He’s doing well by historic standards, but that’s not good enough to win the midterms.
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The Journalists for U.S. Media Getting Left Behind in Afghanistan
Hundreds of employees for a federal agency that broadcasts news are stranded in the war-torn country. And the government won’t say what is being done to get them to safety.
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The Media’s Premature Verdict on Biden’s Afghanistan Pullout
No, it has not been a failure, as most coverage would have you think. The administration and military have already accomplished far more than the punditry class recognizes.
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New Kabul Scare: Terror Groups and Anti-Aircraft Missiles
No one knows the number of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles left behind in Kabul. But the DoD-linked RAND Corp estimated 4,500 last year.
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House Democratic Moderates Have Reason to Boast
They’re in a stronger position to pass the bipartisan infrastructure deal that may be key to their political survival.
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More Trouble with Big Chicken
Prominent news outlets are echoing this magazine’s longtime crusade against monopolism in the poultry industry. Now, Cargill and Continental Grain seek further consolidation.
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The Blueprint for Corporate Power Turns 50
Before he was a Supreme Court Justice, Lewis Powell was a Richmond, Virginia lawyer fearful that “revolutionaries” were destroying capitalism. His 1971 memo is a reminder of a time when Ralph Nader scared Big Business witless.
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Recall the Recall
This Progressive Era reform serves only to create mischief in our hyperpartisan age.
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The Texas Assault on Transgender Rights
An interview with Adri Perez, policy and advocacy strategist with the Texas ACLU.
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Let’s Redistribute Tax Incentives to Buy Electric Cars
Bigger rewards to gasoline “superusers” will reduce carbon emissions more quickly. Paradoxically, it may also diminish economic inequality.
