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So You Live in a Pariah State | Opinion

There are consequences when choosing to deliver the country into the hands of malevolent authoritarians.

16.04.2025 5

Newsweek

David Faris

Trump's Tumultuous Tariffs | Opinion

Besieged at home by a collapsing economy and overseas by countries refusing to capitulate to extortion and humiliation, President Donald Trump chose...

10.04.2025 10

Newsweek

David Faris

A Few Takeaways From Elon Musk’s Utter Humiliation in Wisconsin

03.04.2025 8

Slate

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Will the Decline of Mainstream Parties Come to America? | Opinion

Why Democrats should be worried about the global collapse of traditional party politics.

26.03.2025 10

Newsweek

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Republicans Have No Idea How They'll Pass Their Agenda | Opinion

Speaker Mike Johnson and his allies in the House narrowly passed a budget resolution that contained massive Medicaid cuts.

17.03.2025 10

Newsweek

David Faris

Can Trump Strong Arm Congress Into Destroying Federal Agencies? | Opinion

The administration's illegal evisceration of the executive branch is losing in the courts.

11.03.2025 4

Newsweek

David Faris

What Trump and Musk Are Really Doing to This Country

07.03.2025 10

Slate

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Dan Bongino's Nomination Is Meant to Demoralize the FBI | Opinion

With each preposterous—and dangerous—nominee that President Donald Trump has jammed through a compliant Senate, his confidence has clearly grown...

26.02.2025 8

Newsweek

David Faris

Trump Has Betrayed Our Allies and Our Principles | Opinion

There is no coming back from Trump's betrayal of our allies and our principles.

21.02.2025 20

Newsweek

David Faris

A National Debt Strike May Be the Way to Stop Trump and Musk | Opinion

Last week, the Resistance started the process of getting the band back together with its "50501" protests—50 protests, 50 states, one day.

10.02.2025 20

Newsweek

David Faris

Is Your Job at Risk? For 50 Million Americans, the Answer Is Yes | Opinion

As many of us tried to warn for years, the second Trump administration has so far been a nightmarish project of punitive vengeance on multiple fronts.

31.01.2025 40

Newsweek

David Faris

Some Democrats Are Saying the Right Thing About Trump. The Rest Need to Get on Board.

29.01.2025 10

Slate

David Faris

Trump Targets His Own First-Term Achievements for No Clear Reason | Opinion

According to the White House, 25 percent tariffs will be imposed on goods imported from our neighbors to the south and north on Feb. 1.

24.01.2025 10

Newsweek

David Faris

Ceasefire Deal Is Too Little, Too Late for the People of Gaza | Opinion

On Wednesday, negotiators finally secured a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at least temporarily halting a conflict that killed at least 46,000...

17.01.2025 20

Newsweek

David Faris

Jan 6. Becomes 1984 All Over Again Thanks to Trump's Doublethink | Opinion

On Monday, the victory of America's Insurrectionist-in-Chief in the 2024 presidential election was certified during a joint session of Congress....

06.01.2025 3

Newsweek

David Faris

Four Years Later, Jan. 6 Has Taken On a Whole New Meaning. It’s Hard to Fathom.

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06.01.2025 3

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2025's Big Question: Can Republicans Govern? | Opinion

As the sun rises on 2025—at least in the parts of the country where there is January sunlight—America's basic predicament has become clearer. The...

23.12.2024 6

Newsweek

David Faris

Democrats Can’t Hide From the Culture War

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23.12.2024 5

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The One Lesson Democrats Learned in 2024—Probably | Opinion

It's never too early to talk about the next election. CNN reported over the weekend that Vice President Kamala Harris is weighing her options,...

20.12.2024 6

Newsweek

David Faris

Assad's Collapse Should Strike Fear in the Hearts of All Tyrants | Opinion

On Dec. 10, longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and abdicated his position as the country's strongman after a whirlwind 12 days...

12.12.2024 4

Newsweek

David Faris

Donald Trump Was Always Going to Pardon the J6 Insurrectionists | Opinion

One of the least compelling arguments against President Joe Biden's Dec. 1 pardon of his troubled son Hunter is the idea that it will give...

06.12.2024 3

Newsweek

David Faris

You'll Miss Having Joe Biden to Kick Around | Opinion

Since the election of Donald Trump as the 47th president on Nov. 5, the slow-building fury among Democrats against President Joe Biden has reached...

21.11.2024 3

Newsweek

David Faris

The Best Thing Trump Could Possibly Do for Himself

Tweet Share Share Comment As liberals begin to survey the extensive wreckage from another election loss to former President Donald Trump and his...

14.11.2024 2

Slate

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Democrats Shouldn't Make a Sharp Right Turn. It Won't Help | Opinion

As Democrats sort through the wreckage of their 2024 catastrophe, they would do well to take some time to reflect on the path forward rather than...

14.11.2024 10

Newsweek

David Faris

What to Take Away From Kamala Harris’ Incredibly Painful Defeat

Tweet Share Share Comment For the second time in eight years, Democrats are facing their nightmare scenario: Americans have chosen Donald Trump as...

07.11.2024 3

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All the Wrong Moves: An Early Autopsy of Kamala Harris' Campaign | Opinion

Last night Americans decisively elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Unlike in 2016, Democrats don't look like they...

