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Liberalism's Embattled Present (and Possibly Hopeful Future)
A report from an important conference held in Washington D.C. earlier this month
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Joe Had to Go
Taking stock of where we are as Biden attempts to pass the torch to Kamala Harris
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The Funhouse Fascist
While a Covid-stricken Joe Biden contemplates bowing out of the race, Donald Trump showed us just how little he's changed
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The Convert
JD Vance is forging an ideology of right-populism. That will have major consequences for the future of the GOP, the Democrats, and the United States
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The Real Changing of the Guard
With Trump picking JD Vance as his running mate, the old Reaganite GOP is now well and truly dead
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The Man in the Arena
Seven thoughts as the RNC gets under way in the wake of an attempted assassination of Donald Trump
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President Unbound
The deepest and darkest historical meaning of Trump v. United States
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Over and Out
Why I’m done with Joe Biden
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Everything Is Not Fine
A conversation with Chris Cillizza about The Debate and its aftermath
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Making Sense of the Populist Present—2
The second part of my conversation with The Dispatch's Jonah Goldberg about where we are, how we got here, and where we might be going
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Making Sense of the Populist Present—1
A wide-ranging conversation with The Dispatch's Jonah Goldberg about where we are, how we got here, and where we might be going
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June 2024

Every Democrat in America Should be Livid
Biden bombed in the debate in precisely the way some of us predicted he would
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