How much longer can Republicans survive politically and literally if they keep killing voters with anti-vax quackery?
Bill Scher
Bill Scher is the politics editor of the Washington Monthly. He is the host of the history podcast When America Worked and the cohost of the bipartisan online show and podcast The DMZ.
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Trump’s Historically Bad First Month of Polls Should Terrify Republicans
Trump’s Historically Bad First Month of Polls Should Terrify Republicans. A steady presidential poll slide with a midterm election on the horizon could, and should, focus the mind.
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How Democrats Can Help Avoid a Government Shutdown—or Getting Blamed for One
Republicans need help to keep the government running, but Democrats can’t overplay their hand.
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It’s a Good Thing Democrats Didn’t Pack the Courts
Without an independent judiciary, the Constitution would be no match for Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses.
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Trump’s Imperialism Puts Americans Last
The president demands more territory from Greenland to Gaza as if America were a real estate holding company. But most Americans won’t get a penny.
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Illegally Firing Government Officials: Who Did It Worse, Andrew Johnson or Donald Trump?
Trump won’t get impeached like Johnson, but his purge of Inspectors General betrays his felony status.
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Three Disturbing Signs of Fourth Estate Failure
In our most venerable media institutions, oligarchy is being praised, and history is being rewritten. And it’s only Trump’s first week back in office.
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The Siren Song of a Truly Progressive Media
More truth-telling progressive media would be great, but experience is full of disastrous efforts to create liberal outlets that can reach and influence voters.
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Make Employers Secure the Border
When Trump’s cruel treatment of immigration backfires—and it will—liberals need a more humane alternative. Here’s one: tough restraints on companies that hire undocumented migrants combined with generous opportunities for those migrants to become legal.
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Trump Is About to Drag America Into the Abyss of Protectionism
Plus, where Democrats went wrong in New York, how we can win the war against DUIs, and why Biden should approve the Nippon Steel deal — all in the January 2, 2025 newsletter.
