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Matt Bai

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The education of Elon and Vivek

17.01.2025 5

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Biden’s legacy: A bridge to nowhere

06.01.2025 4

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Bobby Kennedy finally achieves escape velocity

30.11.2024 5

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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 10

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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...

14.11.2024 20

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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 70

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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 rhetoric of...

21.10.2024 50

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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 10

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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 50

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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 4

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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 50

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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,...

06.09.2024 100

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

04.09.2024 30

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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 night of...

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 Emhoff react...

21.08.2024 20

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

20.08.2024 4

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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 National...

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 Aug. 6....

15.08.2024 10

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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) By Matt Bai...

12.08.2024 200

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Harris is playing Trump’s game

Her response to Donald Trump’s bigotry was a missed opportunity to deliver her own message. Vice President Harris delivers remarks during a...

01.08.2024 2

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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. (Bridget...

22.07.2024 3

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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 the...

19.07.2024 3

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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 Butler,...

17.07.2024 2

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