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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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Democrats should go on challenging shows—but no one should be pressured to prove their populist bona fides on a streamer who may cost them more voters than he delivers.
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The decades-long plot against abortion rights had many fathers, who were largely lost to history until now.
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