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Democrats disappoint yet again at Hegseth confirmation hearing

Hegseth is resolutely unqualified to be secretary of Defense, but Democrats’ uninspiring questioning did a dreadful job of showcasing that fact for...

15.01.2025 4

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Democrats must work with President Trump — strategically 

Democrats must be willing to seriously engage the president-elect’s fickleness. If they don’t, the left will find itself left behind by events...

08.01.2025 2

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Where does faith fit in for today's Democratic Party? 

Christianity isn’t a dirty word. 

25.12.2024 3

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Democrats have learned nothing from their election loss 

Instead of listening to demoralized and frustrated Democratic voters, the party elders chose to protect leadership that has lost the confidence of...

18.12.2024 20

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The Republicans’ plan to redefine US citizenship is Authoritarianism 101 

Redefining citizenship is a key priority of Trump’s second administration. It’s also one of the first things any authoritarian movement does...

11.12.2024 3

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Democrats are checked out after their drubbing — here’s how they can reengage  

Democrats were once masters of the populist message. If they want to rebuild after last month’s electoral disaster, they’ll need to reconnect...

04.12.2024 2

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Trump’s tariffs threats are all sizzle and no steak — at least, we’d better hope so 

Trump faces the choice of looking like a failure for promising tariffs he can’t deliver or enacting tariffs that financially wreck his voter base....

27.11.2024 30

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Can a fractured Democratic Party learn the lessons of 2024? 

Democrats’ post-election hangover won’t be quick in dissipating.

20.11.2024 4

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We were warned about Project 2025 — now it’s too late to stop it 

The election is over. What matters now is how the Trump administration governs.

13.11.2024 10

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

America will regret its decision to reelect Donald Trump 

Our democratic institutions are not ready for what comes next. Neither are the American people.  

06.11.2024 80

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Team Trump's big mistake in Madison Square Garden

Trump’s hate-fest in New York is another warning to voters about the grim future he offers the American people. If Trump prevails next week, his...

30.10.2024 1

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

If Trump wins, expect a hiring spree of MAGA fanatics 

We must choose between the Constitution and a second Trump administration. Republicans have made clear we cannot have both. 

23.10.2024 2

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Team Harris is getting out the vote — what is Trump doing? 

There’s no indication that Donald Trump or the GOP have learned their lesson about the perils of discount organizing. That’s good news for...

16.10.2024 30

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to buy up our democracy, $47 at a time 

Musk may be happy to play Trump’s clown on TV, but his latest schemes are nothing to laugh about. 

09.10.2024 2

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At the big VP debate, voters got a magic show from Vance — and a reality check from Walz 

For 90 minutes JD Vance did his best to stuff the worst of Trumpism’s political extremes into a suit of traditional Republican respectability.

02.10.2024 30

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Vance v. Walz: Who will win? 

Once an undercard event, this cycle’s VP debate has taken on unusual importance for the dwindling number of undecided voters.

30.09.2024 1

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Voters aren’t buying into Trump’s political fantasy world anymore 

In 2016 Trump found plenty of voters willing to buy into his message of “American carnage.” That’s not proving so easy this time around.  

25.09.2024 10

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Donald Trump's ties to Laura Loomer spell trouble for the Republican Party 

Donald Trump has once again reactivated his sizable corps of yes-men and yes-women, to re-inflate his fragile ego.  

18.09.2024 2

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Consumed by his own conspiracies: The downfall of Donald Trump 

The big Trump-Harris debate was a very weird night.

11.09.2024 40

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Buckle up — the Harris-Trump debate is going to be a wild ride 

Here are the biggest issues Trump and Harris will need to address on Tuesday night, and why their responses could once again reshape the 2024...

09.09.2024 1

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Ukraine’s foreign minister resigns amid reshuffle in Zelensky’s administration

Ukraine’s foreign minister Dymtro Kuleba resigned on Wednesday, signaling a major reshuffling of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s...

04.09.2024 3

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Can ‘Tired Trump' keep up with Harris at the debate? 

Next week’s ABC News debate takes place in a political landscape that has shifted dramatically since Donald Trump’s last head-to-head, with...

04.09.2024 6

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Build, baby, build: How Kamala Harris is leading on America’ housing crisis 

This is what real leadership looks like.  

28.08.2024 2

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Look out — Republicans are defecting from Trump's MAGA army in droves

So much for The Trump Show. 

21.08.2024 10

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Is it finally game over for Donald Trump? 

Voters have seen Trump’s politics of rage and division before, and they are eager for something — anything — new.  

14.08.2024 50

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Is it finally game over for Donald Trump? 

Voters have seen Trump’s politics of rage and division before, and they are eager for something — anything — new.  

14.08.2024 30

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Walz unifies the party, will bring working class voters back into the fold

Kamala Harris has selected Tim Walz as her running mate, uniting progressives and conservatives in Washington, and providing a vision of the...

06.08.2024 3

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

JD Vance and the undeniable weirdness of MAGA 

JD Vance somehow managed to merge everything voters found unlikeable about today’s far-right political elite into one candidate.

31.07.2024 4

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s age 

The media and Republican political leaders should treat concerns about Trump’s advanced age every bit as seriously as they did in Biden’s case.

24.07.2024 2

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

The US sits on a political powder keg of its own making

For the good of our country, our political leaders must stop this lethal rhetoric. 

17.07.2024 10

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