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Donate or volunteer? How to help a campaign before Election Day

As the midterm elections approach people are wondering how to get involved. As our Aaron Kleinman points out in his Radio Free America newsletter, candidates need your money far more than they need you to cold call strangers.

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Radio Free America: Why polls probably aren’t overstating Democrats this time

Democrats are scared the polls are wrong again. But special elections, party ID and economic sentiment all look worse for Republicans than the polls do.

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Radio Free America: Every political ad sucks

Sorry that political ads are so terrible. If you want them to be better get your message out year round.

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Radio Free America: Enforce existing laws against AI companies

AI companies like Elon Musk's Grok and Sam Altman's OpenAI have been breaking laws for too long. It's time to make them afraid of jail again.

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Radio Free America: How James Carville could cost Democrats the election

James Carville loves needling the Democratic party for blowing the midterms. Meanwhile, he's actively lending his name to a toxic text spam machine that preys on older donors and wastes millions on consultants.

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Radio Free America: Republicans want to make Texas European again

Bo French’s latest social media outburst over South Asian UT football fans isn't just another offensive post — it's breaking into the Texas Republican mainstream.

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Radio Free America: The lessons Democrats can learn from Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk evolved from an internet joke into a political opportunist who recognized that proximity to power was all that mattered.

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Proof from the states: The right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century

We read the legislation introduced across all 50 states this session and pulled out the worst of it. 1,182 bills, 48 states, everything from abortion bounties to studying chemtrails to a proposal to legalize cockfighting against robots.

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Radio Free America: Let’s talk about who Republicans campaign with

Abdul El-Sayed has been asked about Hasan Piker by what feels like every outlet in the country. Nobody asked John James or Bill Huizenga about sharing a stage with Ted Nugent.

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Radio Free America: Leftists are losing the war of ideas

A version of Medicare for All that lets people keep private insurance isn't a retreat from the left's goals. It's a concession to how governing actually works.