Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is feeling emboldened by progressives' shock victory in a New Jersey special House primary last week — and sizing up his next targets.

Why it matters: The senator has endorsed over a dozen progressive House and Senate candidates who are aiming to reshape the Democratic Party.

• Asked in a phone interview where else he thinks the left can win upset victories, Sanders pointed to a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally he is doing on Friday with Nida Allam, who is challenging Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.).
• "That might be another area where progressives can win a strong victory," he said.
• Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller challenging Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), also has "a strong chance to win," Sanders said.

Driving the news: Progressive Analilia Mejia prevailed in a special primary election last week to succeed now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

• She finished narrowly ahead of former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), who faced a $2.3 million ad barrage from AIPAC due to his support for conditioning aid to Israel.
• Mejia will have to win an April general election to get seated and then another primary in June to keep the seat for another two years, but New Jersey's Democratic establishment is now beginning to coalesce around her.

What they're saying: Mejia "ran on a strong progressive agenda and said she's going to stand up to the oligarchs, stand up to ... Trumpism," Sanders told Axios, comparing her to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

• "She got heavily outspent, I think got shot outspent 4-to-1," Sanders boasted, also pointing to the fact that one election-focused outlet had to retract its election night projection that Malinowski would win.
• The voters of her district, he said, were "motivated by the need to elect candidates who are not only Democrats, but candidates who are going to take on ... the oligarchs and fight for a government that works for working families."

Zoom out: Aside from Allam, Lander and Mejia, Sanders has endorsed House candidates Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin, Donavan McKinney in Michigan, Robert Peters in Illinois, Bob Brooks in Pennsylvania, Randy Villegas in California, Nate Blouin in Utah and Sam Forstag in Montana.

• He is also backing Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Graham Platner in Maine and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, as well as Maine gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson.

Less than a week after Valve admitted that the current shortage (and growing prices) of RAM were affecting its hardware plans, the Steam Deck is completely sold out. The Steam Deck has gone in and out of stock in the past, but as Kotaku notes, the timing does raise the question whether Valve's RAM issues could also be impacting its Linux handheld.

The 256GB Steam Deck LCD, and both the 512GB and 1TB models of the Steam Deck OLED, are completely sold out on Steam. Valve announced that it was discontinuing the LCD versions of its handheld and selling through its remaining inventory in December 2025, so the fact that the 256GB Steam Deck model is currently sold out isn't surprising. That both OLED versions are also unavailable at the same time, though, is a bit more unusual.

Engadget has contacted Valve for more information about the availability of the Steam Deck. We'll update this article if we hear back.

When Valve announced the Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame, the company notably left pricing and availability off the table, presumably because tariffs and access to RAM were leaving those details in flux. The company's announcement last week that the memory and storage shortage had pushed back its plans and would likely impact prices more or less confirmed that. At no point did Valve mention that the Steam Deck would be similarly affected, but maybe it should have.

The rising cost of RAM has already forced other PC makers to adjust the pricing of their computers. Framework announced in January that it was raising the price of its Framework Desktop by as much as $460. Some analysts assume that the memory shortage driven by the AI industry could lead to higher prices and even an economic downturn in the wider PC industry. Ideally, the Steam Deck being out of stock is a temporary issue rather than a sign that Valve is doing something drastic. If things continue as they are, however, changes to the Steam Deck likely won't be off the table.