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How Does Google Maps Know A Business Is Busy?
Google Maps can tell you how busy many businesses are. It's a convenient feature, to be sure, but how is the site able to provide that information?
Google Pixel 11: Every rumor, leak, and confirmed fact
What's up with Google's next batch of flagships?
New CSS Attacks Can Break Webmail Defenses to Steal Passwords and Tokens
Outlook CSS techniques can spoof Microsoft sign-in and capture passwords, while Gmail image-set() can trigger external requests from malicious email c
Google throws shade at ugly smartwatches in Pixel Watch 5 teaser
Google has released a fresh teaser, putting the Pixel Watch 5 in the spotlight. It also takes a dig at other smartwatches.
Google quietly discontinues its Earth AI feature a day after its rollout after users made no-no images
Google’s “Nano Banana” AI allowed users to generate any images they wanted from Google Earth—and Google didn’t measure the consequences.
Google quietly discontinues its Earth AI feature a day after its rollout after users made no-no images
Google’s “Nano Banana” AI allowed users to generate any images they wanted from Google Earth—and Google didn’t measure the consequences.
Google's $1,300 Pixel 11 Pro XL will need one aggressive move to justify its price
More money should buy more than AI
High-res ASUS Googlebook renders have leaked, and this thing looks gorgeous
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Sony may re-release its 2020 over-ear headphones for around $250, leak reveals
A new leak has spilled the beans on an interesting move from Sony, as the company is preparing to re-launch...
One of these Googlebook leaks is not like the other
New images of two upcoming Googlebook models have surfaced — but some of them don't look quite right to us.
Samsung cuts Galaxy Z Fold 8 trade-ins & deals on release day – here’s where to get the best price now
Galaxy Z Fold 8 release day has arrived and, with it, cuts to the deals available on Samsung's new foldables. Here's what you should know.
Trump says Congress wants to regulate AI industry ‘out of business’
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Congress wants to regulate the AI industry "out of business," according to a Punchbowl News interview published on Friday. Trump's remarks underscore a widening...
I compared Google's pricier Pixel 11 series to Samsung's Galaxy lineup - here's the better value now
The Pixel 11 may cost more, but Google's software advantage may make it worth it for you.
Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc
The issue began in the game's Discord server, where a player was asking Google's AI questions about Operation Octo. The answers sometimes included details the developer considered...
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment
Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
AI-Assisted HTTP Terminator Finds Novel HTTP Desync Techniques and Apache Zero-Day
PortSwigger says HTTP Terminator generated 30,000 desync vectors, found roughly 700 vulnerable targets, and helped uncover an Apache zero-day.
Malware Can Abuse Windows Hello for Business Keys for Persistent Entra ID Access
Windows Hello keys can be abused from signed-in Windows sessions to gain Entra ID access without extracting TPM-backed private keys.
Google Messages is finally fixing two of its most annoying quirks
These fixes should have arrived years ago
New Gemini overlay for Wear OS rolling out to Pixel Watch
Gemini on Wear OS is getting a new overlay design that takes after Neural Expressive on Android phones to boost cross-device consistency.
Google working on AI-generated lockscreen clocks for Pixel
Besides customizable Quick Settings, Android Canary 2608 reveals work on AI-generated lockscreen clocks for Pixel phones.
Android Canary 2608 lets you customize Quick Settings layout on Pixel
Google today is rolling out Android Canary 2608 with the ability to customize the Quick Settings layout by...
Google Messages rolling out long-press menu redesign with precise copying
After testing started in January, Google Messages is expanding beta access to a redesign of the long-press menu that aids one-handed usage.
Rondo, Webb Among the 2026 Class of the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame
Rondo, Webb Among the 2026 Class of the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame
Google reveals who is hosting Pixel 11 launch event and other guests
With Made by Google 2026 taking place in less than a week, the company today revealed who is hosting: Trevor Noah.
Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.
The story starts with a meme: privacy advocates joking online that Flock's surveillance cameras are secretly loaded with valuable metals, worth cracking open for scrap. AI Overviews...
Google Chrome slowly starts rolling out updated navigation bar with Gemini button on Android [Gallery]
Google Chrome is testing a pretty major new redesign on mobile devices – Android and iPhone – which has dual...
It looks like Dell’s initial Googlebook will be the XPS 13
As we continue to track the Googlebook devices currently in development ahead of Google’s expected fall launch window, watching the hardware picture come into focus has been pretty fascinating....
