Justice Democrats, a progressive political action committee (PAC) that helped elect the Squad—the four progressive minority Congresswomen—to the Congress in 2018, has introduced a new candidate to challenge Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) in the 2022 primary election. Rana Abdelhamid, a community organizer, non-profit founder, and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, announced that she…

Founders of the progressive PAC Justice Democrats, which helped elect social-democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), have launched a new progressive PAC, No Excuses, to raise money for candidates to challenge two incumbent Democrats who favor keeping the Senate filibuster and have expressed willingness to work with Republicans. PAC co-founders Saikat Chakrabarti, Corbin Trent, and Zack Exley…