Mamdani's Board of Elections just crushed 42,000 New Yorkers. Tucker, MTG and Massie plot a fake third party. South Dakota goes head-to-head. Media Blitz Pod
Mamdani's Board of Elections just rejected the petitions of 42,000 New Yorkers pushing for open primaries — a naked defense of the rigged two-party system. Meanwhile Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie are huddling in Maine about a so-called third party (spoiler: a third party is not independence). And in South Dakota, independent veteran Brian Bengs now has a clean head-to-head shot at rubber-stamp Republican Mike Rounds. This is what the surge looks like.
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→ Four things from today’s episodeMamdani's Board of Elections rejects 42,000 open-primaries p. Mamdani's Board of Elections rejects 42,000 open-primaries petitions in New York City
Why open primaries are the frontline fight for one million i. Why open primaries are the frontline fight for one million independent New Yorkers
Tucker Carlson, MTG, Massie and Joe Kent huddle in Maine. a third party is not independence
Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan primary win and the Democratic civ. Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan primary win and the Democratic civil war between moderates and the DSA
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