Google Home update adds support for viewing third-party cameras from Wyze, Eufy, more
A Google Home update has added better support for third-party cameras from brands such as Wyze and Anker's Eufy.
How To Watch Google's Pixel 11 Event
Expect several new phones, a refreshed Pixel Watch and perhaps price increases at Google's Pixel 11 event.
The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup
Google’s AI leadership changes may have come down to pressure to speed up products — and internal ethical conflicts.
Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI
Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and AI development.
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings
The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.
Ask Maps in Google Maps rolling out Personal Intelligence, real-time transit, global launch
The Gemini-powered Ask Maps chat in Google Maps is getting a number of big updates today, including a global launch.
Follow the Markets and Track Stocks With These Free Apps
Google Finance and Apple’s Stocks app have added new features over the years to make them more useful for tracking the markets and your investments.
Pixel 11 disappointments continue after Google leaks another Pixel Glow detail
An app update may have confirmed part of how the rumored light on the back of the Pixel 11 will work.
Full Teardown Of A 2026 Amazon Fire Stick HD
After the release of Google’s Chromecast so-called ‘streaming sticks’ have remained a popular form factor, even though such technology is these days part of ‘smart’ TV…
Smart people in tech and business react to Google's AI restructuring
Opinions diverge on what it means for DeepMind's future as Google overhauls its AI leadership.
Google Is Finally Shutting Down the Google Assistant. Here's What Android Users Need to Know
The big change involving the Google Assistant and Gemini happens soon. Users will not be able to switch back.
Here's how Pixel 11 Pro HiLight will work with Google Contacts
Pixel 11 Pro phones are getting a new "HiLight" notification system, and Google's Contacts app reveals how it will work.
Samsung insists the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is ‘perfect’ for ‘full-screen’ video
As Samsung’s pre-order perks for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 come to an end, the company continues to advertise its...
Google Contacts reveals what colors Pixel 11 HiLight will support
Ahead of the Pixel 11 launch, Google Contacts for Android has gained strings detailing upcoming support for HiLight.
The startup idea that convinced a UW computer science legend to leave Google after 27 years
Jeff Dean, who earned his computer science Ph.D. at the University of Washington, is leaving Google after 27 years and taking three of the company's top AI researchers with him. Their startup, Discovery Loop, aims to automate the scientific method itself, and Google is helping fund it.
Nothing is using AI-generated people to show off its new earbuds
Yesterday Nothing’s CMF brand launched a new pair of pretty cool open-ear earbuds, but a big part of the online...
Google shakes up AI leadership. Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO.
Some of Google's top AI leaders are leaving their roles, with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis taking another role at Alphabet and Jeff Dean leaving.
Google Pixel 11 Pro: The latest rumors, leaks, and news
What's new with Google's pro-grade flagship?
Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4
Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks.
Pixel Watch 5 leaked marketing images surface one week before launch
Google’s marketing images for the Pixel Watch 5 have sprouted up online, and they dive a little deeper into some...
Google Assistant Will Vanish From Android Phones And Connected Devices In September
Like birthdays in late May and most of June, it’s all about Gemini.
Sunbird launches its iMessage for Android app, expecting you to trust it in the name of blue bubbles
Sudden life has been breathed into the iMessage for Android messaging app, Sunbird, after hanging out in a purgatorial beta...
Google’s AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper
It's AI-on-AI violence.
Google's AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper
Google's AI Overview is spreading misinformation about hidden treasure inside another AI-company's surveillance cameras.
Not Google Nest, Not Netgear: This Is Amazon's Best-Selling Mesh Wi-Fi System
TP-Link's Deco X55 AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System is the best selling mesh system on Amazon, with over 6,000 purchases happening in July 2026 alone.
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
It’ll be Gemini or nothing on Android from September 4th.
Pixel Tag pricing leak sets up a direct showdown with Apple AirTag
A new leak reveals the Google Pixel Tag price and launch date ahead of the Made by Google event, positioning it against Apple AirTag.
Google Finance - Stock Market Prices, Real-time Quotes & Business News
Google Finance provides real-time market quotes, international stock information, financial news, currency conversion rates, and tracking tools.
The Pixel 10 gets the spotlight in Google's August update
It fixes several GPU-related issues
Google finally reveals exactly when your Android phone will lose Google Assistant
It looks like Google has started emailing users that Google Assistant will start disappearing from Android phones on September 4.
