Sen. Mark Kelly's challenge to the Iran war's logic is the most direct Democratic dissent in two months of hostilities — and it exposes a pattern of congressional abdication that has outlasted every American military conflict since 2001.
Forty Senate Democrats voted this week to block arms sales to Israel — up from fifteen a year ago. The Pew data behind that jump tells a story about structural collapse, not a political moment.
Democratic presidential hopefuls are racing to reject AIPAC's brand. Down-ballot, the party's financial relationship with the lobby is intact — and the lobby knows exactly where its leverage actually lives.
A DNC resolution to reject AIPAC funding forces Democratic leaders to choose between a powerful donor network and a base that increasingly views the pro-Israel lobby as toxic to progressive values.
Governor Kathy Hochul is asking state lawmakers to delay emission mandates in New York's climate law, citing potential utility bill increases — while environmentalists argue she's using fossil fuel price volatility as cover to abandon climate commitments.
Party strategists worry about winning without Trump on the ballot — but refuse to confront their decades-long abandonment of labor and working families.
Democratic operatives are recruiting military veterans for 2028, but working-class voters who abandoned the party want economic solutions, not war credentials.