A Crazy Transition, Even for Trump | Washington Monthly
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When Howard Lutnick, the pugnacious CEO of the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, strode on stage at Madison Square Garden in the presidential campaign’s waning days, he looked all-powerful. The billionaire told the New York City rally that victory was near. “Donald Trump is going to build the...
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Let’s Make Google Share Some Secrets | Washington Monthly
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Compulsory licensing worked when we imposed it on AT&T in the 1950s. It can work again.
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The Media Threat We Face and the Media Revolution We Need | Washington Monthly
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The problem isn’t just disinformation or right-wing media, explains a former Democratic member of Congress, but how media reaches us.
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Don't Throw the Biden-Harris Record Under the Bus | Washington Monthly
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Plus, the threats to NATO and birthright citizenship and a tribute to Ted Olson — all in the November 19, 2024 newsletter.
on Wed, 1AM
Will Conservative Judges Abide Trump’s Ending Birthright Citizenship? | Washington Monthly
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It’s been a settled law since the 19th Century that you're American if you’re born here. But one jurist, and perhaps others, seems ready to dump the 14th Amendment for a MAGA power grab.
on Tue, 12PM
NATO’s Nervous New World | Washington Monthly
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The 75-year-old alliance has never been bigger or stronger, but Russia’s gains in its brutal war against Ukraine and Trump’s second term are on everyone’s mind from Helsinki to Warsaw. A report from Europe.
on Tue, 12PM
The Ted Olson I Knew | Washington Monthly
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The acclaimed conservative attorney who championed same-sex marriage and who died last week at 84 demonstrated the humane qualities we need now.
on Mon, 4PM
I Was a Washington Monthly Whippersnapper | Washington Monthly
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As an intern and editor at this magazine, I learned to look where other reporters weren’t, sort through MAGA v. MAGA battles, and be part of a journalistic tradition. How you can help.
on Mon, 3PM
Don't Tell Me How Stupid People Are | Washington Monthly
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It's amazing how many Americans lack any critical thinking skills.
on Sat, 2AM
Kamala Harris’s Policy Agenda Kneecapped Her Chances | Washington Monthly
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The forward-leaning ideas and past accomplishments that the defeated Democrat could have emphasized.
on Fri, 1PM
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Plus, why the Senate should not bow to Trump on recess appointments, and the hard lesson to learn on immigration — all in the November 14, 2024 newsletter.
on Fri, 1AM
The Hard Lesson We Learned About Immigration | Washington Monthly
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Immigration is like inflation: good to a point but must be vigilantly contained.
on Nov 14
As GOP Senators Choose Their Leader, Trump Demands They Bend the Knee | Washington Monthly
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The president-elect wants the Senate to abdicate its role in reviewing presidential appointments. It shouldn’t give in.
on Nov 13
Kamala Harris Did Listen To Working-Class Voters. They Didn't Listen To Trump. | Washington Monthly
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One week later and the Democratic Party’s self-flagellation continues. “We don’t listen enough; we tell people what’s good for them,” scolded Senator Chris Murphy on X. “Listen to poor and rural people, men in crisis. Don’t decide for them.” “No one is listening to anything else you say if you...
on Nov 12
A Very Rough Day in New Jersey | Washington Monthly
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My home state, the Garden State, is angry mercurial, and Trump came frighteningly close to winning there a week ago.
on Nov 12
A Very Rough Day in New Jersey | Washington Monthly
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My home state, the Garden State, is angry mercurial, and Trump came frighteningly close to winning there a week ago.
on Nov 12
How Francis Fukuyama and "The Big Lebowski" Explain Trump’s Victory | Washington Monthly
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Looking at constituencies or issues misses the big point. On Tuesday, nihilism was on display, even a death wish, in a society wrought by cynicism.
on Nov 11
After Election Day, Fight Back with Ideas | Washington Monthly
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The MAGA landslide left us devastated, too, but it also rekindled our commitment to public policy ideas that work and can win elections.
on Nov 8
Lessons and Hope After the Defeat | Washington Monthly
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It was a grim Election Day, but there are ways back from the abyss.
on Nov 8
Two Mistakes in 2021 That Led to Defeat in 2024 | Washington Monthly
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Snubbing a bipartisan pandemic relief deal and initially downplaying inflation led to the Democratic downfall.
on Nov 7
Democrats Will Win Again Once the Economy Tanks | Washington Monthly
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Donald Trump is no economic mastermind, and all it takes is one bad economy to turn the political tables.
on Nov 7
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My 2016 interview revealed that he was willing to go further than the Catholic Church or right-to-life groups, and this was a mainstay in ads this year. But it wasn’t enough
on Nov 6
Blue Wall Turns to Rubble; Trump Wins; Democrats Despondent | Washington Monthly
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Despite felony convictions, the Republican Nominee will carry the Electoral College; GOP recaptures the U.S. Senate; Legal Abortion prevails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, but not Florida.
on Nov 6
What I’m Watching on Election Night | Washington Monthly
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All eyes are on the presidential and statewide races, but a voting rights scholar is watching these critical ballot initiatives for a sense of where democracy and voting rights are heading. You should, too.
on Nov 5
The "Russian World" and Donald Trump | Washington Monthly
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Vladimir Putin is feeling the strain of Ukraine’s vigorous defense, neighboring nations chafing under Moscow’s influence, and a unified NATO. Enter Donald Trump.
