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October 6, 2026
The Picture of Dennis Hastert
Chris Lehmann
The disgraced former congressman was a better representative of the GOP than the party would like to admit.
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September 29, 2026
Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Money to Pay for Illegal Election Propaganda
Chris Lehmann
But as brazen and authoritarian as the provenance of these ad spots are, they seem likely to backfire.
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September 22, 2026
Trump Wants to Keep Journalists Out of the White House. He Should Get His Wish.
Chris Lehmann
The president has banned MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from attending press briefings. The rest of the media should respond with a boycott.
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September 18, 2026
AI Is a Kitchen-Table Issue
Chris Lehmann
And with the Trump administration encouraging unregulated growth in the industry, Democrats need to start acting like it.
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September 16, 2026
Populists Can’t Be Populist if They Suppress the Vote
Chris Lehmann
The crusade against ballot access, like virtually every other facet of Trump’s agenda, does nothing to serve the interests of “the people,” but our press is too brain-dead to notic...
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September 11, 2026
Trump Wants Voters to Pretend He’s on the Ballot
Chris Lehmann
But Republican midterm candidates are hoping everyone forgets he exists.
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September 2, 2026
Trump Can’t Stop the Populist Uprising Against Data Centers
Chris Lehmann
The grassroots revolt against AI oligarchs is reviving a more than a century-old fight against robber barons and their attempts to seize land, water, and political power.
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August 20, 2026
One of the Biggest Myths of the Trump Era Is Unraveling
Chris Lehmann
It turns out that people don't actually want a Gestapo force rounding up immigrants all over America.
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August 17, 2026
Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising
Chris Lehmann
Several of the party's top committees threatened to raise legal hell over a new study into the way they pry money out of seniors.
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August 13, 2026
Is a Trump Endorsement Becoming a Liability?
Chris Lehmann
The president’s backing failed to secure a primary win in Minnesota for Mike Lindell. And he’s not the only one.
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August 10, 2026
Centrist Democrats Are Rolling Up Their Sleeves and Punching Left
Chris Lehmann
The Third Way think tank is pouring millions of dollars into combatting not the GOP but the DSA.
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August 5, 2026
The Left Insurgence Is on the Rise—and the DNC Is Flailing
Chris Lehmann
The outcome of the Michigan primaries calls Democratic conventional wisdom into question. Just don’t expect Ken Martin to do anything about that.
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July 30, 2026
Rahm Emanuel’s Losing Record
Chris Lehmann
The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.
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July 28, 2026
The GOP’s New Red Scare
Chris Lehmann
McCarthyism, the second time as farce.
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July 21, 2026
Do Voters Hate Democrats More Than Republicans?
Chris Lehmann
The GOP is staking its chances on the idea that that Americans are more dissatisfied with the opposition party than the one in power.
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