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Guest Essay

By Chris Hayes

Mr. Hayes is the author of “The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource” and the host of MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes.”

This essay is the third installment in a series on the thinkers, upstarts and ideologues battling for control of the Democratic Party.

During the first night of the recent government shutdown, congressional Democrats organized a livestream on YouTube featuring members of Congress, streamers and influencers to hammer home their message about the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and the impending spike in health insurance premiums. At its peak, it attracted just 1,000 viewers to watch the House minority leader, Hakeem........

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