Google Assistant shutting down on Android and Wear OS in September
As expected, Google Assistant is going away in 2026, and the company just provided a September 4 date for Android phones.
Our first look at the ASUS Googlebook shows Google’s laptop plans taking shape
The ASUS Googlebook CX9406 has leaked, revealing another Aluminium OS laptop with Google’s signature Glowbar and dedicated keyboard controls.
The Galaxy S26 FE sure does look like a Samsung phone in leaked images
Continuing the trend of Samsung’s “Fan Edition” series, the Galaxy S26 FE has just surfaced in new leaks with another...
Google's August Pixel update is here and ready to squash some bugs
Google's released the August update for Pixel phones running Android 17, and it includes a handful of bugfixes for Pixel 10 phones.
Here’s the first Asus Googlebook as the floodgates start to open
Another Googlebook has surfaced online just a day after images of a separate PC maker’s version made an appearance. This...
Android 17 August update rolling out with three Pixel 10 fixes
Google is rolling out the August 2026 security patch for Android 17 on the Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and Pixel 10a.
DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever
Google alternative DuckDuckGo has come up with a pair of plastic, non-pervert glasses in response to Meta's controversial smart glasses.
Fresh Pixel 11 series leak reveals thinner camera bar and 30-hour battery
A new leak has come for the base model Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro Fold, revealing marketing materials for both phones.
Nothing’s new CMF Clip Pro earbuds are $99 with open-ear audio and a clever case
Nothing is launching its second pair of open-ear earbuds, this time under its CMF brand with the CMF Clip Pro...
Google Password Manager passkeys could be at risk with new ‘Pass-ta-key’ attack
Passkeys are becoming more popular as a safer alternative to traditional passwords, but some cracks are starting to show after...
Pixel Watch 5 Specs Tell Us the Upgrades to Expect
Are there any unanswered questions surrounding the launch of the Pixel 11 series and Pixel Watch 5? Not many. A new specs list leak for the Pixel Watch 5 may have just about cleared up any...
Huge Pixel Watch 5 leak leaves little to the imagination
A fresh leak includes marketing materials and a spec sheet for the new Pixel Watch 5, about a week ahead of Google's official reveal.
Google Is Teasing Some Kind of Notification Light on the Pixel 11’s Camera Bar
Google really does beat to the rhythm of its own drum.
Pixel Watch 5 specs leak reveals what’s new: ‘Accelerated’ chip, 2nd-gen Active Band, more
Full Pixel Watch 5 specs have leaked today and reveal that Google made a trio of key hardware changes over last year.
Galaxy Z Fold 8 destroys pre-order record set by the late Note 10, and it isn’t over yet
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, alongside the Flip 8, has broken 1.44 million sales during the pre-order phase, smashing...
Leak confirms Pixel 11 ‘Glow’ is called ‘HiLight’ and what it can do
As we reported on last week, the “Pixel Glow” feature coming to the Pixel 11 series is likely going to...
Google Earth’s potential disinformation nightmare
A new feature briefly allowed Google Earth users to overlay AI-generated images on locations of their choosing
Google tests new features designed to make the Google Messages app easier to use
For the first time ever, the Google Messages attachment sheet icons can be customized and made to take up a full page.
Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2 [Gallery]
Google is continuing the preview cycle today with Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2, which should see a stable launch in December 2026.
Google may start Pixel 11 pre-orders way sooner than expected
Countdown clocks have started for the Pixel 11 series on the Google Store and Best Buy. The clocks suggest pre-orders will start early.
Google Releases Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2 for Pixel
A fresh Android 17 beta just arrived on Pixel phones, this time is Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2. This new release is here as mostly a mystery, so we'll dive in shortly to see what's new. Google released...
Google rolling out Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2 for Pixel
Following the last release two weeks ago that didn’t have any obvious changes, Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2 is rolling...
Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health
The latest update to the Google Health app for iOS allows Google Health data to sync to Apple Health. Google's app is used to collect data from wearables like Fitbit trackers and the Pixel Watch. Sync to Apple Health. Share your data like your exercise records, sleep, vitals, steps, and more from Google Health to Apple Health. Google Health (previously the Fitbit app) collects fitness, sleep, and wellness data from a connected wearable device.
Pixel 11 Pro XL joins the rest of the family with Google image leak
Leaker Evan Blass has been publishing some insider Google photos of the Pixel 11 series, and completes the set with the Pixel 11 Pro XL.
