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Progressives Fight The Machine.

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win"

By Andrew Karpan

Nov. 7, 2022 · 5 min read

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Progressives Fight The Machine.

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win"

Andrew Karpan
· 5 min read
Progressives Fight The Machine.

Political campaigning can seem complicated, but sometimes it’s very simple. Decades deep into the digital revolution, a lot of it comes down to how much mail you can send out. 

“Samy Olivares and his allies’ nasty campaign is straight out of the Trump Republican playbook,” read a flier distributed by a group called Common Sense New Yorkers…

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