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The effort to take down Alex Morse, who is challenging Rep. Richard Neal in a primary, wasn’t just the work of College Democrats of Massachusetts.

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College Democrat Chats Reveal Year-Old Plan to Engineer and Leak Alex Morse Accusations

Ryan Grim, Daniel Boguslaw

“This will sink his campaign,” predicted a College Democrat leader hoping to work for Rep. Richard Neal.

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Party Leaders Investigating Origin of Anti-Morse Campaign Helped Orchestrate It, Documents Reveal

Eoin Higgins, Daniel Boguslaw, Ryan Grim

Massachusetts party leaders coached College Democrats ahead of the release of a letter outlining allegations against Alex Morse.

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After Rep. Richard Neal Secured $3 Billion for Biofuel Industry, Son Secured Lobby Job

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After months of lobbying, the industry found a champion in Neal, the powerful chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.

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Aída Chávez

The danger for Biden isn’t that Latinos swing for Trump, but that they won’t turn out to vote in battleground states.

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