OnePlus 15 and more have fully sold out in the US following shutdown
Following a shutdown of the brand in the US and Europe, OnePlus 15 is now sold out, as are nearly all other products.
Galaxy S27 Ultra reportedly ditches a telephoto camera for the sake of cost-cutting
According to a new report, Samsung’s next-gen flagship, the Galaxy S27 Ultra, will be missing one of its telephoto camera...
If Not AOC, Then Who?
What do we do if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decides not to run for president in 2028? It makes sense that many leftists are currently focused on calling on her to take the plunge. But the absence of a Plan B, or even much discussion about one, is worrisome. The US Left can’t afford to sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. Doing so in 2024 was a disaster: our abstention self-marginalized anti-billionaire politics from the national conversation and thereby gave space for Harris to pivot to the “center” (i.e. the policy preferences of corporate donors, establishment hacks, and AIPAC). Abstaining again in 2028 would be especially counterproductive since democratic socialists now have so much wind in our sails after our big electoral wins in NYC and across the country. It’s time to deepen our momentum, organization, and profile — not to retreat to the margins during America’s single most important political battle. Even more urgently, keeping Trump’s heir out of the White House may depend on whether leftists and the party’s unprecedentedly disenchanted base can force the Democrats in 2028 to take meaningful steps towards a very angry electorate and away from the corporate-consultant blob that has helped get us into this mess. If AOC (or Abdul El-Sayed) decides to run, we should enthusiastically go all in — DSA, fighting unions, progressive organizations, anybody who wants to see a better country and world. But, as far as I can tell from the outside, there’s a real chance that she doesn’t run. And we can’t just wait and see where she lands before discussing alternatives, since AOC’s decision might not come for quite a while, giving us little time to scramble at the last minute for an alternative. So we should start working now on getting a Plan B into motion, and recruiting a good candidate for the role. Here’s one idea. A Worker Candidate — Healthcare Not Warfare 2028 Run a union worker Leftists don’t need to always run experienced, well-known socialist politicians for high-profile contests. Lula, the current president of Brazil, began his political career as a metalworker militant who ran for governor of São Paulo in 1982. Especially in an era of institutional distrust, it’s possible to lean hard into making a virtue out of a working-class comrade’s distance from traditional politics. Experience abroad shows this clearly. Rachel Kéké — an immigrant hotel housekeeper — ran as the candidate of the leftist La France Insoumise for the National Assembly in 2022, defeating a former minister in the Macron government. The Belgian Workers’ Party in 2024 won its first Flemish seat in the European Parliament by running Rudi Kennes, a three-decade veteran of the Opel Antwerp auto factory. And the South Korean left in 2024 elected auto factory militant Yoon Jong-oh to the National Assembly. If a tiny French Trotskyist organization could make such a big splash in 2002 and 2007 by running a well-spoken postal worker cadre for office — the LCR’s Olivier Besancenot received about 1.5 million first-round votes — it’s not far-fetched to expect that a much larger organization like DSA, together with a broader coalition of the willing, could run this playbook to much greater effect. This is especially the case now that almost everything DSA does immediately becomes a national news story. We don’t need someone famous. We just need a charismatic, well-vetted comrade who works in a relatable working-class occupation — e.g. a nurse, or a worker in auto or construction, or at Amazon. Ideally, they have a compelling personal story or have been part of a significant strike or organizing campaign, but even those criteria don’t necessarily have to be deal-breakers. The main lesson of the Graham Platner fiasco isn’t that we should never run outsiders for office (the momentum he generated proves the exact opposite), but that they need proper vetting and roots in democratic membership organizations like DSA or a union. In any case, there are plenty of ways to signal working-class authenticity without resorting to Platner’s or Fetterman’s performative macho white dude affect. Better to have someone of any gender or race who is actually working class, with firm socialist politics, who can speak from experience about the day-to-day realities of trying to make it in America. There are surely at least a dozen such worker leaders in our movement nationwide; we just need to sit down and convince one that their personal sacrifice for the greater good (i.e. running for president) will be worth it. If we don’t have a frontrunner with a clear path to victory like AOC (or El-Sayed, were he to win Michigan), it’s better to embrace someone whose decision to run in itself tells an important story about US politics: workers have been iced out of our political system and are now fighting hard to break back in. The novelty factor, in itself, would generate press. And it would help democratic socialists signal to the American public that our movement’s defining characteristic is that we represent workers