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Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks onstage after declaring victory in Michigan's US Senate race during an election night party at The Department at Hudson's in Detroit, Michigan, early on November 4, 2026. Photo by Jeff Kowalsky / AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

El-Sayed’s swing state win puts to bed the conventional wisdom about ‘electability’ and Israel

by Adam Johnson November 5, 2026November 5, 2026

In an effort to preserve Dem support for Israel in 2028, entire alternate realities were created by US media. Tuesday night debunked them.

Michigan Democrat senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a midterm campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 25, 2026. Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Media invents ‘Democratic divisions’ in Michigan that don’t exist

by Adam Johnson October 30, 2026October 30, 2026

Screenshot from "'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran," Feb 28, 2026/MSNOW YouTube

Politics and Movements: US

Rachel Maddow’s conspicuous refusal to cover Israelgate

by Adam Johnson October 27, 2026October 28, 2026

James Talarico speaks onstage during "Raging Moderates" at the Vox Media Podcast Stage at SXSW on March 14, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Vox Media

Politics and Movements: US

Democrats aren’t ‘breaking from Israel’—they’re rebranding the status quo

by Adam Johnson October 1, 2026October 7, 2026

Mark Ruffalo speaks during HBO's Task LA Screening and Panel in partnership with KCRW and The Ringer at Vidiots on September 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for HBO

Politics and Movements: US

The Ellison family and Israel lobby’s smearing of Mark Ruffalo shows how tedious the ‘antisemitism scandal’ script is getting

by Adam Johnson August 25, 2026August 28, 2026

Matt Bennett, Jonathan Cowan, and Jim Kessler, three of the five co-founders of Third Way. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images.

Politics and Movements: US

The media’s go-to ‘electability’ experts are funded by Wall St., Amazon, and health insurance giants

by Adam Johnson August 12, 2026August 12, 2026

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. John Fetterman (D-WV) prepares to vote to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security during a markup hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Politics and Movements: US

A new, centrist Uncommitted Movement has emerged

by Adam Johnson July 28, 2026July 28, 2026

Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed is asked by CNN anchor Kasie Hunt if Israel has ‘a right to exist.’ Screenshot/CNN

Politics and Movements: International

US Media doesn’t think Palestine ‘has a right to exist’

by Adam Johnson July 8, 2026July 8, 2026

Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, attends a photo op with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and congressional leaders before Kishida addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday, April 11, 2022. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

US media presents centrist panic over progressive wins as mere post-ideological ‘electability concerns’

by Adam Johnson June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos speaks during the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on November 6, 2025. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Business motives don’t explain the right-wing turn of the Washington Post and CBS. Billionaire ideology does.

by Adam Johnson May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

Hasan Piker, streamer and creator, attends the press conference during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on February 3, 2026. Photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

The Atlantic’s Hasan Piker meltdown perfectly distills elite media’s warped priorities

by Adam Johnson April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference. Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

J Street’s ‘cut off military aid’ PR gambit changes nothing

by Adam Johnson April 16, 2026April 16, 2026