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Politics
Reporting and analysis on American politics: campaigns, elections, Congress, the White House, and the fight to make our democracy work.
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Trump Released Martin Luther King Jr. Files: I’m in Them
Trump seemed to release the King assassination files without care to distract from Epstein. No wonder the King family is concerned. I am, too.
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The Cost to Taxpayers from Trump’s Tariffs Is Bigger Than the Savings from His Income Tax Cuts
Repealing Trump’s tariffs gives Democrats a rare opportunity to offer a big working-class tax cut.
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When the Establishment Goes MAGA
Senator David McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell McCormick, once normie Republicans and still an “it” couple, have written a book on mentors. The wildly successful duo had powerful ones from the pre-Trump GOP.
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Elon Musk’s America Party: Lessons from History
We’ve had a lot of parties with America in the name. They’ve been, um, problematic.
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Conservatism or Radicalism: Unpacking Today’s GOP
Conservative doesn’t accurately describe MAGA, and epithets like “fascist” are less than precise. A modest proposal for a new label.
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Hunger in Gaza—the Facts
What is actually happening with food and famine on the ground? I asked a World Food Programme official who has some answers.
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Why Memory Hole the Biden-Harris Successes?
Democrats have an odd history of throwing out the good and the bad when it comes to their presidents. They shouldn’t repeat that mistake.
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Trump’s Third-Country Deportations Explained
First, it was that megaprison in El Salvador, now Africa is becoming a dumping ground for illegal migrants who committed crimes. How the president and the Supreme Court are normalizing the inhumane.
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How the Republican Texas Redistricting Scheme Could Backfire
Republicans are banking on Latino voters to help them flip five redrawn Texas congressional districts, even though Latinos are swing voters who may well swing left in 2026.