vs. bosses, not that we’re “the furthest left” force in American politics — a framework that suggests we’re extremists and that helps our opponents isolate us from non-college-educated voters by highlighting extremely minoritarian (and misguided) stances included in DSA’s platform like prison abolition. We don’t get many opportunities to speak to tens of millions of Americans; we need to use these opportunities to broaden our appeal beyond those already in our orbit. Run to polarize the 2028 primary and general election around “Medicare for All” and “End All Aid to Israel” Why should democratic socialists use our scarce time and volunteer energy to run in a race we’re unlikely to win? Running in the 2028 primary will not only recruit us scores of members (imagine having a DSA member intervening in eleven nationally televised primary debates!), but — more importantly — it has the potential to be a decisive leap forward towards an America that finally starts meeting the needs of working people instead of HMO and AIPAC billionaire donors. Polarizing litmus tests are good, actually — as long as they’re fought for around popular demands in a thoughtful and strategic way. Democratic socialists have an opportunity and responsibility to make the 2028 primary about two of the most widely and deeply felt issues of our moment: domestically, America’s unaffordable, family-breaking private healthcare system; internationally, America’s bankrolling of the genocidal Israeli government. A candidacy relentlessly demanding Medicare for All and No Aid to Israel would pose a sharp question to the American public, the Democratic Party, and other 2028 contenders: Why can’t working-class Americans afford their healthcare bills at the same time that our government is spending at least $3.8 billion yearly to fund an Israeli regime eager to keep dragging us and the world into more forever wars? Our candidate can agitate around a clear message: I’m running to give voice to all those working-class Americans who are struggling to get by. No matter what state you live in, who you voted for in 2024, or your background, it’s just plain common sense that we should make healthcare more affordable instead of spending billions to enable the Israeli government’s crimes against humanity. Every American who agrees with me when I say ‘Medicare for All — Not a Dime for Israel’ should make their voice heard through our campaign. Racking up a high number of votes for this agenda is a crucial way to show the Democratic Party and the country as a whole that we can’t keep supporting a life-destroying status quo in our healthcare system and in the Middle East. If we want to defeat Trump’s handpicked crony this coming November, we need to speak to ordinary people’s frustrations with the status quo — we can’t keep running the same tired establishment playbook and expecting a different result. For those highly engaged voters (or skeptical media pundits) who raise concerns about wasting votes, the candidate can take the time to explain why this isn’t the case: It's true I'm a long shot. But Zohran showed anything can happen — and voting for me is a pragmatic decision, not a wasted vote. In a heavily divided primary with a large number of candidates and a very discredited establishment, my campaign and the democratic socialist movement I’m part of are positioned to be the balance of power if we can get a large enough number of voters to loudly demand Healthcare Not Warfare. Since there’s a high chance no candidate will get to 50% in the 2028 primaries, the Democrats could very well be heading towards a brokered convention, where a disciplined, principled current committed to breaking from corporate donors can play an outsized role in making sure whoever ends up with the nomination raises the banner of single-payer healthcare and cutting aid to Israel. How exactly could running this sort of primary campaign be translated into actual leverage? The candidate replies: I’m aiming to win the nomination, but if I don’t achieve that goal, my delegates and I will pledge our support in the primary only for a candidate who agrees in the general election to call for ending US aid to Israel and establishing Medicare for All at home. These are both winning planks for November against the Republicans, and the only reason I can see that other candidates haven’t yet raised these is that they’re still more scared of the donor class than they are of the people. That needs to change. If Democratic leaders want young people, workers, and those sick of the status quo to show up in big numbers this November, they need to meet us halfway. In this way, whether or not we win the nomination, democratic socialists could still play a decisive role in 2028. The approach outlined here is similar to what radical left parties periodically do in parliamentary democracies like Denmark or Sweden when they find themselves as a junior partner electorally: they dictate to center-left allies what their terms would be for enabling, from the outside, the formation of a new government. Running a Healthcare Not Warfare candidate will make it significantly more likely that the 2028 Democratic candidate stands with ordinary people instead of donors on these two pivotal planks — a shift that will, in turn, make it easier to achieve the existentially important task of defeating MAGA’s heir in November. Look at how much popular traction the Uncommitted movement got with a similar strategy in 2024 with so little