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Republicans supporting the UAW strike? Yeah, right.

UAW members and workers at the Mopar Parts Center Line, a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Center Line, Mich., hold signs outside the facility...

28.09.2023 20

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On the opioid crisis, the presidential campaign is making us dumber

Eric, a recovering addict, shows his tattoo of a syringe and hook at the Farm recovery center in Huntington, W.Va., on Oct. 1, 2019. (Ricky...

25.09.2023 8

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The GOP wants to impeach Biden for ‘corruption’? Don’t make me laugh.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listens as President Donald Trump delivers remarks outside the White House in January 2019. (Jabin Botsford/The...

18.09.2023 7

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Memo to Democrats: To solve your rural problem, look to Mississippi

Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for Mississippi governor. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) Listen 5 min Share Comment...

12.09.2023 3

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Trump’s indictments are only a ‘distraction’ if you’re a Republican

Former president Donald Trump. (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story ...

07.09.2023 20

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Why Republicans might turn on Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) freezes shortly after he arrives for a post-luncheon news conference on Capitol Hill on July 26....

05.09.2023 6

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Nikki Haley is no moderate on abortion

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks in Des Moines on July 28. (Rebecca S. Gratz for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min...

31.08.2023 1

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Why Republicans love the least experienced candidate

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 12. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 4...

29.08.2023 8

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Why it’s important that Georgia prosecutes Trump’s alleged accomplices

Rudy Giuliani in a police booking mug shot. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office via Reuters) Listen 4 min Share Comment...

24.08.2023 1

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The 2024 GOP field still can’t explain to voters why Trump should lose

Former president Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

21.08.2023 8

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Apocalyptic rhetoric is just as dangerous as the violent kind

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks alongside former president Donald Trump at a campaign event in Des Moines on Saturday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) ...

16.08.2023 10

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How liberals learned to love the ballot initiative

Organizers celebrate the defeat of Issue 1 during an election-night party in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 8. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch/AP) ...

11.08.2023 3

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Coal country voters demand nothing from the GOP. That’s what they get.

The offices of a coal mining company in Kittanning, Pa. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share ...

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Why leftists should work their hearts out for Biden in 2024

President Biden during an event on expanding access to care for mental health in the East Room of the White House on July 25. (Demetrius Freeman/The...

07.08.2023 60

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Republicans would love to impeach Biden. It would backfire on them.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Capitol Hill on July 26. (Haiyun Jiang for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment...

01.08.2023 20

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A radical idea: Just give kids lunch

Students have lunch in the cafeteria at Webster Elementary in Minneapolis in October 2019. (Ackerman Gruber for The Washington Post) ...

24.07.2023 7

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Jason Aldean cashes in on the right-wing fantasy of violent retribution

Jason Aldean performs at Nationals Park in D.C. in 2014. (Kyle Gustafson for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this...

20.07.2023 7

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Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work.

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in 2020. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this story ...

19.07.2023 6

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‘Common sense’ in politics? No thanks.

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in March. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min ...

17.07.2023 30

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How Biden learned to stop apologizing and love the economy

President Biden speaks about his economic plan July 6 in West Columbia, S.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Comment on...

12.07.2023 30

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The bizarre contradiction in the GOP’s view of America

Dana Laws helps to carry an American flag on June 30 in Pickens, S.C., where Donald Trump spoke the next day during a campaign event that was part of...

07.07.2023 8

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Biden has a new opportunity in the places Democrats struggle most

President Biden speaks about high-speed internet infrastructure at the White House on Monday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

02.07.2023 20

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Sorry, Republicans: Nikki Haley can’t make you young again

Former South Carolina gov. Nikki Haley speaks during Iowa Senator Joni Ernst’s Annual Roast and Ride fundraiser. (Christopher Smith/for The...

27.06.2023 5

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Welcome to the Supreme Court, where corruption has no meaning

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Share this article Share Comment on...

