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Lara Trump Vows ‘Four Years of Scorched Earth’ If Trump Wins

Presidential candidates usually promise that everybody will be happy if they win. One of the historically unusual aspects of Donald Trump’s...

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Lara Trump Threatens ‘Four Years of Scorched Earth’ If Trump Retakes Power

Presidential candidates usually promise that everybody will be happy if they win. One of the historically unusual aspects of Donald Trump’s...

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Why a Second Trump Term Will Make the Middle Class Pay

At a private donor confab in February, Donald Trump emphasized to a room full of wealthy loyalists that he would focus on cutting their taxes in a...

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Why a Second Trump Term Will Make the Middle Class Pay

At a private donor confab in February, Donald Trump emphasized to a room full of wealthy loyalists that he would focus on cutting their taxes in a...

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Conservatives Realize Tucker Carlson Is a Lying Russia Dupe

Tucker Carlson has changed. He has changed before, obviously: Originally a right-leaning but skeptical reporter, he evolved into a grotesquely racist,...

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Conservatives Suddenly Realize Tucker Carlson Is a Lying Russia Dupe

Tucker Carlson has changed. He has changed before, obviously: Originally a right-leaning but skeptical reporter, he evolved into a grotesquely racist,...

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Paul Krugman’s Right About the Economy. The Polls Are Wrong.

One of the most uncomfortable arguments to make in America is that the people are wrong. It’s especially uncomfortable when the subject is something...

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Paul Krugman Is Right About the Economy, and the Polls Are Wrong

One of the most uncomfortable arguments to make in America is that the people are wrong. It’s especially uncomfortable when the subject is something...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Attempts Trump Legal Defense, Fails Very Badly

There’s a solid argument that Alvin Bragg should not have charged Donald Trump for falsifying business records in connection with his hush-money...

15.04.2024 2

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Attempts Trump Legal Defense, Fails Very Badly

There’s a solid argument that Alvin Bragg should not have charged Donald Trump for falsifying business records in connection with his hush-money...

15.04.2024 2

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What Is Donald Trump’s Stance on Seizing Russian Assets?

Donald Trump has almost single-handedly held up additional American aid to Ukraine, allowing Russia to regain momentum in its offensive. (It’s...

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What Is Donald Trump’s Stance on Seizing Russian Assets?

Donald Trump has almost single-handedly held up additional American aid to Ukraine, allowing Russia to regain momentum in its offensive. (It’s...

14.04.2024 6

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Kari Lake Pretends Not to Know Abortion Law She Very Specifically Endorsed

It was awkward enough for Donald Trump when his Monday announcement that abortion would henceforth be settled for all time by the states was followed...

11.04.2024 10

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The Media Did Not Make Up Trump’s Russia Scandal

NPR reporter Uri Berliner wrote an essay for The Free Press arguing that the network has lost chunks of its audience by growing too dogmatically...

10.04.2024 8

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The Media Did Not Make Up Trump’s Russia Scandal

NPR reporter Uri Berliner wrote an essay for The Free Press arguing that the network has lost chunks of its audience by growing too dogmatically...

10.04.2024 2

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Left-Wing Authoritarians Shutting Down the Democratic Party

Imagine a world in which Congressman Jamie Raskin attempts to deliver a speech on “Democracy, Autocracy, and the Threat to Reason in the 21st...

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The Left-Wing Authoritarians Shutting Down the Democratic Party

Imagine a world in which Congressman Jamie Raskin attempts to deliver a speech on “Democracy, Autocracy, and the Threat to Reason in the 21st...

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There’s No Reason to Think Trump’s Lead Is Caused By Skewed Polling

The prospect that Donald Trump will be restored to power by the great and good American people, or even the less great and good Electoral College, is...

05.04.2024 8

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Trump Indifferent to Death, Moved by Building-Damage Images

Donald Trump is almost totally immune to human suffering. But he is surprisingly affected by images of buildings collapsing. In an interview with...

04.04.2024 8

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Trump Indifferent to Palestinian Death, But Moved by Images of Building Damage

Donald Trump is almost totally immune to human suffering. But he is surprisingly affected by images of buildings collapsing. In an interview with...

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GOP Hawks in Denial Over Trump’s Hatred for NATO, Ukraine

One of the many threats posed by a second Trump term is the terrifyingly high risk that he would undercut NATO, or even pull out of the alliance...

03.04.2024 10

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Republican Russia Hawks in Denial Over Trump’s Hatred for NATO, Ukraine

One of the many threats posed by a second Trump term is the terrifyingly high risk that he would undercut NATO, or even pull out of the alliance...

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Left-Wingers for Trump Remain Deeply Confused

Donald Trump has consistently attracted the support of a handful of left-wing activists and writers. Some of them were die-hard Bernie Sanders...

