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Your Dislike of Charlie Kirk Is Not Interesting Right Now
Or: how liberal monomania about ideology gets in the way of context, discretion and broadly behaving like a normal person.
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The First Step to Winning Back the Senate: Don't Nominate Anyone Who Said 'God Is Non-Binary' On Video
Certainly not in Texas.
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More Democrats Need To Say It: 'Sports Leagues Should Be Organized By Sex'
The overwhelming majority of the public believes this, and it doesn't make them bigots. The view needs to be robustly represented inside our tent.
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Abundance Is a Bipartisan Project
My report from the Abundance 2025 conference, where Democrats and Republicans were refreshingly eager to work together.
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Trump's War on the Fed is Pointless
His effort to wrest control of the board poses risk to our economy but offers him no great political upside.
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Democrats Must Do Better Than Ignore Elevated Crime in D.C.
It's not good enough to say what Trump wants to do won't work.
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Well, This Jobs Report Clarifies Some Things
Trump will get his rate cut, but there's little other good news for the president.
Aug 1
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Play Stupid Fed Games, Win Stupid Fed Prizes
Trump's economic problems are fiscal, and even the most pliant monetary authority wouldn't be able to fix them.
Jul 21
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Enactment of the OBBB Is Just the End of the Beginning
There are years of fighting to come over how the law should be implemented, how it should be revised, and how voters should feel about it.
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The Bull and Bear Cases on Zohran Mamdani
The Democratic nominee for mayor has a record of out-there positions but also has shown a willingness to listen and learn.
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