YOU WONT BELIEVE: Micah lasher - What They Never Told You

New York Wants To Scrap Testing Requirements While School Spending Soars

This week, the state's educational leaders moved to eliminate Regents exam requirements for high school students.

Reason · Sep 17

Communities nationwide are fighting furiously against data centers. The companies behind them are turning to politics

IN FOCUS : ‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Sep 5

Dems' progressive problems go beyond DSA

The Democrats’ reckoning is more complicated than you might think

Salon · Jul 8

Micah Lasher (D) defeated Alex Bores (D), George Conway (D), Jack Schlossberg (D), and four other candidates in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District

Micah Lasher (D) defeated Alex Bores (D), George Conway (D), Jack Schlossberg (D), and four other candidates in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District on June 23, 2026. As of April 2026, Bores, Conway, Lasher, and Schlossberg led in polling, fundraising, and local media attention.

Ballotpedia · Jun 25

Big tech spent millions on a single US congressional race. It won’t be the last time

Pro- and anti-AI groups spent $24m on a congressional contest in New York, but it’s unclear to what end

The Guardian - US · Jun 24

Trump says ‘America the Beautiful will never be a Communist country’ in late night rant at primary ‘losers’

President Donald Trump dismisses significance of election wins for three New York progressives endorsed by Zohran Mamdani but relishes defeats suffered by Dan Goldman and George Conway

The Independent UK · Jun 24

Goldman, Espaillat lose New York primaries to Mamdani-backed challengers

Two House Democrats from New York City lost their reelection bids Tuesday to challengers backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a sign that the 34-year-old’s political capital remains high six months into his term. In the 10th District, based in Lower Manhattan and western Brooklyn, Brad Lander was…

Roll Call · Jun 23

New York’s primaries are litmus test on whether Democrats are serious about taking on MAGA

ANALYSIS : Four congressional primaries will determine if Democrats can have a workable majority should they take back the House. But, Eric Garcia writes, it’s also a proxy war between Hakeem Jeffries and Zohran Mamdani

The Independent UK · Jun 23

Mamdani's power play, a Kennedy's TikToks. Four things to watch in Tuesday's primaries

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing far-left candidates against mainstream Democrats, potentially clashing with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Meanwhile, vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler awaits his challenger in a key House flip target district. In South Carolina, Donald Trump has endorsed both gubernatorial runoff candidates, Pamela Evette and Alan…

The Economic Times · Jun 23

Five Republican state legislative supermajorities and three Democratic ones are highly exposed to breaking in 2026

Welcome to the Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia · Jun 23