In deep red South Carolina, the president helped stoke apprehension of a deeper red surge ahead of November’s US midterm elections

The Guardian - US

AOC officially rejoins the Democratic Socialists as talk of her running in 2028 mounts

New York congresswoman breaks from other progressives and fully embraces DSA even while eyeing future presidential ambitions

The Independent UK

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years

Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year

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US midterm elections: Democrats gain ground as Trump faces growing voter discontent

The official campaign for the US midterm elections usually begins after America celebrates Labor Day on September 7. But over the summer, the battle for votes has intensified between Donald Trump’s Republican party and a freshly emboldened Democratic party.

The Conversation

Is the VIX Inexpensive Going into the Historically Volatile Fall in 2026?

Through the first seven months of 2026, the VIX index has traded in a narrower range than in 2025. However, markets are moving into a season when stock market volatility often rears its ugly head. The VIX index at the 18 level could be inexpensive in August 2026.

Barchart

Ten U.S. House incumbents have lost primaries to non-incumbents this year, tying 2022 for the most since at least 2014

Welcome to the Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Angie Nixon's Primary Victory Sets Up Florida Showdown With Ashley Moody — How Do Their Numbers Stack Up?

Angie Nixon, outspent 16-to-1, became the first DSA member to win a Florida statewide primary. How her win compares to Michigan and Wisconsin.

Latin Times

A democratic socialist win and losses for Trump allies: takeaways from primaries in three key states

Elections in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming provide a sense of how voters are feeling ahead of November’s midterms

The Guardian - US

DSA Goes for Florida

Plus: Fire Island, data center NIMBYism, cost-of-living discourse, and more...

Reason

A Biological Need To Steal?

Plus: Trump threatens Oman, the cost of Medicare for All, and booze laws in Britain and Boston.

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Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu says AI and liberal democracy share the same crisis: 'there is a tendency to escalate everything'

"It's become sort of radical to hold two apparently conflicting ideas in your head at the same time," the MIT economist told Fortune.

Reason

The DSA's Agenda Could Cost More Than $200 Trillion—and You'll Be Picking Up the Tab

The Democratic Socialists of America promise free everything, but its agenda would require confiscation on a scale that would make European welfare states tremble.

Reason

Socialists Claim Public Libraries Are Examples of Their Policies. Don't Believe Them.

Libraries aren’t all that socialist, and they’re far from the total state the radicals really want.

The Guardian - US

Is Florida ready for a democratic socialist?

Oliver Larkin, a 34-year-old DSA candidate, is running for Congress in a newly drawn district in Florida. On Tuesday, voters will decide between him and a ‘DeSantis Democrat’

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The Guardian - US

AOC and Mamdani wanted to defund the police. Their backtracking puts organizers at risk

Progressive and democratic socialist politicians are recanting pandemic-era statements on police and prison abolition

Ballotpedia

Rep. John Larson becomes the ninth U.S. House incumbent to lose a primary this year to a non-incumbent

Welcome to the Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, Brew.

Reason

Hong's Swan Song

Plus: Rebecca Cooke wins, possible Houthi attack, inflation rises, and more...

The Independent UK

Wisconsin blunts socialist surge with defeat of Thanksgiving-trashing Francesca Hong for governor

ANALYSIS: Hong, who in the past had called for the national holiday to be canceled, failed to draw socialist-leaning Democratic icons like Bernie Sanders and AOC, writes John Bowden. And her defeat shows that there could be limits to how far left progressives will go

The Independent UK

Tuesday’s primaries will give Democrats a big idea on how much the left has taken hold of the party

ANALYSIS: Michigan’s primary is over. The left’s takeover of the Midwest may have just begun, and that’s bad news for an establishment that thought it could contain them, writes John Bowden

The Guardian - US

Will democratic socialist Francesca Hong shake up the establishment – or help Republicans win Wisconsin?

Hong, whose grassroots campaign has made her a frontrunner, aims for primary win after public skepticism from top Democrats and a last-minute shake-up

Reason

The Socialist Surge Revives Failed and Hateful Ideas

Socialism, totalitarianism, and bigotry find a receptive audience among the young and disillusioned.

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