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Whole Hog Politics: Does Trump not know or not care how bad things are for the GOP?

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31.07.2026 3

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Democrats still suffering from Bernie burnout

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may not have accomplished very much in terms of policy in 35 years in Congress and two presidential runs, but Democrats...

28.07.2026 1

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Whole Hog Politics: Ready or not, 2028 field is taking shape

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24.07.2026 2

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GOP faces real danger in voter enthusiasm gap

It’s halfway through the summer, and despite the midterm curse that has hammered the party with the White House in all but three midterms since the...

21.07.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: Trump’s election obsession is a midterm loser

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17.07.2026 2

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Lindsey Graham, noble Roman

A lot of people want to be powerful. Very few people, as it turns out, are willing to do the things necessary to have power. This is, generally...

14.07.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: As goes Maine, so goes …

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10.07.2026 4

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Platner’s unraveling may keep the Senate in play for Democrats

It looks like Graham Platner won’t be putting oyster stew on the Senate Dining Room menu any time soon. In the wake of the most serious allegations...

06.07.2026 10

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FOR INSIDERS | Whole Hog Politics: A revolutionary reader

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03.07.2026 10

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Colorado primary tests reach, staying power of Democrats' socialist surge

There have been four Democratic House incumbents defeated in primaries so far in 2026. We’re barely past the halfway point in the primary calendar,...

30.06.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: It was voters, not Senate Republicans, who forced Trump’s hand on Iran

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26.06.2026 10

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Are you ready for JD vs. AOC?

There is a lot to laugh at in Vice President Vance’s current conundrum. Him being served a pickle-flavored birthday cake on a chat show because the...

23.06.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: Trump proves hard to follow for GOP

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19.06.2026 5

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Brief Iran war stands to have much larger consequences for GOP with voters

We don’t know yet what is in the deal to end hostilities in the brief U.S.-Iran war, or if the truce really will be signed on Friday. Both President...

16.06.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: ‘I love the inflation’ and other Trump bluffs

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12.06.2026 9

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California’s elections are dangerously slow

As of this writing, Republican Spencer Pratt is running third in the officially nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles mayor. It would not be in any way...

09.06.2026 7

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Whole Hog Politics: Independent variable in Nebraska, Montana worries GOP

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05.06.2026 7

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Graham Platner, Ken Paxton and the populists’ scandal dilemma

People may debate whether Graham Platner or Ken Paxton is more unfit to serve in the United States Senate. But the answers will mostly depend on...

02.06.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: A cringeworthy opening for Texas Senate general

James Talarico seems to know what he needs to do in order to keep the Senate race in Texas competitive in the long, hot summer. The question is...

29.05.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: Blue MAGA? Yep. Democrats’ Tea Party? Probably not.

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22.05.2026 10

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Will corruption claims turbocharge Democratic midterm gains?

There was a persistent, false claim about former President Obama that got started in the shadier parts of the right side of the internet. Then,...

20.05.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: Idiocracy alert

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15.05.2026 10

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A warning from the UK for America’s political class

Americans are only a little less satisfied with our system of government than the people of South Africa, which is really saying something, given that...

12.05.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: Gerrymandering’s upside-upside down Congress

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08.05.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: Trump is in the dumps, but Dems still sweating

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01.05.2026 10

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Hasan Piker, the WHCA shooter, ‘social murder’ and the real McCoy

There is much to dislike about the attempted mass murder at this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. Aside from...

28.04.2026 30

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Whole Hog Politics: Onward to the gerrymandering apocalypse

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24.04.2026 10

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Beef, and midterm desperation: It’s what’s for dinner

Every child of the late 20th century knows the spot. The stirring strings of Aaron Copland’s “Hoe-down” rising to a fevered crescendo of...

21.04.2026 50

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Whole Hog Politics: A Supreme Court vacancy could remake Senate midterms

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17.04.2026 10

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MAGA break with Trump on Iran is imaginary

Back in January, President Trump dropped a one-liner worthy of the usually inimitable Willie Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, who said of his...

14.04.2026 30

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Whole Hog Politics: Vance’s Hungarian gambit

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10.04.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: Bondi beached

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03.04.2026 10

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You can’t have a religious war with an irreligious nation

The last time the United States was preparing to invade a Middle Eastern country, there was a lot of angst around the idea that the United States was...

31.03.2026 40

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Whole Hog Politics: A top-down crisis in democratic legitimacy

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27.03.2026 10

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Democrats' quest for relatable white dudes finds new candidates

As the world waits to find out if Texas state Rep. James Talarico is the next Jon Ossoff or just another Beto O’Rourke, Democrats’ quest for...

24.03.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: The political establishment thrives in our broken primary system

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20.03.2026 10

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Vance-Rubio rivalry put into sharp contrast by Iran war

News that Republican bigwigs were preparing to “stand up a potential ‘draft Rubio’ effort following the midterms,” according to ABC News, was...

17.03.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: Trump snares the Senate with filibuster bait

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13.03.2026 10

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On Iran, don’t expect honesty but do demand the truth

There is an awful lot of straight-line projecting going on about the Iran war right now. As I sat down to write this, my fingers twitched with...

10.03.2026 40

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Whole Hog Politics: Reality bites Noem

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06.03.2026 10

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Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico and the power of compact electoral minorities

MAGA Republicans in Texas backing state Attorney General Ken Paxton in Tuesday’s Senate primary share a lot in common with Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s...

03.03.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: A gusher of turnout in Texas, but who will benefit?

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27.02.2026 10

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End, don’t mend, the prime-time State of the Union address

Historians looking for a term to describe the second half of the 20th century in the United States could do a great deal worse than “the Television...

24.02.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: Epstein class warfare

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20.02.2026 20

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On voter ID and ICE, do the parties want the policy win or the campaign issue?

Republicans want to identify voters. Democrats want to identify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Can they both get what they say...

17.02.2026 100

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Whole Hog Politics: Gallup-ing away from history

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13.02.2026 30

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For Gavin Newsom, now comes the hard part 

Political analysis is comparative, not qualitative. It isn’t that the people who win elections are necessarily good at politics, only that they are...

10.02.2026 10

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Whole Hog Politics: Republicans’ alarming nosedive with white working class voters 

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06.02.2026 10

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Texas GOP finds fringe candidates unaffordable in tough midterm year 

Kelly Hancock is a very specific kind of Texas Republican. He’d fit in at any moment in the past 50 years of state GOP politics: A businessman with...

03.02.2026 20

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Whole Hog Politics: Georgia always on Trump’s mind 

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30.01.2026 50

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