on-the-ground organization — surely we can go much further with a working-class candidate, a much bigger DSA, and a Democratic Party base that has turned against Israel, billionaires, and the hacks in the party who prop them up. Objections and Responses There are quite a few objections to this proposal, many of which are very reasonable. Let me briefly address each here. Socialists shouldn’t waste their scarce time and resources on a candidate unlikely to win. This is a good rule in general, but there are important exceptions, and presidential elections are the main one. There’s no other political contest that gets anything like this level of attention and engagement in the US, so if you want to be a serious force in nationwide politics, you basically can’t afford not to have a candidate. Far from being an overall drain on our resources, running a dynamic 2028 campaign would likely result in a major net increase in members and capacity. In that spirit, the very pragmatic Milwaukee sewer socialists — who mostly ran to win at home in Wisconsin — supported Eugene Debs’s propagandistic presidential campaigns, which they correctly saw as a crucial means of recruiting to the Socialist Party. And now that the (post-1972) Democratic Party gives more weight to voters than party operatives in determining its presidential nomination, it’s become feasible to run as a socialist in primaries without risking a split in the vote against the Republicans in November. We should just support Ro Khanna, who also supports M4A and ending aid to Israel. I like Ro Khanna and would enthusiastically vote and canvass for him for president were he to get the nomination. But there’s a real chance that Khanna’s bid for office doesn’t catch on; he lacks the grassroots organizational apparatus of DSA, and, because he’s not really of the Left or labor (despite his current very good positions), he’s unlikely to generate the type of buy-in and enthusiasm that a DSA candidate would. Moreover, Khanna would be running as an individual, not as someone emerging from and building an organized movement — his campaign would not likely focus on building sustained power from below, nor would it likely polarize the 2028 primary around M4A and Israel aid. Also, and not inconsequentially, the poor electoral results for Tom Steyer and Saikat Chakrabarti this spring suggest that there’s perhaps not much of a popular appetite in the Democrats’ base to support multi-millionaire class traitors. Much better, then, to run a democratic socialist worker. If by Super Tuesday it’s clear that our campaign has captured the main left lane in the primary, Khanna should drop out and endorse us; conversely, if he’s managed to capture this lane, DSA could at that point transform its Healthcare Not Warfare campaign into an independent campaign to elect Ro Khanna focused on winning (and holding him accountable to) those two critical planks. An openness to consolidating an anti-corporate candidate by Super Tuesday is a necessary component of the strategy I’m proposing, because otherwise we risk splitting the primary votes (per DNC rules, you need at least 15% to get any delegates to convention). We should convince Shawn Fain or Sara Nelson to run for president instead. I agree it’d be great if either ran for president, but my impression is that there’s basically no chance that will happen in 2028, because both are firmly focused on their union leadership duties (and, in the case of Fain, beating back a federal witch-hunt). This plan could have DSA end up endorsing a non-socialist, non-DSAer for president. That’s against our principles. It’s a myth, and bad politics, that socialists can’t ever support candidates who aren’t members of their organization and/or who don’t call themselves socialists. Bernie, after all, was not a DSAer. And socialists abroad regularly make tactical decisions about if and when supporting a non-socialist candidate makes sense from the standpoint of promoting working-class interests, defending democracy, and building a socialist current in the process. If your “principles” prevent you and DSA from helping achieve the momentous stride forward of having a Democratic candidate in 2028 run on Medicare for All and ending aid to Israel, those “principles” are not very good. In fact, they actively undermine the causes they’re aiming to support. We shouldn’t confuse principles (working-class independence) with tactics (the best way to advance this in a given context). In my recent article in Catalyst on Milwaukee sewer socialism (I’ve uploaded the full text here), I have a section showing how similarly rigid rules about endorsements had to be eventually discarded in the old Socialist Party nationwide after WWI because they tended to lead socialists towards a sectarian abstention from broader anti-corporate electoral insurgencies beyond their party’s control. For what it’s worth, Lenin’s current under Tsarism frequently backed bourgeois candidates in the second round of elections and Lenin himself advocated that British Communists support Labour Party candidates; for his part, Kautsky in 1912 defended the German Social Democracy’s electoral pact with the Progressives in the runoffs. If our predecessors could be that tactically flexible in an era before the limits of their underlying strategic assumptions about intransigent class politics in capitalist democracies were made clear, then there’s no need to insist on being more tactically rigid today, after a