on Nov 5
No Furor Over the Führer | Washington Monthly
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Trump has this weird thing for Hitler. It is not exaggerated. Will we take note before it's too late?
on Nov 4
The Election May Not Be Close After All | Washington Monthly
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We don’t know what will happen, but a number of factors suggest the vice president could win by a larger margin than is commonly assumed.
on Nov 4
The Election Really Could Come Down to Turnout. That's Bad for Donald Trump. | Washington Monthly
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The Republican nominee bet his campaign on an untested get-out-the-vote strategy with an inexperienced crew
on Nov 4
Kamala Harris, On The Brink | Washington Monthly
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The vice president is tantalizingly close to victory or a heart-breaking defeat. Either way, she’s used the campaign's final hours to show who she is and to reveal Donald Trump's descent into darkness.
on Nov 1
Trump Isn't Even Pretending He Would Fight Corporate Power | Washington Monthly
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The former president is shamelessly offering plutocrats like Elon Musk political favors for their support—and no longer promising to take on monopolists.
on Nov 1
With Trump, There’s a Hitler Analogy That’s Not Overwrought | Washington Monthly
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Both the Republican nominee and the Fuhrer couldn’t have come to power without the compliance of traditional conservatives.
on Nov 1
Historic Gender Gap? Maybe. Maybe Not. | Washington Monthly
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Plus, the records of the two presidential candidates on immigration and voting rights, all in the October 31, 2024 newsletter.
on Oct 31
Trump Won't Tell You How He Takes Aim at Legal Immigration | Washington Monthly
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Trump failed once to implement his mass deportation plans for illegal migrants and did more as president to curtail legal immigration. By contrast, with a cooperative Congress, Harris can quickly pass the bipartisan border security bill.
on Oct 31
On Voting Rights, Trump and Harris Couldn’t Be Farther Apart | Washington Monthly
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Harris would expand early voting and vote-by-mail, discourage partisan gerrymandering, and adopt policies leading to higher turnout. Trump’s obsession with election “integrity” is narrow, used most often to challenge results he does not like.
on Oct 30
Why They Reign Supreme | Washington Monthly
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A fresh and readable one-volume history of the Court explains how we got from Marbury to Dobbs.
on Oct 30
An Unliterary Childhood | Washington Monthly
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Why growing up in a home without books made me a lifelong fan of book reviews.
on Oct 30
Take Your Mind Off the Election With the Fall Books Issue | Washington Monthly
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The November/December issue is here
on Oct 30
The Student Recruitment Industrial Complex | Washington Monthly
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We tend to think about equity in higher education in terms of how colleges treat students who apply. But long before that, a little-known industry called enrollment management decides who gets the glossy brochures and who gets ignored.
on Oct 30
The Regressive Era | Washington Monthly
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A new biography of Woodrow Wilson puts the 28th president’s racism and sexism at the center of its narrative—and his world-historic domestic and international achievements on the periphery.
on Oct 30
He-e-e-e-re’s Johnny! | Washington Monthly
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He dominated late-night television for 30 years, before our shoutfest era. A new biography of the reclusive Nebraskan is also an elegy for a lost America.
on Oct 30
A Millennium of Conflict | Washington Monthly
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Russia’s identity, not its security or the fear of NATO, has historically been the main driver of Moscow’s aggression toward Ukraine. But is the war really a genocide?
on Oct 30
The App Always Wins | Washington Monthly
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Online sports gambling companies use sophisticated and deceptive techniques to exploit problem gamblers. The same technologies could be used to protect the addicted, if government would only demand it.
on Oct 30
AI Needs Us More Than We Need It | Washington Monthly
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Without a constant stream of high-quality, human-made information, artificial intelligence models become useless. That’s why journalists and other content creators have more leverage over the future than they might know.
on Oct 30
Train Drain | Washington Monthly
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How deregulation and private equity have gutted the U.S. freight rail system—and with it, the promise of America’s industrial renewal.
on Oct 30
The New Christian Right | Washington Monthly
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The charismatic religious movement that supports Donald Trump is less misogynistic and racist than the old Moral Majority, but far more determined to crush liberalism by any means necessary.
on Oct 30
Kamala Harris Would Get More Done Than Donald Trump | Washington Monthly
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Plus, how the candidates differ on democracy, reproductive rights, and health care, in the October 29, 2024 newsletter.
on Oct 29
What Trump and Vance Could Do to What’s Left of Reproductive Freedom | Washington Monthly
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Dobbs was a disaster. A national abortion ban would make it worse, but a MAGA White House could install judges ready to take down the abortion pill to laws in legal abortion states.
on Oct 29
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A voting rights expert discusses the best guides to smooth your final choices.
on Oct 28
Harris Wants Medicare to Cover Home Care While Trump Will Roll Back Obamacare | Washington Monthly
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The alarms ought to be ringing. A GOP victory means gutting the Affordable Care Act and its Medicaid subsidies. Harris plans to help the tens of millions of Americans taking care of an infirmed loved one—the policies you need to know for Election Day.
on Oct 28
Imagining Trump with a Republican-Controlled Congress and the Roberts Court | Washington Monthly
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The system of checks and balances devised by the founders didn't envision all three branches being enthralled by a leader like Trump, and it can still happen.
on Oct 28