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No, Biden and the Democrats are not sleepwalking toward disaster
Like 2023 in retrospect, they are looking pretty good.
2024, a referendum on the loser
Normally, it’s a referendum on the incumbent. Not this year.
Democracy isn’t a hostage crisis
We have a choice.
With disqualification in Colorado and Maine, the damage is done – to Donald Trump, not democracy
Seeming invincible is an election strategy.
What Haley’s Civil War gaffe reveals about the Republicans
There is no place for a “reasonable” candidate.
Every time he complains about losing, Trump reveals weakness
The man can’t stop talking about it.
On Colorado ruling disqualifying Trump, SCOTUS might punt
A damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t situation.
If running for president, who would you rather be?
The answer is obvious, but to see it, you have to break “the illusion of presidential omnipotence.”
The fall of Roe has triggered bipartisan radicalization
11 states will ask voters to settle abortion rights in 2024.
A vote for abortion rights is a vote for democracy
By centering concrete goals, the threats to egalitarian democracy are revealed, and no one is left wondering who the real authoritarians are.