Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis Bend the Knee to Donald Trump
Trump's former rivals are forced to concede that he is the man of the moment.
Trump's former rivals are forced to concede that he is the man of the moment.
If our politics is increasingly determined by random twists of fate, we should invest less power in the politicians who ultimately luck into office.
Despite flirting with “America First” realism and restraint, the Republican ticket is all-in on the forever wars.
The high-profile fight with UPS didn't improve working conditions as much as O'Brien promised.
Trumpism, not Reaganism, is the doctrine of the Grand Old Party for the foreseeable future.
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Opening night of the Republican National Convention programmed a central issue with a Trumpian twist: "Make America Wealthy Again."
Plus: Is Biden fit to be president today, let alone stand for reelection?
The Ohio senator has clear authoritarian tendencies.
Can the candidate turn crowd-pleasing nostrums into a program that will do more good than harm?
Plus: How Biden's handlers influenced journalists, nepo baby COVID-19 hysteria, NYC's war on shampoo bottles, and more...
The L.P.'s presidential ticket finds itself fighting state parties and a national chair.
Dave Weigel discusses Biden's decline and the possibility of replacing him on Just Asking Questions.
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The president's defenders had private concerns. But publicly? Gaslighting.
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Neither would be viable contenders for office in the absence of such a disliked opponent.
Which party can do the least to fix America's troubled old-age welfare system?
How do the two major party candidates stack up on housing policy?
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Plus: A listener asks whether Bruce Springsteen's song Born in the U.S.A is actually patriotic.
Plus: Journalists shilling for Biden, Zyn imitators pissing off regulators, in defense of Little Tech, and more...
People are sick of being forced to vote for the "lesser evil." A new voting method may fix the problem.
So much for those "cheap fake" videos.
Plus: Illegal beach booze-selling, California's "tax apocalypse," and more...
The U.S. flirtation with populism barely holds a candle to the situation across the Atlantic.
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
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The decision also negates two counts of the federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of illegally interfering in the 2020 presidential election.
Biden's performance at Thursday's debate made clear that he should have bowed out after a single term, but many politicians stick around long past their sell-by date.
And you have to admit, he's got a point.
The topic was reduced largely to border crossing numbers, dubious claims about migrant crime, and enforcement bona fides.
I thought democracy was at stake?
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The candidate who grasps the gravity of this situation and proposes concrete steps to address it will demonstrate the leadership our nation now desperately needs. The stakes couldn't be higher.
The candidate makes the case against the two-party system.
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Facing an opponent who has been credibly described as a sexual predator, Biden instead emphasizes Trump's cover-up of a consensual encounter.
The justice's benign comments set off a lengthy news cycle and have been treated as a scandal by some in the media. Why?
Reducing revenue without identifying offsetting spending cuts means Trump is merely promising to borrow more heavily.
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A segment of American voters want insurrectionist candidates. Who are election officials to deny them?
That take on the former president's New York conviction echoes similarly puzzling claims by many people who should know better.
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