22.06.2023 1

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A ‘debate’ about vaccines on Joe Rogan’s program? Spare us.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appearing on Fox News, June 02, 2023. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Listen 5 min Share this article ...

20.06.2023 1

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How Republicans are wasting their House majority

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), flanked by other House Republicans, at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 10. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)...

19.06.2023 20

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Forget ‘small-town values.’ We need candidates with big-city values.

A view of downtown Fargo, N.D. (Ann Arbor Miller for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment ...

13.06.2023 4

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Donald Trump is right: The ‘war on woke’ is ridiculous

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits a packed Red Arrow Diner, a traditional campaign stop for presidential candidates visiting the surrounding...

06.06.2023 3

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Mystery surrounds Mike Pence’s doomed presidential candidacy

05.06.2023 1

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The real manhood crisis is conservatives whining about manhood

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is seen on the screen during a House Jan. 6 committee hearing on July 21, 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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Why fear of change will drive the GOP presidential primary

A student holds a sign during a rally in support of inclusive Family Life Education outside of Luther Jackson Middle School in Falls Church, Va., on...

30.05.2023 8

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Tim Scott takes precisely the wrong lessons from his inspiring life story

Presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) shakes hands after a campaign kickoff speech at Charleston Southern University on Monday. (Sean Rayford...

26.05.2023 50

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GOP extortion has backed Biden into a corner. He still has a way out.

President Biden in the Oval Office. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...

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The House GOP investigations are a joke. But don’t count them out.

Rep. Jim Jordan. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment Gift...

22.05.2023 20

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Republicans abandoned urban America, and they’re paying the price

Democrat Donna Deegan in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 16. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP) Listen 4 min Comment on this...

18.05.2023 10

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The Durham investigation was a flop. But it’s a propaganda triumph.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP) Listen...

16.05.2023 4

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Why the Republican presidential field is so weak

Former president Donald Trump visits the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, N.H., on April 27. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen...

12.05.2023 4

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How many guns will it take to make us safe?

Cheryl Jackson leads a crowd in prayer at a makeshift memorial in Allen, Tex., where a gunman killed eight people before being killed by police....

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The Texas legislature explores new frontiers of Christian nationalism

The Texas State Capitol in Austin. (Eric Gay/AP) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article ...

09.05.2023 10

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I, too, am a hardscrabble American

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in Des Moines on March 10. (Rachel Mummey for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment on this...

04.05.2023 40

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Why ‘right to repair’ could be the next big political movement

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis at a bill signing on April 25. The legislation forces manufacturers to provide the necessary manuals, tools, parts and even...

03.05.2023 50

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How Trump made it cool for Republicans to hate their own party

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in National Harbor on April 21. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this...

01.05.2023 10

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Enraged by GOP debt limit extortion? Blame MAGA’s moderate enablers.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks out of the Capitol with House Republicans. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Listen 5...

21.04.2023 1

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Our new terror: The ‘law-abiding’ gun owner who is ready to kill

Ralph Yarl, the teenager shot by a homeowner in Kansas City, Mo. (AP) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...

20.04.2023 1

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The party of big, intrusive government? That would be the GOP.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) Listen 4 min ...

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USPS is raising rates again. It’s still a global bargain.

A postal carrier delivers mail in Salt Lake City in 2020. (Rick Bowmer/AP) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment ...

17.04.2023 40

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A rural Texas county just blinked on library closures. Pressure worked.

The Llano County Library in Llano, Tex. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...

14.04.2023 3

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Joe Manchin’s bipartisan routine faces its final test

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Capitol Hill on Aug. 7. (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min Comment on this...

12.04.2023 20

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How an obscure megadonor’s giving highlights our dark-money fiasco

A full moon rises over the U.S. Supreme Court. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Comment on this story ...

06.04.2023 3

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Lawmakers are clueless about social media. They’ll regulate it anyway.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs two social media regulation bills during a ceremony in Salt Lake City on March 23. (Trent Nelson/AP) Listen...

04.04.2023 10

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