Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico have taken opposite approaches to fending off Republican attacks.
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Trump’s Midterm Rally Blitz Probably Won’t Work
The track record of presidents who hit the campaign trail in midterm election years is poor, especially when their job approval is underwater.
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The Scarlet Letter Midterms
Every Republican incumbent voted with Trump more than 95 percent of the time. Make them pay for giving him an “A.”
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Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Was Even Worse Than You Thought
When President Donald Trump addressed the nation regarding alleged vulnerabilities in the U.S. election system, he proclaimed that “no country can be great without fair and honest elections.” No argument there. What he said, however, was mostly not new, and what was new was riddled with overstatement and exaggeration. While he promised the truth lay […]
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Cancel the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
An event celebrating the free press should not spotlight Donald Trump, the biggest threat to the free press.
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“Repeat After Me: ‘I Am Somebody’”
Jesse Jackson was furious over injustice. He was also full of hope. His funeral was a reminder that the two were never meant to be separated.
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Crabs, A Helicopter, and One Town’s Fight Against ICE
As ICE creates new deportation centers, Newport, on the quirky, impossibly beautiful Oregon coast, finds itself a battleground in Trump’s war on immigrants. It’s not alone as ICE plans for hosts of detention centers in small towns.
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With Iran, Obama Displayed “The Art of the Deal.” Trump Didn’t
Trump’s persona depends on the perception that no one negotiates better deals. His war on Iran proves otherwise.
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All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous
We should be deeply disturbed about what follows the targeted assassination of a foreign leader.
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Trump’s Iranian Gambit: It Didn’t Have to Come to This
He pulled us out of the imperfect but functional Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran, leaving us blind, without our strongest allies, and crossing our fingers.
