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Affirmative action isn’t bias. It’s politics that rightwing justices don’t like and will strike down
That’s what we should focus on.
Biden’s first midterm in 2022 is just like Reagan’s in 1982
Set aside the trees to look at the forest.
Antisemitism is hate. Hate doesn’t need reasons
Poor material conditions don’t turn people into antisemites.
How big is the real working class? Bigger than you think
Democrats aren’t as blind to working class interests as some pundits say. But they aren’t as attentive as they should be either.
Paul Pelosi attacker was re-running J6
David DePape planned to kidnap and interrogate Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put Congress on notice. That’s the classic logic of terrorism.
The man trying to elect QAnon believers as secretaries of state
It’s fair to say that if Jim Marchant were secretary of state, he wouldn’t certify a Democratic victory, because he keeps telling us.
Will the midterms end the age of gothic politics?
The possibility of nothing changing.
The disappearing link between voting and the economy
People aren’t pushed into partisan camps by the economy. Rather, people interpret the economy through a partisan lens.
The polls are wrong. Put in the work. Hope we get lucky.
Nothing else matters.
America is anxious. We’re putting prices over principles
Eventually, GOP scare tactics will fall flat.