The battle for control over the Democratic Party continues with liberal gatekeeper Jonathan Chait arguing, again, that the party’s failures are a consequence of being too beholden to the “left,” even as corporate Dems got the 2024 campaign of their dreams. Aaron wrote a definitive response to these arguments, and the case for why left populism is the only way to beat right populism, while Kate Willet joins him to talks on the Abundance faction that informs Chait’s thinking and has informed the choices of the Democratic elite.