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Graham Platner Is Weakened—But He Can Still Win in November

Graham Platner will kick off starts his first general election at one of the lowest points of his upstart Senate campaign. There has been nonstop...

10.06.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The Real California Lesson: The Democratic Party Has No Actual Leaders

Democrats avoided the worst outcome in the California governor’s race. While it will take several more days for the state’s mail-in ballots to be...

08.06.2026 3

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Scott Pelley Knew Exactly What He Was Doing in Trashing Bari Weiss

CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss lost her initial battle against the staff of 60 Minutes. That was back in December, when she blocked the airing of...

03.06.2026 5

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Are We Wrong to Assume a Black Democrat Is Best for Black Voters?

Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the exact kind of Democrat I usually criticize. She’s been in Congress for more than 20 years,...

02.06.2026 8

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Some States Are More Anti-Democracy Than Others. Guess Where They Are?

On Tuesday, federal judges blocked an attempt by Alabama Republicans to eliminate a heavily Black congressional district, and GOP politicians in South...

27.05.2026 5

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Thomas Massie’s Defeat Will Tighten Trump’s Grip on the GOP

Donald Trump has convinced Republican voters to exile seven conservative politicians from the Republican Party in the last two weeks. Not moderates....

19.05.2026 8

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The Week Where Republicans May Have Stolen the Midterms

Republican state legislators, governors, state supreme court justices, and U.S. Supreme Court justices have combined over the last week to effectively...

12.05.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Indiana Primary Results Prove It: The GOP Is Still a Trump Cult

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and a long list of other powerful figures in the party spent last winter and...

06.05.2026 7

New Republic

Perry Bacon

What Suddenly Made Jon Ossoff Into Such a Democratic Rock Star?

A year ago, Senator Jon Ossoff seemed like he might be a one-hit wonder—elected in that short period from November 2020 to January 2021 when Georgia...

06.05.2026 7

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Graham Platner’s Next Fight Is Even More Consequential

Maine Governor Janet Mills’s decision to suspend her U.S. Senate campaign and effectively concede to upstart Graham Platner is a huge temporary...

30.04.2026 9

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The DeSantis Gerrymander Shows the Wisdom of Virginia Democrats

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis this week is pushing his state’s GOP-dominated legislature to adopt a gerrymandering scheme that could...

29.04.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Zohran Mamdani Has Two Big Problems—They’re Called Hochul and Menin

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin raises objections to almost everything Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposes, from his budget to his plans to create...

26.04.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The Redistricting Vote: Virginia Is Where Trump’s Scheme Came to Die

Yes, Virginia! The passage of a ballot initiative that allows Virginia Democrats to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts will make it...

21.04.2026 6

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Count ’Em on One Hand: Trump’s Global Friends Are Disappearing Fast

Pope Leo XIV may be the most prominent and respected figure abroad who is increasingly critical of President Trump. But he’s far from alone....

17.04.2026 8

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Guess Who Else (Besides Orbán) Lost in Hungary’s Wipeout Election?

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance treated Hungary’s election like it was a U.S. Senate race in the United States. Vance flew to Budapest...

13.04.2026 8

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Vance, Rubio, and Wiles: Iran War? What Iran War? Don’t Look at Me!

Hours before the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, The New York Times published a story titled, “How Trump...

08.04.2026 9

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Bernie Sanders’s New, Necessary, Bold Act: Taking on the AI Oligarchs

This time last year, Senator Bernie Sanders was giving speeches in front of thousands of people, decrying what he correctly describes as an...

06.04.2026 7

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Pam Bondi’s Firing Is a Sign of Trump’s Increasing Weakness

President Trump wanted his Department of Justice to prosecute and put in jail former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia...

02.04.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

A GOP Governor? In California? Unless the Dems Get It Together, Yes.

The Democrats are in danger of giving away one of the most important perches in American politics, particularly with a radical Republican like Donald...

30.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

A Shocking Third Report Gives U.S. Democracy Another Terrible Score

The United States is in a period with a “persistence of diminished democracy,” according to a report that will be released on Tuesday. It’s the...

24.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The Party of AOC or AIPAC? In Illinois, Neither Bloc Could Dominate

The primaries in deep-blue Illinois on Tuesday were a test of who has power and influence in the Democratic Party. In three primaries for open U.S....

18.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Finally, Democrats—of All Stripes—Are Coming After the Wealthy’s Money

The state of Washington is on the verge of enacting a 9.9 percent tax on income over $1 million. Rhode Island’s governor has proposed a 3 percent...

18.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Democratic Voters Don’t Want Vanilla Centrism

You can watch this conversation above, on Substack, or YouTube.

13.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Here We Go Again: A War that Makes Me Ashamed to Be an American

We’re 13 days into the U.S.-Israel war against Iran—and it seems as ill-conceived and wrong as when it started. Oil prices keep going up....

11.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate.

The center-left group Third Way held a conference last week where moderate Democratic strategists and politicians blasted progressive ideas and the...

09.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

He’ll Need Some Luck, But James Talarico Can Win the Texas Senate Seat

Do Democrats have a real chance of winning a Senate seat in Texas this year? Probably not. But Tuesday night’s election results were the best...

04.03.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Pathetic: Maryland Democrats Have Surrendered on Gerrymandering

Maryland Governor Wes Moore has spent months pleading with Democrats in Maryland’s state Senate to adopt a redistricting plan that would likely...

26.02.2026 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Red States’ Fascist Campaign Against Colleges and Professors

Oklahoma’s governor just signed an executive order barring most of the state’s public colleges from offering tenure to professors. School...

20.02.2026 250

New Republic

Perry Bacon

You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sure looked like a presidential candidate this weekend. She attended a policy conference in Munich that often...

16.02.2026 1500

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds

Early last year, polls and media commentary suggested that crime would be the defining issue of the New York City mayoral race. Then, Zohran...

13.02.2026 150

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The Washington Post Is in Free Fall—and There’s One Person to Blame

04.02.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Why Do Some Liberals Go Gaga Over So-Called Non-MAGA Republicans?

04.02.2026 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Senate Democrats’ ICE Proposals Are a Huge and Inexcusable Whiff

30.01.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Democrats Have Much to Gain—and Nothing to Fear—From Attacking ICE

27.01.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Abigail Spanberger’s First Move as Virginia Gov. Was a Masterstroke

22.01.2026 50

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Amazingly, the Democrats Have a Shot at a Senate Majority

15.01.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

On Venezuela, Democrats Are Actually Acting Like an Opposition Party

09.01.2026 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Bari Weiss Is Dead Wrong—Good Journalism Isn’t About Being Pro-America

05.01.2026 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Under Kash Patel, “FBI” Means Foolish, Belligerent, and Incompetent

26.12.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Um … Is Donald Trump Seriously Going to Start a War with Venezuela?

25.11.2025 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

A Tea Party for the Democrats? Be Careful What You Wish For

18.11.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Voters Hate Trump. Good. But Democrats Should Take No Solace in That.

11.11.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Hey, Uh, Democrats, Can You Finally Please Stop Fighting Over 2024?

05.11.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

There’s a Good Identity Politics—and Then There’s Karine Jean-Pierre

30.10.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Yes, Virginia! Democrats Actually Can Be Feisty and Cunning!

28.10.2025 10

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Suddenly, Democratic Politicians Are Running Away From AIPAC

21.10.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Not All Old Candidates Are Joe Biden, and Not All Young Ones Are Great

16.10.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here’s What We Can Do About It.

14.10.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

MAGA-Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

07.10.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon

Shutdown: Why I Worry That the Democrats Are Screwing It Up Again

02.10.2025 20

New Republic

Perry Bacon