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Left-Wingers for Trump Remain Deeply Confused

Donald Trump has consistently attracted the support of a handful of left-wing activists and writers. Some of them were die-hard Bernie Sanders...

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The ‘War on Easter,’ a New Holiday for the Trump Cult

If you spent any time online Sunday, you probably noticed a small set piece of culture-war theater. The supposed trigger was the Biden administration...

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The ‘War on Easter,’ a New Holiday for the Trump Cult

If you spent any time online Sunday, you probably noticed a small set piece of culture-war theater. The supposed trigger was the Biden administration...

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Republican Billionaires No Longer Upset About Insurrection

After Donald Trump’s failed coup attempt, many Establishment Republicans promised never to support him again. One of them, Eric Levine, reiterated...

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Republican Billionaires No Longer Upset About Insurrection

After Donald Trump’s failed coup attempt, many Establishment Republicans promised never to support him again. One of them, Eric Levine, reiterated...

30.03.2024 10

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Does the Left Think Young Left-Wing Protesters Matter or Not?

This week, The Atlantic published an account of how the war between Israel and Hamas has convulsed a campus (in this case, that of the author,...

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Donald Trump Is Not the Victim of ‘Lawfare.’ He’s a Crook.

One of the reasons Republicans were so reluctant to accept Donald Trump’s nomination in 2016 is that he was quite obviously a crook. “His business...

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Donald Trump Is Not the Victim of ‘Lawfare.’ He’s a Crook.

One of the reasons Republicans were so reluctant to accept Donald Trump’s nomination in 2016 is that he was quite obviously a crook. “His business...

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Why Republicans Won’t Say Anything About Obamacare

Last week marked the 14th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act. As a general matter, people don’t have elaborate observances of...

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Why Republicans Won’t Say Anything About Obamacare

Last week marked the 14th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act. As a general matter, people don’t have elaborate observances of...

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The Paramilitary Candidate

At a recent rally in Ohio, Donald Trump stood at formal attention while an announcer instructed the crowd, “Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for...

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The Paramilitary Candidate

At a recent rally in Ohio, Donald Trump stood at formal attention while an announcer instructed the crowd, “Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for...

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Schumer Is a Better Friend to Israel Than Netanyahu’s Allies

A week ago, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer gave a speech urging Israelis to hold new elections and to vote out Prime Minister Benjamin...

21.03.2024 8

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Schumer Is a Better Friend to Israel Than Netanyahu’s Allies

A week ago, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer gave a speech urging Israelis to hold new elections and to vote out Prime Minister Benjamin...

21.03.2024 7

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Republicans Haven’t Learned From Trump’s COVID Failures

“ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?” demands Donald Trump in one of his recent social-media posts. Well, funny he should ask. Four...

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Why Won’t Rich Republicans Bail Out Honest Donald Trump?

The Republican Party is united in its belief that Donald Trump’s court-ordered financial distress is the product of Democratic Party “lawfare.”...

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Why Won’t Rich Republicans Loan Money to Upstanding Businessman Donald Trump?

The Republican Party is united in its belief that Donald Trump’s court-ordered financial distress is the product of Democratic Party “lawfare.”...

19.03.2024 7

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Republicans Haven’t Learned From Trump’s COVID Failures

“ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?” demands Donald Trump in one of his recent social-media posts. Well, funny he should ask. Four...

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Rich Lowry Demands Proof Trump Will End Democracy

When I started “The Insurrationalizers,” a series about conservative critics of Donald Trump who nonetheless justify voting for him, perhaps the...

18.03.2024 6

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The Insurrationalizers: Rich Lowry Demands Proof Trump Will End Democracy

When I started “The Insurrationalizers,” a series about conservative critics of Donald Trump who nonetheless justify voting for him, perhaps the...

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Freedom of Sex: A Liberal Response

“The most insidious source of the anti-trans movement in this country,” writes Andrea Long Chu in her provocative cover story, “is, quite...

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Freedom of Sex: A Liberal Response

“The most insidious source of the anti-trans movement in this country,” writes Andrea Long Chu in her provocative cover story, “is, quite...

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Why Chuck Schumer’s Israel Speech Marks a Turning Point

This post was originally published in Jonathan Chait’s &c newsletter — sign up here . This week, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, the...

16.03.2024 7

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Why Chuck Schumer’s Israel Speech Marks a Turning Point in the War in Gaza

This post was originally published in Jonathan Chait’s &c newsletter — sign up here . This week, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, the...

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Explain to Me Why China Has to Control TikTok

“Small-business owners, educators, activists, and young people who use TikTok were scrambling to respond Wednesday after the House approved a...

14.03.2024 4

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Explain to Me Why China Has to Control TikTok

“Small-business owners, educators, activists, and young people who use TikTok were scrambling to respond Wednesday after the House approved a...

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Trump Appeases Putin, Republican Russia Hawks Appease Trump

Last week, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. On Sunday, Orban told an interviewer that Trump explained his...

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