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It's time to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Because despite his royal Democratic lineage, he is a right-wing, MAGA-aligned crank. It is vital that voters considering Kennedy know this about him.

Here's a thread with just SOME of the evidence. There's more. A lot more. 🧵

“This election is going to be decided in the middle, not on the fringes.” - Jim Kessler

thehill.com/homenews/senat…

NEW: Our latest research shows that new mothers in abortion-ban states are facing greater barriers to financial security.

With abortion rights front and center this election, the importance of ensuring safe access to abortion cannot be understated.
thirdway.org/memo/the-econo…

Really good point from Jill Lawrence: Dems should use the 'Donald Trump did this' messaging on immigration. She also envisions what ads on this could look like:
thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump…

'There’s never been a better or more urgent moment for Democrats to claim the mantle of pragmatists who get that corrective action is needed, and force Trump to own his nakedly political efforts to prolong the border chaos so he could run on it and win.'
thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump…

When women lack the ability to exercise bodily autonomy, their economic well-being is put at risk.
We found that women in abortion-ban states are:

-Less likely to be in the labor force
-More likely to be the sole provider
-More likely to live in poverty
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Republicans tanked the highly popular bipartisan border security bill because they don't actually want to solve the border crisis. They want to campaign on it.
thirdway.org/polling/owning…

🚨A must read: Pregnant women are increasingly being turned away from emergency rooms. These are not isolated events; this is the post-Dobbs norm as women's health care is under threat across the country. apnews.com/article/pregna…

What we're reading: “The idea that you’re going to make decisions at the ballot box based on a faraway problem and not based on the problems right in front of you is a little bit delusional,' Third Way's Emily K. Becker tells Heatmap News.

heatmap.news/politics/clima…

Polls show climate change is not a top voting priority this year—not even for young voters. But that doesn't mean the work stops—the approach changes.

Dems need to refocus the conversation on clean energy to highlight its positive economic impacts.
heatmap.news/politics/clima…

RKF Jr. is not the environmentalist he wants everyone to think he is. “I do not recognize the person he has become. His actions are a betrayal to our environment,” said John Adams, Founding Director of the NRDC 🌎🏡.
nytimes.com/2024/04/19/cli…

RFK Jr. is a dangerous conspiracy theorist and overt science denier. His presidential bid is nothing more than a cacophony of lies.
nytimes.com/2024/04/19/cli…

RFK, Jr. is a climate-denying, anti-science, right-wing nut. We must make sure voters understand that.

nytimes.com/2024/04/19/cli…

'Third Way took on this fight to expose No Labels as the centrist fraud that they are because we have long represented the sensible, vital center.' Alex Seitz-Wald on the unlikely coalition that got to each of the 30 candidates No Labels tried to recruit. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Senate Republicans have spent more time pushing the Mayorkas trial than they have reading the bipartisan border security deal.👀

Biden has a strong story to tell moderate voters. To close gaps, let Joe be Joe.

🏭All-of-the-above strategy drove record US energy production
✅Championed a bipartisan border deal to get order at the border
🚔Huge drop in violent crime
wsj.com/politics/elect…

Biden can close gaps with moderate voters if he holds and promotes his record on immigration/crime/climate.

“The voters that elected Biden in the first place are the center-left voters that liked his centrist policies,” Lauren Harper Pope tells Molly Ball. wsj.com/politics/elect…

The goal: make it impossible for No Labels to deliver the big-name ticket it had promised
The result: 30+ leaders said no, forcing No Labels to pull the plug

How a bipartisan coalition—including a former president and a mole—pulled it off.
nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

How No Labels’ dangerous third-party presidential bid was stopped—a story with a cast of characters including a former president, a mole, and some very unlikely allies.

Read Alex Seitz-Wald’s latest for the behind-the-scenes scoop on how the coalition did it. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…