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The Democratic Base Had Nowhere to Go. It Stopped Falling in Line.
For thirty years the Democratic left had nowhere else to go, so the party banked its loyalty and governed toward the middle. That bargain just broke — not because the base left (it can't), but because it found another way to make the party listen: beating its own incumbents in their primaries. Mamdani is the headline, not the whole story. Here's the machine underneath it.
2026-06-25 · explainer
The Planet Isn’t Waking Up. But Some Disasters Really Are Connected.
A monster quake, a stirring volcano, a freak heat wave — all in one news week. It feels like the planet is winding up for something. It isn't — but some of it genuinely is connected. Here's the honest sort: what's real, what only looks linked, and what's pure myth.
2026-06-25 · explainer