All signs point to a Blue Wave, and they may need every drop to overcome recent gerrymandering woes and likely presidential scheming.
Bill Scher
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Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary Needs a Non-Aggression Pact
Polls show the three-way slugfest between Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow, and Haley Stevens is dragging them all down and creating a pickup opportunity for the GOP.
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Hondurasgate Looks Worse than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined
Trump pardoned a right-wing authoritarian convicted of cocaine trafficking, apparently to reinstate him to power in Honduras and undermine left-wing governments in Mexico and Colombia. So why isn’t America media covering it?
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So What If the Democrats Are Divided on the Middle East? Embrace It
By accepting that different candidates hold different Middle East positions, Democrats can avoid having their primaries become divisive, de facto policy referendums.
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Leave John Fetterman Alone
Democrats have multiple paths to the Senate majority but losing their contrarian member would make every one of them harder.
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Hold Mallory McMorrow’s Social Media Posts to the Same Standard as Graham Platner’s
The insurgent Maine Democrat just ran the incumbent governor out of his Senate primary after overcoming his controversial Reddit posts. Will McMorrow get equal grace?
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Don’t Murder People
Besides being immoral, political assassins repeatedly fail to achieve their intended objectives.
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Tucker Carlson Broke with Donald Trump. He’s Still Terrible
The longtime conservative commentator is wrapping his newfound opposition to the president in loopy anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
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Cancel the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
An event celebrating the free press should not spotlight Donald Trump, the biggest threat to the free press.
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Why Democrats Should Worry About Graham Platner (And Janet Mills)
In the fight for the Democratic nomination in Maine’s likely pivotal U.S. Senate race, Democrats seem to face a choice between the reckless and the listless.
