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Jennifer Rubin

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The Los Angeles fires won’t affect climate denial. They should.

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Our democracy needs more defenders

10.01.2025 9

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Surprise! The media just discovered Bidenomics works.

10.01.2025 400

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Dems picked the wrong senator for Senate Judiciary leadership

07.01.2025 90

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Juan Merchan defends the rule of law

06.01.2025 100

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Dems need to learn to handle legislative poison pills. Fetterman got it right.

24.12.2024 100

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Democrats shouldn’t try to find ‘common ground’ with Trump

24.12.2024 200

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Courage is in short supply among Democrats and the media

20.12.2024 1

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I talked to Ruben Gallego. Democrats should listen to him.

20.12.2024 6

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Biden must ignore pardon myths and protect Patel’s and Trump’s targets

17.12.2024 100

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McConnell has the chutzpah to complain about Trump’s ‘America First’

15.12.2024 3

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History turns on a dime in Syria: A crucial lesson

You’re reading Jennifer Rubin’s subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox . This week, I look at what lessons the fall of...

14.12.2024 50

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Democrats can make education a winning issue

11.12.2024 30

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How House Democrats flipped New York and California seats

In an adverse political environment, Democrats found success in House races, increasing their seats from 213 to 215 and reducing the Republicans’...

11.12.2024 20

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Sherrill’s run for governor: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way’

Rep. Mikie Sherrill — a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor in her fourth House term — does not suffer do-nothing,...

08.12.2024 20

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GOP self-interest can protect us from the MAGA agenda

07.12.2024 20

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Hunter’s pardon isn’t the issue. What matters are pardons for everyone else.

05.12.2024 80

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Democrats need ‘shortcuts’ to reach low-information voters

You’re reading Jennifer Rubin’s subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox . This week, I look at low-information voters, pick...

30.11.2024 100

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Take it from Bush 43: Overreading a ‘mandate’ might doom Trump’s second term

Former congressman Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal from consideration for attorney general prompted much debate about whether President-elect Donald Trump...

26.11.2024 30

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Dems’ future — and democracy itself — might depend on the DNC chairman pick

As Democrats try to rebuild after the losses of 2024, there is lots of chatter about creating new organizations to work on communications or...

25.11.2024 20

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A model for Democrats’ comeback? Spanberger vies for Virginia’s top job.

Over the past few decades, after a presidential election, Virginia usually has elected a governor from the party opposing the one that gained the...

25.11.2024 40

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Our democracy needs a different model for journalism

21.11.2024 100

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Making cowardly Senate Republicans pay a political price

As justifiably alarmed as Democrats are by President-elect Donald Trump’s radical agenda and his nominations of unqualified candidates for...

19.11.2024 60

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Democratic governors must step into the breach

18.11.2024 20

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Democrats need to reclaim reality from the right-wing disinformation machine

Whether you believe that Americans embraced President-elect Donald Trump’s misogynistic, racist and bullying persona because they misunderstood...

12.11.2024 200

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Stop obsessing about the election and start talking to fellow citizens

Understandably, in the wake of a stunning national election, scores of media outlets, pundits and politicians have turned their attention to...

10.11.2024 5

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Trump won, but green shoots rise in the road ahead

You’re reading Jennifer Rubin’s subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. This week, I look ahead to the challenges we all...

09.11.2024 100

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A ‘republic if we can keep it.’ Perhaps we cannot.

Americans have no one to blame but themselves. Felon and President-elect Donald Trump did not conceal who he was. He did not hide his racism,...

07.11.2024 300

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Women can send Trump packing

Felon and former president Donald Trump has always been defined as much by his misogyny as by his racism. A long line of women have stepped forward...

04.11.2024 1

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The case for election optimism

You’re reading Jennifer Rubin’s subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox . This week, I make the case for optimism about the...

01.11.2024 30

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Trump may try to overturn the election. But it won’t be easy.

Ever since felon and former president Donald Trump announced his current run, democracy defenders have worried about a replay of 2020, when Joe...

31.10.2024 30

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Voting for Trump means putting Vance in charge

Mainstream news outlets now feature stories about felon and former president Donald Trump’s “strikingly erratic, coarse and often confusing”...

28.10.2024 3

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The risk of exaggerating Trump’s ability to overturn the election

23.10.2024 100

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Why Trump is doubling down on racism

Former president Donald Trump has gone full racist (or “nativist,” as some outlets delicately describe it). In Aurora, Colo., the New York...

15.10.2024 100

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Obama put Trump in his place. But he also put voters on the spot.

14.10.2024 100

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Harris takes her message well beyond the usual venues. Good.

14.10.2024 100

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How JD Vance underlined Trump’s worst vulnerabilities

07.10.2024 100

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Trump is left with lies, both terrible and cruel

You’re reading Jennifer Rubin’s subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. This week, I examine felon and former president...

04.10.2024 60

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Biden’s record speaks for itself

27.09.2024 200

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Victims bear witness to MAGA cruelty

The presidential conventions and the debate drew bigger audiences. But there has been no more impactful event during this presidential campaign...

23.09.2024 100

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Debates don’t matter. Except when they really do.

Until the bizarre and head-snapping 2024 presidential election, political debates have not truly mattered for a generation or so. When two normal...

15.09.2024 100

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Adam Kinzinger set the standard. Where are the rest?

You’re reading Jennifer Rubin’s subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox . This week, I name Republicans who have not lived up...

30.08.2024 1

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Why Democrats shouldn’t count their chickens, or votes

Five things Democrats must guard against before the election — and after. Michelle Obama greets her husband, former president Barack Obama, before...

25.08.2024 1

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The NABJ interview with Trump provides a model for media coverage

No other sit-down this cycle has laid bare as much about the candidate. From left, Fox News's Harris Faulkner, ABC News's Rachel Scott and...

05.08.2024 550

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Kamala Harris’s first important decision: Her running mate

Who’s her best bet for vice president? All the pros and cons. Vice President Harris and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro during a visit to the...

25.07.2024 20

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How a Harris presidential campaign would transform the race

If Biden drops out, the vice president can make the campaign about Trump’s radical plans. Vice President Harris boards Air Force Two as she...

21.07.2024 2

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Vance spoils Republicans’ chance to hide abortion extremism

Trump has recently tried to present himself as more moderate on abortion restrictions, but Vance is as radical as they come. Republican vice...

18.07.2024 70

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