The agrarian movement should inform the current debate over AI, especially its belief that decisions belong near the people who live with them.
Politics
Reporting and analysis on American politics: campaigns, elections, Congress, the White House, and the fight to make our democracy work.
Posted inPolitics
Older Voters Dominate Elections to an Alarming Degree
Our gerontocracy problem isn’t just dotard politicians. It’s getting non-geezers to vote.
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Hey, Bernie, the Democratic Establishment Is Spending Big on Progressive Insurgents
Past midterm tensions between Democratic campaign committees and progressive activists are nowhere to be found this fall.
Posted inHealth Care
Health Care Trade Groups Leaning Right
Campaign contributions from health care’s major players continue to flow to the GOP despite the party’s predatory behavior toward the insurance system and public health.
Posted inPodcast
A Bumper Crop of Bad Candidates Running This November
Editor Nate Weisberg counts down the five worst.
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Will Republican Pollsters Try to Skew the Final Averages? They Haven’t Yet
So far, polls from Republican-affiliated and unaffiliated outfits are not diverging. (And they didn’t diverge much in past elections either.)
Posted inProtecting the Vote
The Press Shouldn’t Hype Trump’s Bogus Alaska Lawsuit
The Department of Justice has launched a risible suit over the state’s U.S. Senate ballot because two candidates have similar names.
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Trump: A Feral Lame Duck
The president’s power is diminished, and that’s before the midterms. But weakness may make him even more dangerous.
Posted inNewsletter
Crooks and Cranks
The GOP is putting up a bumper crop of subpar candidates this cycle. Here’s our countdown of the five worst.
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Meet the Democratic Senate Candidates Who Are Overperforming. And Underperforming
While Democrats are on track to win the House popular vote by eight points, that partisan tilt alone isn’t enough to carry the Senate.
