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How Politicians Get Their Bad Ideas
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It's almost always from people who think they're savvier than the rubes who vote.
on Fri, 4PM
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We Don't Have Dictators In America
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What's missing from the fight over Trump's tariff fiasco.
on Wed, 3PM
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It doesn't mean paying lip service or waiting around for the next election.
on Apr 4
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This week's signal disclosures should infect every corner of the Trump administration, but Democrats will have to press the case relentlessly
on Mar 28
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Nation's Elite Lawyers Choose Money Over The Constitution
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It’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.
on Mar 26
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The Trump Administration Goes To War With Health-Care Quality
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Inside its plan to destroy a small agency that keeps you safe.
on Mar 19
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Senate Democrats didn't just squander an opportunity to rein in Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They confirmed all the stereotypes that have made them toxic to progressives and swing voters alike.
on Mar 15
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Trump is sabotaging the economy, but we shouldn't assume public opinion will follow automatically.
on Mar 10
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Trump's Last Enemy Is The State Itself
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He's even trained the smear machine and lawlessness that brought him to power on Social Security, all while Democrats fight the last war.
on Mar 5
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Playing captive to the lies he’ll tell at his coming address to Congress is weak, conveys weakness, and surrenders the whole national stage to him.
on Mar 3
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Democrats Need A Battle Plan—And A War Room
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They shouldn't "roll over and play dead"—they should understand what their advantages are, and seize them.
on Feb 28
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Trump Has A Fight On His Hands
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His window to sleepwalk America into fascism has closed.
on Feb 24
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Crooks who think justice might catch up to them WILL become desperate.
on Feb 21
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An Opposition Worthy Of Its Name
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We should all have realistic expectations, but Democrats could absolutely do better. Here's how.
on Feb 17
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The mayor of New York can't be hostage to a man who wants revenge against the city.
on Feb 13
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Democrats have long outsourced political judgment to professional-services providers (pollsters, strategists, lawyers)—but what do they know about defeating a coup?
on Feb 11
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Democrats Approach Their Enabling Moment
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If Democrats provide the decisive votes to fund this government, it will reverberate through history for all time.
on Feb 10
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Watch The Credit-Ratings Agencies
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If the illegal commandeering of the federal budget doesn't make the U.S. less creditworthy, then Wall Street is cowed and misleading investors.
on Feb 5
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It will require both acceptance and a steely resolve to rebuild bigger and better.
on Feb 2
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Don't Prop Up The Corrupt Trump Regime
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The moral hazard of median-voter pandering and limp Democratic resistance.
on Jan 27
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No more inside voice, or inside game. Just beat him to the punch for once.
on Jan 20
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Donald Trump is a lame duck (not a bear)—an unusually weak one, in some ways—and he knows it.
on Jan 10
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Release the Jack Smith report, and then continue the fight for historical memory of January 6 every day.
on Jan 8
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Here's A Simple Exercise To Help Democrats Rebuild—It's One They're Desperate To Avoid
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Where does the typical marginal voter learn what he thinks he knows about politics?
on Jan 6
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My Non-Prediction Predictions For 2025
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It's probably gonna be weird...
on Jan 4
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Trump, Tech Weirdos, And The Republican Crusade For Cultural Dominance
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Make changing your relationship with social media a New Year's resolution.
on Dec 20
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The sweet spot lies in demagogic appeals that can withstand factual scrutiny.
on Dec 18
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Democratic Capitulation Is Contagious
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Who's going to stand up to Trump if his actual opponents have embraced "strategic silence" regarding all of his spiraling abuses?
on Dec 17
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Yes “Anticipatory Obedience” Would Be Harder If Democrats Weren’t Cowering
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And some thoughts on what a better approach might look like.
on Dec 17
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What A New Health Care Populism Might Actually Look Like
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Hint: It's neither vigilantism nor detailed policy reform.
on Dec 13
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The New Gilded Age Will Be Streamed
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And people will know what the Robber Barons took from them.
on Dec 6
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Real News Companies—And Most Reporters—Should Be Off Twitter
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It's no longer just ethically questionable—it's incompatible with basic professionalism.
on Dec 3
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If you analyze the interaction between media, the economy, and public opinion in a systematic way, the distorting effects of media become obvious.
on Nov 13
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Democrats PLEASE Try To Fix This Problem
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If they ignore the media environment in their 2024 post-mortems, it will be the first major error of the second Trump era.
on Nov 8
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Reflections On America's New Autocracy
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We should brace ourselves for immense depravity, but remain prepared to guide and stiffen the spines of the last bastions of resistance.
on Nov 6
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36 Thoughts On The 2024 Campaign
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An assessment of how we did, and what may await us.
on Nov 5
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Why Everyone In Politics Panders To Republicans
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There's a difference between appeasement and a temporary alliance of necessity.
on Nov 4
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Defeating Donald Trump is the only way to save democracy, but crushing him is the only way to stop fascism.
on Oct 30
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The Resistance Demands Respect, Too
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They outnumber MAGA, but political elites and civil society leaders—including mainstream journalists and their benefactors—bend over backward to appease Trump.
on Oct 30
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Kamala Harris Should Steal Donald Trump's Best Quality
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In defense of audaciousness.
on Oct 25
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OCTOBER SURPRISE: Donald Trump A World-Class Piece Of Sh*t
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Maybe some people just needed a few well-timed reminders and a moment to focus
on Oct 23
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Democrats Still Don't Get The Power Of Accountability
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Their studied indifference to Elon Musk's dirty tricks is a bad omen, even if Kamala Harris wins.
on Oct 22
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The Rotten World Elon Musk Is Trying To Force On Us
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Beating Donald Trump and Elon Musk won't just feel good—it's critical to thwarting a bleak vision of the near- and long-term future.
on Oct 18
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Don't Let This Man Have The Last Laugh
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There's a simple way to stop it.
on Oct 18