David Sirota’s The Lever posted an important article about a hedge fund billionaire who hopes to redefine the Democratic Party. I thought I had heard of all the billionaires who were trying to remodel education to their own specifications, but I had never come across Steve Mandel.
Like many other billionaires, Mandel’s great passion is charter schools. He has poured millions of dollars into political campaigns, trying to elect candidates who share his values. His great hope appears to be to block candidates who are progressives and who are pro-union.
The article, by Katya Schwerin and Luke Goldstein, traces Mandel’s rise, from his elite schooling at
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I’m missing how this is “redefining” the Democratic Party. Big money donors have controlled the party in favor of corporatism, militarism, privatization, austerity, etc. at least since Clinton’s Third Way push in the 90s. Vote Blue No Matter Who, unless the Who in question is remotely progressive.
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BTW, I do appreciate the honesty in the second paragraph where Biden admitted he owed his presidency to Mandel and people just like him.
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