As 2024 Looms, Democrats’ Campaign Tech Crumbles Under Private Equity Squeeze
A Democratic campaign tech monopoly cut more than 200 people, the second round of deep layoffs this year.
Akela Lacy
Akela Lacy is a Senior Politics Reporter at The Intercept and co-host of The Intercept Briefing podcast. She was previously The Intercept’s inaugural Ady Barkan Reporting Fellow; prior to that, she was a Politics Fellow in the D.C. Bureau.
She has also worked at Politico, covering breaking news and immigration. She produced Politico’s flagship newsletter, Playbook, and co-authored the afternoon newsletter, Playbook PM. Prior to that, Lacy worked in international reporting at the Pulitzer Center. She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in sociology and Italian. She is based in New York.
She has also worked at Politico, covering breaking news and immigration. She produced Politico’s flagship newsletter, Playbook, and co-authored the afternoon newsletter, Playbook PM. Prior to that, Lacy worked in international reporting at the Pulitzer Center. She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in sociology and Italian. She is based in New York.
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Laphonza Butler’s EMILY’s List Spends Millions on Kamala Harris While Laying Off Grassroots Staff
Two months before the layoffs, EMILY’s List announced a 2024 plan to spend tens of millions of dollars to back Harris, a Butler ally.
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The New York Police Department touts the “transparency” of its officer database, but you’d never know about cops who rack up dozens of lawsuits and millions in payouts.
AIPAC Targets Black Democrats — While the Congressional Black Caucus Stays Silent
AIPAC has given at least $3.6 million to the CBC’s old guard since last year, while members of the Squad draw the Israel lobby’s ire.
Leading Democrat in Maryland Senate Race Once Blamed Murders On Decriminalized Pot
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks ran tough-on-crime campaigns for prosecutor. Now she’s fashioning herself as a reformer.
Payday Lenders Gave Millions to Republican Group That Backed Supreme Court Suit to Annihilate CFPB
The Republican Attorneys General Association fought to help a Supreme Court case against the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
Georgia GOP Gears Up to Remove Atlanta Prosecutor Who Indicted Donald Trump
Lawmakers invoked a new law that’s supposed to target reform DAs. The real targets are Black Democrats.
Ron DeSantis’s Next Ideological Coup: “Judicial Gerrymander” in Florida
The governor’s allies took the first steps toward moves that could upend the election of Democratic prosecutors and even judges.
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The whiplash-inducing back and forth of the most viral true-crime case in recent memory might owe to disputes between local- and state-level officials.
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The Florida governor created a new office for prosecuting election crimes — but no one wants to work there.