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10:01Now PlayingThird Way - The Centrist Democratic Think Tank That Is Radicalizing Me
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10:01Now PlayingThird Way - The Centrist Democratic Think Tank That Is Radicalizing Me
Third Way, a centrist Democrat think tank led by president Jonathan Cowan, has quietly launched a massive, well-funded campaign to discredit progressive voices, including Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, and pressure elected Democrats to publicly denounce them. The campaign, first reported by Lauren Egan at The Bulwark, is backed by billionaire donors and has already drawn support from sitting members of Congress.
Between now and Election Day 2028, Third Way plans to spend between $30 million and $50 million, not targeting Trump, not targeting MAGA, not targeting Republicans, but attacking progressives and leftists within their own coalition. Jonathan Cowan was blunt about the goal, stating he would rather lose than include people like Hasan Piker in a big Democratic tent.
Democrats like Cory Booker, Alyssa Slotkin, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Ritchie Torres have aligned with or remained silent on these efforts, even as AIPAC's influence in Democratic primaries has become a major flashpoint with the party's base. Political consultants have acknowledged that AIPAC spending in primaries, often $10 million or more per race, effectively decides outcomes in heavily gerrymandered districts before general elections even happen.
Hawk connects these threads, from Third Way's anti-progressive funding to AIPAC's stranglehold on Democratic primaries, to make the case that the Democratic establishment has made a calculated decision to ignore its base because it believes voters have nowhere else to go.
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