Donald Trump

No, Black voters aren’t going to win the election for Trump

By John Stoehr / November 17, 2023 /

This is so basic as to be boring. 

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What does ‘conservative’ even mean anymore?

By John Stoehr / November 16, 2023 /

Ronald Reagan wouldn’t recognize today’s GOP. Or would he?

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Trump’s vengeance campaign is more than hypocritical

By John Stoehr / November 15, 2023 /

Equal treatment under law is impossible if we leave it at that.

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The zealots of the Washington press corps

By John Stoehr / November 14, 2023 /

Like all zealots, they will be betrayed in the end.

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Multiracial democracy in America will live on despite Trump

By John Stoehr / November 10, 2023 /

An interview with political historian Claire Bond Potter.

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Trump isn’t ‘the sword of Gryffindor’

By John Stoehr / November 9, 2023 /

Democrats have had that idea drummed into them over the last eight years, says Matt Robison, host of the Beyond Politics podcast. 

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In a democracy, ‘lying isn’t supposed to be baked in’

By John Stoehr / November 6, 2023 /

Don’t wait for the Washington press corps to reform itself.

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The real reason Donald Trump has a chance again? Most white people want him back

By John Stoehr / November 1, 2023 /

“There’s no getting around that fact,” says Issac J. Bailey.

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With Mike Johnson’s victory, ‘deinstitutionalization’ is winning

By John Stoehr / October 26, 2023 /

GOP insurgents have been attacking democratic institutions for years in a bid to overtake them. One of them is now speaker of the House.

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Speaker McHenry, sorta, maybe?

By John Stoehr / October 19, 2023 /

It’s the best guess, according to one authority on the US Congress.

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