Amanda Nelson
Historian and political content creator (Amanda's Mild Takes). Known for using American history, civics, and political science to explain how power actually works while asking what happens when citizens focus on headlines instead of understanding the systems behind them.
Leave Andy Beshear alone
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Can Mitch’s staff vote for him?
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South Carolina wins first primary contest
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Why doesn’t Georgia have the first primary?
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“Black Southerners won’t vote for a progressive”
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Democrats are still favored to win the midterms
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Alleged Epstein s—cide note found
A federal judge just released what Epstein's former cellmate — a convicted quadruple murderer — claims is a suicide note...
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Alabama calls for overturning the 14th amendment
Is it possible for Alabama to overturn the 14th amendment, which gave Black Americans citizenship? No. Is it still what...
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A third party that actually…works?
The Working Families Party is a third party that manages to work within the existing two-party reality we have now,...
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What is Trump’s “election integrity army”?
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