Joe Biden

A Democratic president who does not back down changes everything

By John Stoehr / September 6, 2022 /

After “The Speech,” bothsidesism may be a sign of hope.

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No Democratic president in my lifetime ever talked about a Republican predecessor like that

By John Stoehr / September 2, 2022 /

It’s the end of an era.

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There’s no way Biden would use the term ‘semi-fascist’ if he did not believe that most Americans are behind the Democrats

By John Stoehr / August 31, 2022 /

He doesn’t risk alienating voters. He risks missing an opportunity.

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If the Congress is unchanged by the midterms, it will signal the return of an old norm

By John Stoehr / August 26, 2022 /

In the 20th century, six midterms flipped the Congress.

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Maybe Donald Trump’s Big Lie is, well, um, good for democracy?

By John Stoehr / August 25, 2022 /

Early signs of hardcore supporters losing hope.

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$10,000 in relief zeros out, or cuts in half, the student loan debt of a majority of borrowers

By John Stoehr / August 23, 2022 /

But is that all that’s possible? No.

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The most productive ‘gerontocracy’ ever

By John Stoehr / August 19, 2022 /

Time to retire that talking point.

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Why is the left demanding that Biden cancel student loan debts when Biden is in the process of canceling student loan debts?

By John Stoehr / August 18, 2022 /

To cancel or not to cancel is not the question. 

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The Inflation Reduction Act is what a democracy can achieve when fascists are prevented from stabbing it in the back

By John Stoehr / August 17, 2022 /

Thank Mitch McConnell for proof of concept.

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Go ahead, celebrate. You need to

By Jason Sattler / August 17, 2022 /

To win, the broad left has to do more than criticize.

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