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Does moderation actually hurt Democratic candidates?

Earlier this month, Thomas Edsall published a column in the New York Times titled, “Even if the Democrats can move to the center, it may not...

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Cutting red tape is a social justice issue

When a Democrat contemplates their nation’s biggest problems today, minimum lot sizes in suburban housing codes probably don’t rank very high on...

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This is why Kamala Harris really lost

Democrats have spent months debating how and why they lost the 2024 election. But the full picture of what happened on Election Day is only now coming...

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Is the US headed for a recession?

Donald Trump has a gift for inheriting valuable things. And the economy of January 2025 was no exception.  When the president took office, stock...

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Trump doesn’t seem to know why he launched a giant trade war

Donald Trump just imposed a 25 percent tariff on virtually all goods produced by America’s two largest trading partners — Canada and Mexico. He...

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Economic growth is slowing — so Trump wants to redefine “economic growth”

The government produces many of America’s most important economic indicators. And that data influences the media’s coverage of the economy, which...

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The twisted appeal of Trump’s humiliation of Zelenskyy

Donald Trump scolded the president of Ukraine Friday afternoon for expressing excessive “hatred” for Vladimir Putin and inadequate gratitude for...

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The Democrats are unpopular, rudderless — and on track for a comeback

The Democrats are historically unpopular, receiving exceptionally low marks from both the general public and their own voters. Yet the party is on...

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Elon Musk’s worldview is eerily similar to his authoritarian grandad’s

Elon Musk might be the most powerful man in America.  Donald Trump has put his patron in charge of the federal bureaucracy, allowing Musk to tailor...

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Some DEI programs aren’t worth defending

Donald Trump did not campaign on a promise to end the Pentagon’s celebration of Black History Month. Nor did the Republican air advertisements...

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Why Trump’s new tariffs are such a strange idea

Donald Trump announced Monday that the US will impose a 25 percent tariff on all imports of steel and aluminum. The president has a habit of declaring...

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America’s constitutional crisis could come to a head in four months

Just over two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has already thrown American democracy into crisis.  On his first day in office, the president...

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Is Trump’s trade war with Mexico and Canada over?

Donald Trump has incoherent and unhinged beliefs about trade policy.   He also has a penchant for pretending to be a “crazy guy” for the sake of...

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How Democrats alienated Big Tech — and why it might not matter

In January 2017, Sergey Brin rallied beside progressive activists at San Francisco International Airport to protest Donald Trump’s travel ban. Eight...

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Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders are both right about immigration

The H-1B visa program helps corporations replace US workers with cheap foreign laborers who lack basic rights. It also makes America wealthier. These...

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Why Wall Street found Trump’s first day reassuring

Donald Trump has never been on better terms with corporate America. Yet his ostensible trade agenda has never been more antithetical to the interests...

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There’s a very popular explanation for Trump’s win. It’s wrong.

Donald Trump did not win the 2024 election — the Democratic Party lost it. So argues Michael Podhorzer, a former political director of the AFL-CIO...

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Have the past 10 years of Democratic politics been a disaster?

In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory last November, Matthew Yglesias published a manifesto imploring the Democratic Party to reembrace “common...

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Trump and Musk actually made a good point on immigration

On New Year’s Eve, America’s most prominent nativist declared that the nation needs more immigrants.  “We need competent people, we need smart...

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House Republicans just exposed the limits of Trump’s power

This week’s installment of the long-running saga, “House Republicans cannot govern,” will soon be forgotten. Elon Musk’s decision to blow up a...

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How Democrats should — and shouldn’t — moderate on immigration

It’s likely that no social issue has cost Democrats more votes in recent years than immigration.  The Biden-Harris administration presided over...

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Democrats’ problem with working-class voters is bigger than free trade

Democrats have lost ground with the working class for a simple reason: They became “globalist shills.” Under Bill Clinton’s leadership, the party...

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A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.

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Do Democrats need to moderate to win — or would that be a terrible mistake?

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For Democrats, the Hunter pardon is a problem — and an opportunity

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The myth that could cost Democrats the next election

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The left’s comforting myth about why Harris lost

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The debate over what Democrats do now hinges on one question

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5 reasons to expect a Harris win — and 4 to expect a Trump victory

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What counts as a landslide? Your biggest election questions, answered.

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Elon Musk assures voters that Trump’s victory would deliver “temporary hardship”

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Is Google a bigger threat to democracy than Trump? A debate.

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The big lie behind Biden’s “garbage” gaffe scandal

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Kamala Harris’s closing message might be a mistake

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If Harris loses, expect Democrats to move right

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The Democrats’ pro-union strategy has been a bust

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How Vance made radical Trumpism sound moderate

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Would another Trump defeat end Trumpism?

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Trump’s health care plan exposes the truth about his “populism”

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Republicans know exactly what they’re doing

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Donald Trump lost the debate because he’s too online

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Harris is swimming in cash — but Democrats may still have a fundraising problem

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Kamala Harris’s big housing plan has a big problem

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Tim Walz is selling liberalism in conservative packaging

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Can Kamala Harris overcome her campaign’s biggest challenge?

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Will Kamala Harris regret picking Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro?

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The Trump-Vance campaign would be great if not for Trump and Vance

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Would picking Josh Shapiro actually help Harris in Pennsylvania?

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Harris isn’t her party’s best candidate. Biden was still right to endorse her.

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The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo

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