“The underlying theme here is power. Democrats like Harris, or even Walz, can nibble away at the edges of populism, but not while simultaneously building an economic vision around the wishes of wealthy Wall Street advisors, as Harris reportedly did.”

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Midwest Dispatch: Populism Gone Wrong

The narrowness of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s victory in Minnesota proves that their “soft populism” didn’t go nearly far enough.

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