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Biden’s economic record? Successful, not transformative
Because of obstruction, Biden was unable to make his most ambitious programs permanent, writes Noah Berlatsky.
Don’t overthink it. Convicting Trump would regain trust
Americans don’t trust institutions like we used to, writes Rod Graham. This is one of those rare claims that everyone agrees with.
Vanquishing malarkey
Saving democracy is a slow, deliberative process – and President Joe Biden is very, very good at it, writes Claire Bond Potter.
Conspiracist, potential mass shooter and favorite of Marjorie Taylor Greene
On Discord leaker Jack Teixeira.
No, red states are not becoming ‘laboratories of autocracy’
They already were. The key is containing them.
With their debt ceiling bill, the House Republicans reveal they have no reason to be serious about playing a dangerous game
This is not some sort of Svengalian victory for Kevin McCarthy.
Tucker Carlson and why selling GOP groupthink had to end
With so many people centered on the same lie featuring the same private firm, it’s hard to think of better conditions for striking back.
GOP hopes to flood labor market with the cheap labor of children
Rewriting child labor laws isn’t the half of it.
The oldest-ever president is running again? Good
Let’s not regret a lack of choice but celebrate a clarity of choice.