century’s worth of accumulated experience. As long as you maintain your own political profile and organization while engaging in broader coalitional efforts, there’s zero inherent contradiction with the principle of political independence. More specifically: DSA and allied organizations should enthusiastically back Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed if AOC declines to run and he throws his hat in the presidential ring. (I have no idea whether he’s even considering this path, but there’ll surely be chatter about it if he wins his Senate race this November.) Though he doesn’t call himself a socialist, El-Sayed is a principled Berniecrat, a consistent fighter for Palestine, and would have a clear path to victory. Using the “s” word is far less important than whether a campaign fights for the interests of working people at home and abroad — and whether actively participating in it can grow the organized working class and the Left. And the same holds true if a less anti-corporate candidate were, under pressure, to adopt our two Healthcare Not Warfare planks. Why focus only on M4A and ending US aid to Israel? There are so many other important issues to fight for! Obviously there are many pivotal issues beyond healthcare and Israel, and our candidate — and especially our organizations involved in the campaign — should be prepared to speak on all of these. But one of the crucial lessons of the Zohran campaign is that you have to relentlessly stay on message if you want to cut through the noise. CNN and Fox News will want to talk about DSA’s views on Venezuela and abolishing the police; we need to polarize the debate on the widely and deeply felt issues that are most favorable for growing the Left, isolating our opponents, and winning urgently needed changes. One recent poll found 63% of Americans support M4A, even after respondents were told it would raise taxes and eliminate most private insurance. Another found that 74% of Democrats opposed “providing additional economic and military support to Israel.” And focusing on two demands sets the campaign up to be able to leverage its mandate to make clear demands upon other candidates (which we can’t do if we run with a laundry list of demands). Talking about a Plan B is a distraction from the more urgent work of building a groundswell of calls on AOC to run. It’s good for DSAers, fightback unionists, and progressive organizations to try to convince AOC to run. This proposal is meant as an addendum to pushes to get AOC to run and to line DSA up for that eventuality, not as a substitute for those efforts. But I’m worried that, like in 2024, we might eventually find ourselves with no time to find a viable alternative unless we start now. DSA, with its abundant deliberative processes, moves slowly. The approach you’re suggesting seems risky. If a DSA candidate runs but doesn’t receive a lot of votes, it’ll undercut our current national momentum. This is a reasonable worry. All big initiatives always carry risks, and the path I’m advocating is certainly not free of these. That said, if a Healthcare Not Warfare campaign doesn’t catch on like we envisioned, it’s a pretty simple pivot in March 2028 to explain that in the future we really need our standard-bearers like AOC, or our growing bench of national electeds, to step up in presidential primaries. Moreover, it’s worth noting that the risk of my Plan B proposal is on the whole significantly less than the risk entailed by an AOC run. We should all back her if she runs, since she’d fire up the base, provide huge openings for organizing, have a real shot at defeating a Republican (especially given MAGA’s unpopularity), be a great standard-bearer for our issues, particularly M4A and ending aid to Israel, and be less willing than mainstream candidates to capitulate to any anti-democratic machinations from Trump and co. But it’s also true that AOC could lose, which would be a devastating setback to the country and the Left. Or she could win and find herself unable to pass much, if any, of her (and our) program, a demoralizing prospect. So if we’re willing to take these risks with AOC (and we should), it follows that we should be able to take lower-level risks if she doesn’t throw her hat in the ring. What’s Your Plan B? The US Left is facing its biggest opening for growth and influence since the 1930s. Initiatives that would have been impossible a few months ago are now potentially feasible. A President AOC is now easier to imagine, but if she ultimately assesses that the risks aren’t worth the potential reward in 2028, we can’t be left flat-footed. So even if you’re not convinced by the specifics of my Plan B, I hope you can at least agree that it’d be a disaster for us not to have one — and not to start getting a Plan B into motion. Hopefully other organizers and political currents will put forward their responses and alternative ideas ASAP. The stakes are too high to just wait and see. More As always, please share this article widely. This newsletter depends on all you lovely people to get the word out. Thank you! I uploaded the full text of my Catalyst article on Milwaukee sewer socialism here (it’s updated and 3x as long as the version published earlier on this substack). If you haven’t yet, please make sure to subscribe to Catalyst here; I read every issue front to back, highly recommend. 🌹🎵 Ivan Lins (arranged by Arthur Verocai) — “General da Banda” 🌹🎵
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