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Ben Rhodes

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How Democrats Lost the Plot

How Democrats Lost the Plot

We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.

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The New York Times

Ben Rhodes

Graham Platner Went to Hell and Back. He Has a Simple Message for Democrats.

At campaign stops, he talks about high gas prices and Trump’s incompetence. But the core of his message is an unflinching disgust for forever war.

22.04.2026 20

The New York Times

Ben Rhodes

Trump Wants You to Get Used to This. Don’t.

The old U.S.-led order is dead; the new one feels unstable and ominous, as if a storm could descend at any moment.

02.03.2026 10

The New York Times

Ben Rhodes

The Rot Goes Deeper Than ICE

Since its founding in 2002, DHS has evolved into the unaccountable domestic security apparatus we have today, one that views the very people it is...

30.01.2026 10

The New York Times

Ben Rhodes

Trump Is Falling for a Trap We Can All See Coming

Trump’s increasing belligerence abroad should raise alarm about more than the fate of Venezuela.

06.01.2026 200

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This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza

It may be tempting to memory hole what happened in Gaza. That would only compound the mistake of ignoring, or rationalizing, an intolerable reality.

01.12.2025 80

The New York Times

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The Thread Tying Together Everything Trump Does

Whether he is negotiating a deal in the Middle East, bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela or deploying troops to American cities, it’s always...

26.10.2025 100

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Britain Offers a Warning of What America Could Become

Both the United States and Britain are suffering through crises of identity.

18.09.2025 30

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Ben Rhodes

How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America

Supported by Guest Essay In the disquieting new film “Eddington,” the director, Ari Aster, captures the American tendency to live obsessively in...

12.08.2025 90

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Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking.

The United States is becoming just another country with a corrupt strongman personalizing and profiting from power.

08.06.2025 30

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Ben Rhodes

There Is a Way for Democrats to Stop Trump and Save America

The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it...

21.03.2025 10

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Ben Rhodes