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Bobby Kennedy finally achieves escape velocity

30.11.2024 6

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The GOP is setting a trap on trans rights. Sarah McBride has an answer.

Republicans have perfected a pretty good shtick for putting Democrats in a box when it comes to trans rights. This week, it was Nancy Mace, a...

21.11.2024 60

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Sometimes, Donald Trump tells the truth

For 50 years, every “outsider” running for president has campaigned on a sweeping promise: to end the status quo in Washington and dislodge its...

19.11.2024 20

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Yes, a woman can be president

The day after Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, I watched as my 8-year-old daughter stared mournfully out the window of a train back from New York, and I...

14.11.2024 20

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What Biden did that infuriated people

If there were any lingering doubts about whether Democrats did the right thing by pushing Joe Biden off the ticket in July, any remaining thought that...

09.11.2024 10

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George W. Bush is running out of time

I’d love to hear from George W. Bush before Election Day. Alone among the four living ex-presidents, plus his vice president and even his own...

30.10.2024 6

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Kamala Harris needs a minute

26.10.2024 30

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Our deepening ‘Cold Civil War’

If you’re obsessing over the meaning of polls right now, I have a thought exercise for you. Imagine weighing yourself on the average bathroom scale...

25.10.2024 80

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Donald Trump has a record. Let’s revisit it.

We’ve heard a lot from Democrats about what Donald Trump’s second term as president might look like — the “Project 2025” blueprint, his...

21.10.2024 60

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Think hard, Republicans. You really want to do this again?

17.10.2024 100

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The closing argument Harris should deliver

With the election fast approaching, Kamala Harris has settled into a safe pattern of talking a lot and saying little. Harris’s goal for these past...

14.10.2024 50

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Larry Hogan made the wrong choice

09.10.2024 100

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The left’s Elon Musk dilemma

You can’t walk very far in my Bethesda neighborhood without seeing lawn signs for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Nor can you fail to notice signs that...

09.10.2024 20

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Donald Trump, America’s white-collar rogue

01.10.2024 20

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The presidency of JD Vance

25.09.2024 10

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The Democratic freakout has begun. Everyone take a breath.

23.09.2024 60

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I say, without evidence, that the media’s Trump qualifiers are backfiring

19.09.2024 90

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Harris doesn’t talk about her father. That might be a mistake.

15.09.2024 10

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Debates are about choosing your audience. Harris should choose wisely.

On the eve of her first and maybe only debate with Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris is getting a ton of advice. That’s especially true...

10.09.2024 60

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I understand Trump voters. Do I also have to empathize with them?

Just how much empathy am I still supposed to summon for Trump voters? That question keeps coming up on the left. At the convention in Chicago, former...

06.09.2024 100

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The media gets nothing from Kamala Harris. That’s mostly on us.

04.09.2024 50

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Harris can put Trump away when they debate. Here’s how.

29.08.2024 100

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Did Kamala Harris meet the moment?

24.08.2024 40

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Tim Walz and JD Vance are having the argument that matters

In his convention speech, Tim Walz articulated a view of America sharply contrasting with JD Vance’s. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the third...

23.08.2024 400

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Doug Emhoff has something he needs to tell you

The precarious balancing act of the man who would be America’s first gentleman. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug...

21.08.2024 30

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Democrats always come back to Chicago. Harris can lead them beyond it.

20.08.2024 9

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Donald Trump is making all of us sleepy

The former president’s third campaign has turned out to be pretty boring. Pages place Trump posters on delegates' seats at the Republican...

17.08.2024 70

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Does Harris need a serious policy agenda? Only if she wants to win.

Running without one is a really good strategy for coming in second. Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Philadelphia on...

15.08.2024 20

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The unbearable lightness of being Donald Trump

The presidency didn’t age Trump the way it does everyone else. That tells you something about him. (The Washington Post staff; Getty) ...

12.08.2024 200

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Harris is playing Trump’s game

01.08.2024 7

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Harris has an answer for the ‘DEI’ slur. But she has to give it.

By telling her personal story, she can embody American opportunity, which voters still want to believe in. Vice President Harris speaks at a...

30.07.2024 8

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Who should Kamala Harris choose as her vice president?

What does she need in her running mate to govern well? Vice President Harris speaks during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority's Grand Boulé in...

25.07.2024 7

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Today’s Democrats love unity and hate arguing. Here’s why.

Blame 1980. And the problem with the unity-is-everything argument is that it’s simply not true. President Jimmy Carter and Sen. Edward M....

23.07.2024 6

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Harris is next in line for the Oval Office — the nomination is another matter

Democrats should just take a minute before giving the vice president their party’s nod. Vice President Harris in Las Vegas on July 9....

22.07.2024 10

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Did Donald Trump blow his RNC acceptance speech?

The former president had an amazing opportunity. He failed to grasp it. Former president Donald Trump delivers his speech on the final day of...

19.07.2024 10

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Americans always need an existential threat. This time, it’s each other.

The end of the Cold War left a vacuum in our national psyche that we’ve never managed to fill. A flag on Tuesday at Butler Farm Show in...

17.07.2024 8

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Here’s how Biden should campaign for president now

This time, not as a bridge but an exit ramp — for the boomers. Vice President Harris and first lady Jill Biden applaud President Biden...

09.07.2024 10

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They know we can see Joe Biden, right?

Like Team Trump before them, Team Biden is telling us that the truth is whatever they say it is. President Biden prepares to walk onstage at...

03.07.2024 80

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Democrats fear a messy convention. Trump should fear their meltdown more.

What could draw more people into politics than a must-watch nightly drama, with the fate of the nation at stake? A view of the floor at the...

29.06.2024 100

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J.D. Vance wasn’t just some hillbilly after all

17.05.2024 100

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We built 7 EV chargers in 2 years. That’s actually not the problem.

A truck drives by an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio, on March 8. (Joshua A. Bickel/AP Photo) Listen 4 min ...

08.04.2024 10

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Trump has all but locked down the nomination. This time, he needs it.

Guests arrive before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party on March 5 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm...

06.03.2024 40

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Social media companies are not the same as public utilities

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, at a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 31 (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News) ...

29.02.2024 7

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Biden or Haley? For some Democrats, it’s about who can stop Trump.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley visits a charter school in Manchester, N.H., on Friday. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) ...

21.01.2024 10

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The (sort of) redemption of Chris Christie

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie thanks a supporter after announcing he is dropping out of the presidential race on Jan. 10 in Windham, N.H....

11.01.2024 30

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Ron DeSantis is betting you won’t click on this campaign finance story

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at the Wayne County Fair on July 27 in Corydon, Iowa. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post) Listen 5...

19.12.2023 100

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