He can only succeed in his plan to impose a permanent GOP minority rule if he lacks an effective opposition.
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The Centrists Obstructing Biden’s Agenda Are Not “Moderate” or “Pragmatic”
They are blocking the policies most popular with the Democratic base—and even most independents.
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Republicans Have Lied Themselves Into a Voter Turnout Problem
The GOP has done such a good job convincing its base that elections are a fraud, many of its supporters are giving up on casting ballots.
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The GOP’s Reckless Approach to COVID Is Backfiring on Them
And it may cost them in next year’s midterms.
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Why Should Biden Take the Fall for Trump’s Sweetheart Deal with the Taliban?
For the good of their party and the country, congressional Democrats should investigate the agreement that led to chaos in Afghanistan.
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Donald Trump May Still Destroy the GOP, After All
Republicans think the former president is their electoral savior, but his toxic influence over the party might just bring about its demise.
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Wars Can Be Won. Permanent Occupations Cannot.
Why Joe Biden’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan was not a “defeat” or a “surrender.”
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America Has A Deep Moral Obligation to Accept More Afghan Refugees
As of this writing, the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated far faster than even most pessimists expected. The Taliban are already in Kabul. Perhaps it was always a pointless mission, a horror for all the Afghans who have suffered and the coalition soldiers who sacrificed so much. Analyses are already pouring in dissecting what went […]
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A Few House Moderates Are on the Verge of Scuttling Biden’s Presidency On Behalf of Their Donors
We need to rethink the conventional wisdom about who is and who is not a loyal and responsible actor in the Democratic coalition.
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Housing Is a National Crisis. Democrats Should Treat It That Way.
With the eviction moratorium set to expire, the housing emergency can’t get left behind while legislators work on roads and bridges.
