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America’s constitutional crisis could come to a head in four months

Just over two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has already thrown American democracy into crisis.  On his first day in office, the president...

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Is Trump’s trade war with Mexico and Canada over?

Donald Trump has incoherent and unhinged beliefs about trade policy.   He also has a penchant for pretending to be a “crazy guy” for the sake of...

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How Democrats alienated Big Tech — and why it might not matter

In January 2017, Sergey Brin rallied beside progressive activists at San Francisco International Airport to protest Donald Trump’s travel ban. Eight...

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Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders are both right about immigration

The H-1B visa program helps corporations replace US workers with cheap foreign laborers who lack basic rights. It also makes America wealthier. These...

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Why Wall Street found Trump’s first day reassuring

Donald Trump has never been on better terms with corporate America. Yet his ostensible trade agenda has never been more antithetical to the interests...

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There’s a very popular explanation for Trump’s win. It’s wrong.

Donald Trump did not win the 2024 election — the Democratic Party lost it. So argues Michael Podhorzer, a former political director of the AFL-CIO...

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Have the past 10 years of Democratic politics been a disaster?

In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory last November, Matthew Yglesias published a manifesto imploring the Democratic Party to reembrace “common...

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Trump and Musk actually made a good point on immigration

On New Year’s Eve, America’s most prominent nativist declared that the nation needs more immigrants.  “We need competent people, we need smart...

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House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump’s power

This week’s installment of the long-running saga, “House Republicans cannot govern,” will soon be forgotten. Elon Musk’s decision to blow up a...

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How Democrats should — and shouldn’t — moderate on immigration

It’s likely that no social issue has cost Democrats more votes in recent years than immigration.  The Biden-Harris administration presided over...

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Democrats’ problem with working-class voters is bigger than free trade

Democrats have lost ground with the working class for a simple reason: They became “globalist shills.” Under Bill Clinton’s leadership, the party...

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A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.

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Do Democrats need to moderate to win — or would that be a terrible mistake?

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For Democrats, the Hunter pardon is a problem — and an opportunity

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The myth that could cost Democrats the next election

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The left’s comforting myth about why Harris lost

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The debate over what Democrats do now hinges on one question

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5 reasons to expect a Harris win — and 4 to expect a Trump victory

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What counts as a landslide? Your biggest election questions, answered.

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Elon Musk assures voters that Trump’s victory would deliver “temporary hardship”

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Is Google a bigger threat to democracy than Trump? A debate.

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The big lie behind Biden’s “garbage” gaffe scandal

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Kamala Harris’s closing message might be a mistake

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If Harris loses, expect Democrats to move right

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The Democrats’ pro-union strategy has been a bust

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How Vance made radical Trumpism sound moderate

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Would another Trump defeat end Trumpism?

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Trump’s health care plan exposes the truth about his “populism”

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Republicans know exactly what they’re doing

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Donald Trump lost the debate because he’s too online

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Harris is swimming in cash — but Democrats may still have a fundraising problem

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Kamala Harris’s big housing plan has a big problem

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Tim Walz is selling liberalism in conservative packaging

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Can Kamala Harris overcome her campaign’s biggest challenge?

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Will Kamala Harris regret picking Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro?

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The Trump-Vance campaign would be great if not for Trump and Vance

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Would picking Josh Shapiro actually help Harris in Pennsylvania?

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Harris isn’t her party’s best candidate. Biden was still right to endorse her.

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The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo

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Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win

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J.D. Vance’s GOP is for bosses, not workers

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Democrats shouldn’t use Trump’s shooting as an excuse to stick with Biden

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Heated rhetoric is dangerous, but honest disagreement is necessary for democracy

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The bar for Joe Biden should not be on the floor

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