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Democrats: Make Peace With Becoming a Little Radical

As I said a few weeks ago, I don’t really believe a lot of the hype about the Democratic primaries this year. I don’t think that the United States...

30.08.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump Hates the Troops. The Troops Are Taking Notice.

If you want to get the unfiltered skinny on how the never-ending war with Iran is going, it’s written in the dust. Responsible Statecraft’s Trita...

22.08.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Third Way Doesn’t Care About the Democratic Party

While the media has been agog and aghast at the occasional successes of 2026 candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, I haven’t...

15.08.2026 7

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Hang Elon Musk Around Susan Collins’s Neck

At the start of 2025, Elon Musk looked as if he was going to become a permanent fixture in American politics. Strutting across the stage, giving the...

09.08.2026 10

New Republic

Jason Linkins

How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch

My family group chat has been consumed by one particular question of late: “Do you think Mitch McConnell is still alive?” I’m an editor, not a...

01.08.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Seven Trump News Cycles We’re All Stuck In

It’s almost hard to believe now, but in the not too distant past, there have been presidents who actually labored quite intensely to not be in the...

25.07.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

SCOTUS’s Anti-Constitutional Crusade to Create Second-Class Citizens

Another Supreme Court term has come and gone, and civil society is once again licking its wounds. President Donald Trump has obtained new power, the...

04.07.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

America’s 250th Celebration Is Donald Trump’s Lost Cause

We’re closing in on July Fourth and the nation’s 250th birthday, and right on time, the all-knowing digital algorithm deposited a memory from 2015...

27.06.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump Is a Hot Mess—and He’s Cooking His Party

Did you land here looking for an account of the Republican Party’s latest angry crashouts and epic meltdowns? Well, you’ve come to the right...

07.06.2026 10

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat

Donald Trump last year amassed one big beautiful rap sheet of scandal and criminality, with multiple instances of corruption that made Teapot Dome...

23.05.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Democrats Just Laid Down Their Arms. Again.

Last week, I wrote about how the far right’s capture of governing institutions like the Supreme Court has put Democrats in the jackpot, forcing them...

16.05.2026 50

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Every Democratic Candidate Must Have an Answer for This Question

Recall, if you can stomach it, the late summer months of the 2024 presidential campaign. The political press was churning out (accurate) stories about...

09.05.2026 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Here’s a Better Idea Than Trying to Assassinate the President

Cole Allen, the 31-year-old California man who, by his own admission, armed himself and attempted to breach the security at this past weekend’s...

02.05.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Deserve Each Other

Make ready the orchestra of tiny violins, everyone! This weekend, Washington, D.C.’s greatest collection of reprobates and dweebs will gather at the...

25.04.2026 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Media’s Groundbreaking Discovery: Anti-Corruption Is Good Politics

Good news has been something of a precious commodity of late, what with the Trump administration still engaged in its slop-conflict with Iran and the...

18.04.2026 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

“TACO” Trump Is a Dangerous Mirage

Most of us were duly alarmed on Tuesday morning when the president of the United States threatened to end a civilization by 8 p.m. Eastern time. It...

09.04.2026 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Sending ICE to the Airports Is Trump’s Dumbest Idea Yet

In recent months, we’ve reached the stage of President Donald Trump’s second term where some of his greatest problems are the result of misguided...

26.03.2026 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump’s War With Iran Is a Product of His Deep Stupidity

What can be said about Trump’s war with Iran that isn’t already abundantly obvious? The answer: not much. It is not going well, and it probably...

20.03.2026 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Corporate Miscreants Driving the Affordability Crisis

During his recent State of the Union address, President Donald Trump took a few minutes to talk about the affordability crisis that’s been gripping...

08.03.2026 100

New Republic

Jason Linkins

How to Dismantle a Concentration Camp

This time last week, I had accountability on my mind, and the need for liberal leaders in a post-Trump future to transform frustration into lustration...

28.02.2026 40

New Republic

Jason Linkins

There’s Only One Way to Eradicate Trumpism for Good

One of the weirder journalistic spectacles of the Trump era has been watching mainstream news organizations parachute into the hinterlands to try to...

21.02.2026 250

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Bad Bunny’s Neighborliness Is the Antidote to Ring’s Dystopian Vision

Sunday’s Super Bowl was mostly an exercise in foregone conclusions: Bad Bunny’s halftime show would show off his talent and creativity, the...

14.02.2026 100

New Republic

Jason Linkins

When Will Democrats Decide to Join the Resistance?

07.02.2026 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE”

24.01.2026 40

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Residents of Minneapolis Are Fighting for All of Us

18.01.2026 60

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Case for Impeaching Donald Trump

10.01.2026 80

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Nine Worst Trump Scandals of 2025

21.12.2025 150

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Hey, Does Anyone Want to Talk About Donald Trump’s Infirmities?

06.12.2025 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Epstein, Trump, and the Era of Elite Impunity

22.11.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

There Are Two U.S. Senates—and Only One Knows How to Get What It Wants

15.11.2025 40

New Republic

Jason Linkins

This Is the Media’s Worst Euphemism for Trump’s Tyrannical Abuses

02.11.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!

25.10.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Infamy of the “Kavanaugh Stop”

18.10.2025 50

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Why It’s Pointless for Democrats to Negotiate a Shutdown Deal

12.10.2025 40

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Democrats’ Most Formidable Foe Is Not Donald Trump

05.10.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump’s Best Allies Are His Biggest Weakness

13.09.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

JB Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats

30.08.2025 20

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Useful Idiots in the Media Abetting Trump’s D.C. Takeover

23.08.2025 40

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Yes, Dems Should Push to Repeal Trump’s Big Bad Law—but Not Stop There

26.07.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

The Democrats Finally Have a Plan to Attack Trump. Sort Of.

12.07.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

How Brad Lander Lost an Election but Became a National Inspiration

28.06.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

Trump Just Expanded His Tawdry Empire of Scams

21.06.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins

What the Democrats Must Learn From the People of Los Angeles

14.06.2025 30

New Republic

Jason Linkins