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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

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Our disaffected electorate is proof that the old model of politics isn’t working

Our elected officials need to start talking with the American people instead of at them.

24.04.2024 5

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Exit Stage Mike: It’s time for Speaker Johnson to step aside 

Whatever self-destruction the House Republicans have planned, Johnson should follow the example of his predecessor McCarthy and play no role in it.

17.04.2024 4

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Republicans can’t outrun their war on abortion rights

More than any other issue, it will be abortion that sets fire to the GOP’s 2024 ambitions. Good.

10.04.2024 5

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Has Israel’s moment of reckoning finally arrived?

The World Central Kitchen debacle should give the State Department pause to ask whether continued support for Israel’s war advances American...

03.04.2024 6

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Trump’s crumbling empire gives Biden a golden opportunity  

If Biden wants to capitalize on his opponent’s troubles, he’ll double down on campaigning while Trump is tied up in court. In a race that could be...

27.03.2024 10

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No Labels can’t get a ‘yes’ on a candidate for 2024 — and there’s a good reason why

The group’s 0-for-13 track record at candidate recruitment is a brutal admission that, whatever its flashy marketing may suggest, few knowledgeable...

20.03.2024 10

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Trump’s GOP is already dying 

The MAGA movement, once so skilled at enforcing loyalty, is cracking. What’s left of the Republican Party is cracking with it. The sooner it...

13.03.2024 60

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Joe Biden goes to war for democracy 

flailing to address a boiling voter rebellion on abortion, Biden’s focus is more than just good government. It’s winning politics.  By making...

08.03.2024 8

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Sayonara, Sinema: Good riddance to bad Democrats 

The only thing that can be said about Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate career is that both Democrats and democracy are better off without her.

06.03.2024 40

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Michigan sends a message to Biden and Trump: Don’t take our votes for granted

Trump and Biden appear to be on diverging political paths — and only Biden’s is heading toward sunlight.

28.02.2024 9

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America is facing a threat of biblical proportion: The rise of Christian nationalism 

Christian nationalism is thriving in the Trump era.

21.02.2024 50

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Democrats ignore the problem of Biden’s age at their peril 

If Democrats want to defang the age issue, Biden will once again need to level with the American people directly. 

14.02.2024 5

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Democrats have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win the border fight — will they take it? 

Republicans’ stunning collapse in the face of a bipartisan border deal offers Democrats a rare opportunity to redefine an issue that has favored...

07.02.2024 7

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The GOP primary is effectively over - now it's up to the media to save us from Trump  

What’s needed now isn’t a postmodern media eagerly trying to craft a competitive campaign out of Trump’s victory lap. Our country needs media...

24.01.2024 7

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What happened to Biden's promises on criminal justice reform? 

Joe Biden isn’t alone: across the party, one of Democrats’ biggest issues in 2020 is all but invisible this year.

17.01.2024 2

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The Haley-DeSantis debate: One last gasp for air(time) before the Trump wave crashes

Tonight’s debate will be as much about face-saving for the future as it is a serious effort by Haley and DeSantis to push back against the tidal...

10.01.2024 2

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One year ago, Elon Musk set Twitter ablaze — now the fires are threatening his entire empire 

Musk is now willing to weaken Americans’ faith in our elections and bankrupt his own businesses in order to own the libs. He may well get his...

03.01.2024 6

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Donald Trump and the GOP’s epidemic of lies  

A second Trump term promises to usher in a post-consequences era for the MAGA faithful. Our country isn’t prepared for what comes next. 

20.12.2023 2

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Bush v. Gore destroyed us

Time sure does fly when democracy is eroding before your very eyes.

13.12.2023 2

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Debate exposed the fractured soul of the GOP

Wednesday’s debate debuted the battle that will bedevil Republicans long after Trump has departed the political scene.

07.12.2023 6

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Schumer gives remarks on rise of antisemitism in America: Watch live

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is giving what he described as a “major address” on the rise of antisemitism in the U.S. In a...

29.11.2023 10

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Nikki Haley is making gains, but can she make it to the top? 

Nikki Haley’s sudden surge is an insight into the ideological indecision that paralyzes the right’s marginal anyone-but-Trump movement.

29.11.2023 20

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Elon Musk’s hypocrisy is showing  

Merely existing for any length of time on X is enough to dismantle Musk’s case against Media Matters.

22.11.2023 10

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Trump goes all in on Nazi rhetoric, and the media gives him another free pass 

In any other America on any other timeline, a presidential candidate echoing the words of Adolf Hitler would soon be packing up for an early...

15.11.2023 7

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Democrats need to calm down about Joe Biden 

It’s time for Democratic elites to stop talking and start listening to the American people.

08.11.2023 5

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‘Bootgate’ and pudding fingers: How Ron DeSantis became 2024’s presidential punchline  

Ron DeSantis’s presidential hopes have dimmed as his reputation for clownery has risen.

01.11.2023 10

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End of an era: It’s time for the Republicans to break up 

The best thing for the GOP’s warring factions would be, to borrow a phrase from firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a “national divorce.”  

25.10.2023 3

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A resounding ‘no’ for Jim Jordan 

The election of Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House of Representatives would be a nightmare for our country.

18.10.2023 30

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'X'ed out: Hamas attack puts Twitter's dangerous disinformation machine in the crosshairs 

European regulator Thierry Breton accused X, formerly Twitter, of platforming “violent and terrorist content” and Israel-related disinformation...

11.10.2023 3

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The embarrassing GOP debate was a race to the bottom for the Republican Party 

Yesterday’s debate showcased a Republican Party consumed by anger: anger at themselves, at Donald Trump, at Mexico, at the whole wide world. Voters...

28.09.2023 5

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Joe Biden proves Democrats can deliver for labor 

Biden’s commitment to strengthening American unions extends far beyond marching a picket line.

27.09.2023 2

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An out-of-control GOP is the party of nonstop national crisis 

Congressional Republicans are once again careening toward internal crisis and a damaging government shutdown.  

19.09.2023 2

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Kevin McCarthy is cornered

McCarthy may find a way to hang on to his job, but make no mistake: the House Freedom Caucus is now doing all the speaking.

13.09.2023 20

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