07.11.2024 20

Newsweek

David Faris

If Trump Wins Today, I Have One Great Fear

Tweet Share Share Comment For close to a decade, Democratic politics has revolved around the importance of defeating Donald Trump. If we include...

05.11.2024 4

Slate

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Trump feasts on a banquet of loathing, jealousy and retribution | Opinion

The interminably long presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump is finally winding its way down to its conclusion. Win or lose, this...

01.11.2024 9

Newsweek

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The Kamala Harris Campaign Is Leaning Into a Losing Strategy | Opinion

On Monday, vice president and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris blitzed through the Rust Belt battlegrounds with an obscure Republican former...

24.10.2024 3

Newsweek

David Faris

Why Liberals Around the World Lost Support for Their Border Views | Opinion

The past decade has seen a dramatic public opinion turn against immigration across the democratic world. In Europe, one mainstream government after...

21.10.2024 10

Newsweek

David Faris

Swing-State Politics Is Rotting Our Brains and Harming Democracy

Tweet Share Share Comment The Electoral College is far and away the single most ridiculous institution in the democratic world. It was a...

14.10.2024 10

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JD Vance's Debate: He Lied Like Donald Trump, but Did It Better | Opinion

On one hand, last night's vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) was almost nostalgic, a callback to...

02.10.2024 4

Newsweek

David Faris

Harris Has an Economic Plan That Will Work for the Middle Class | Opinion

The GOP nominee and former president, Donald Trump, and his fellow Republicans started off this cycle with an enormous advantage on the economy and...

30.09.2024 2

Newsweek

David Faris

Democrats Are Ignoring a Major Opportunity

Tweet Share Share Comment Throughout the 2024 cycle, analysts have been justifiably pessimistic about Democrats holding the Senate, where they...

25.09.2024 4

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A New Era of Violent Rhetoric Began in 2015—We're All in Danger | Opinion

On Sunday, an unhinged man toting an assault weapon somehow got within a few hundred yards of Republican nominee Donald Trump at his West Palm...

16.09.2024 3

Newsweek

David Faris

What Trump and Your Weird Grandpa Have in Common, Debate Edition | Opinion

Early on in last night's presidential debate, former President Donald Trump was given opportunity after opportunity to hammer the Biden-Harris...

11.09.2024 3

Newsweek

David Faris

Kamala Harris’ Campaign Is Not Working

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10.09.2024 2

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House Republicans Can't SAVE Themselves With Voter Suppression | Opinion

On the precipice of what looks to be an achingly close election, House Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, are planning to once again engage in...

10.09.2024 3

Newsweek

David Faris

Could Nebraska Cost Republicans the Senate?

Tweet Share Share Comment A race that no one is talking about is threatening to upend Republicans’ high hopes to control the U.S. Senate after...

03.09.2024 10

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Adding a Loony RFK Jr. to the Team Won't Help Donald Trump | Opinion

Last week Area Rich Man Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ended his flailing presidential bid and endorsed GOP nominee, and former president, Donald Trump, in...

28.08.2024 2

Newsweek

David Faris

Democratic Leaders Need to Reckon With How Much Their Own Voters Have Changed

Tweet Share Share Comment Since she took over as the de facto and now the official Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris and her...

26.08.2024 2

Slate

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Harris Gives Bracing Speech but Doesn't Leave It All on the Field | Opinion

Last night Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a relatively brief, bracing acceptance speech that ran for fewer than 40 minutes. For Harris, the...

23.08.2024 2

Newsweek

David Faris

Biden's Very Nice Speech That Could Have Done More | Opinion

Last night President Biden delivered an energetic, 52-minute speech very late on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago....

20.08.2024 2

Newsweek

David Faris

Kamala Harris Has Transformed the Race to Control Congress

Tweet Share Share Comment Just a few weeks ago, Democrats were justifiably in a mortal panic about the 2024 election. Reeling from President Joe...

13.08.2024 2

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Here's Why Americans Always Think the U.S. Is on the Wrong Track | Opinion

While the sudden and dramatic departure of President Joe Biden from the 2024 campaign last month has reset the race for the White House, it doesn't...

12.08.2024 2

Newsweek

David Faris

Why Tim Walz Could Be a 'Weird' Pick to Join Harris' Ticket as VP | Opinion

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that her running mate in the 2024 presidential election will be two-term Democratic Minnesota Gov....

06.08.2024 2

Newsweek

David Faris

My Fellow Democrats: Easy on the 'Weird'—Let's Avoid a 'Deplorables' Fiasco

Democrats have without question had an incredible 10 days. Since President Biden finally dropped out of the race to make way for Vice President...

30.07.2024 1

Newsweek

David Faris

It’s Clear Who Harris’ Best VP Pick Would Be

Tweet Share Share Comment Back when an open convention was the preferred choice of many who wanted President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024...

25.07.2024 2

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David Faris

Was the Problem Joe Biden's Record or Was It Just Joe Biden? | Opinion

President Joe Biden's abrupt Sunday announcement that he would abandon his re-election campaign instantly blew apart the dynamics of the 2024...

22.07.2024 1

Newsweek

David Faris

What Democrats Must Do Now That Biden Is Out

Tweet Share Share Comment President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race—announced Sunday afternoon in a post on X—is a watershed...

21.07.2024 1

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