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July 15, 2026
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.
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July 8, 2026
What Trump Has in Common with the Far Left
If the president fears communism, maybe he should stop mimicking its worst elements.
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July 6, 2026
With Graham Platner, Democrats Got Drunk on the Beer Test
He said there wouldn’t be any more scandals, but a new Politico report threatens to end his Senate campaign in Maine.
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July 1, 2026
The DSA’s Communist Revolution
The Democratic Socialists of America was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become.
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June 26, 2026
William Barr’s Dangerous Endorsement of Todd Blanche
Trump’s former attorney general proposes a Senate blessing of Trump’s threats to the rule of law.
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June 24, 2026
Why I Joined Team Algae
The greening of the Reflecting Pool is meaningless to everybody, except the president.
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June 18, 2026
If Only Trump Knew What Vance Is Doing
If the president is infallible, there must be some other explanation for his Iran defeat.
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June 17, 2026
All the Sad Hawks
Neoconservatives struggle to reconcile their hopes for Trump with the failure of his Iran war.
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June 16, 2026
Why July 4 Turned Into a Trump Rally
The president has never accepted that the head of state and the leader of the Republican Party are separate roles.
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June 8, 2026
Why Republicans Aren’t Condemning Trump’s <em>Meet the Press</em> Walkout
Denying the legitimacy of vote-counting has become party doctrine.
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June 3, 2026
Donald Trump’s Superficiality Is Bone Deep
For the shallowest man ever to occupy the presidency, surface appeal is a guiding principle.
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May 27, 2026
John Cornyn Lost With His Boots Off
Like fellow Republicans exiled by the president, he still accepted Trump’s claim to inhabit the will of the party.
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May 26, 2026
The Antitrust Theory of Everything
Democrats are in thrall to the idea that corporate consolidation is America’s biggest, and maybe only, problem.
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May 21, 2026
A Close Reading of Trump’s Statement on Attending His Son’s Wedding
Trump’s funniest riff ever?
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May 19, 2026
Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Is Worse Than Stealing
Recasting the January 6 insurrection as the work of heroic patriots remains the president’s highest priority.
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May 14, 2026
Donald Trump’s Inflationary Agenda
He was elected to tackle one problem. Instead, he’s made it worse.
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May 12, 2026
Big Brother Is ReTruthing You
Donald Trump is a victim of propaganda as much as he is a manipulator of it.
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May 5, 2026
Progressive Activists Are Sometimes on the Wrong Side of History
Thinking otherwise can enable the left’s worst instincts, as a speech at the University of Michigan’s commencement showed.
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May 1, 2026
The Mysterious Obsession With Obama’s Fake Son
Would he look like Trayvon Martin?
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April 29, 2026
Donald Trump’s Disturbing Welcome for King Charles
At the White House, the president embraced the idea that the nation is an Anglo-Saxon one.
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April 28, 2026
Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence
Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else.
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April 23, 2026
The Posting Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Trump’s Iran messaging seems desperate.
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April 22, 2026
How Democrats Can Lose Michigan, Again
What Abdul El-Sayed doesn’t get about Trump
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