The only president to lose and then come back, the 24th president has lessons for the 45th.
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Posted inHealth Care
Xavier Becerra Could Fight Hospital Consolidation as HHS Chief
His experience fighting Sutter Health’s monopolistic practices in California gives him insights he can put to use as Secretary.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Story Behind Trump’s Dog Whistle to White Farmers
During his campaign rally in Valdosta, Georgia on Saturday, Donald Trump threw out a brief dog whistle to the state’s white farmers. Curious how many people caught this reference about people in Georgia who claim “we were here also” and will “take over your farm” under the Democrats. pic.twitter.com/dcUKaXPAVW — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 6, […]
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
House Passes Military Bill But It’s a Long Way From Being Signed
The conservative hardliners threaten to sustain a Trump veto of the Pentagon’s budget, denying troops a pay raise and risking our national security.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Who’s the Radical, Raphael Warnock or Kelly Loeffler?
Hint: The Republican incumbent welcomes support from white supremacists, QAnon, and militia members.
Posted inPolitics
Orange (County) Is Still the New Blue
Democrats lost two congressional seats in Orange County, California. But a slate of down-ballot victories suggest a long-term commitment to growing the local Democratic party paid off in 2020.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Dems Should Pay Less Attention To Issue Polling and More Attention to What Voters Actually Say
A new story in the Wall Street Journal blows open a debate that has been keeping some Democrats grumbling behind the scenes for months: that the party spent far too much time talking about healthcare and the Affordable Care Act, and far too little on other core economic issues. As the piece explains: Health care […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
How Do You Deradicalize the Republican Party?
It starts by acknowledging how the GOP is divorced from reality plus offering purpose as well as policies.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Media Must Focus on Larger Truths During the Biden Presidency
It has been heartening to see the media take a more confrontational stance with the Trump Administration than it ever did during the Bush or Reagan years. Journalistic organizations from the New York Times to the Washington Post to CNN all became almost explicitly hostile to the administration, especially over the last year. Conservatives decry […]
Posted inMain, Political Animal
Democrats Should Tell the Hard, Partisan Truths About COVID Stimulus
The party needs a Senate majority to pass the kind of relief Americans really need.
