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July 13, 2026
The Ridiculous Rise of Victor Marx
Once started, the process of voter radicalization isn’t easy to modulate.
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July 9, 2026
‘There’s No Graham Platner Without Donald Trump’: 3 Writers on the Fiasco in Maine
How much have the rules of politics changed?
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July 9, 2026
The Graham Platner Experiment Failed
The Graham Platner experiment has failed. “There have been so many errors of judgment at every step of the way,” the columnist Michelle Goldberg argues following the implosion of the senate candida...
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July 7, 2026
Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster
Many Democrats want representatives as furious as they are. That makes it easier for unfit candidates to escape proper vetting.
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June 30, 2026
In Michigan, the Most Moderate Candidate May Not Be the Most Electable
The case for Haley Stevens’s candidacy rests on electability, but it’s far from clear how electable she really is.
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June 24, 2026
Democrats Are Done With Caution
Tuesday’s primary demonstrated the astonishing political power of Mamdani and of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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June 16, 2026
The UFC 250 Was a Garish Spectacle of American Decline
Only the hackiest screenwriter imaginable would script America’s debasement this way.
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June 12, 2026
‘Yes’ Is a Scathing Portrait of Israeli Depravity. Why Are European Leftists Boycotting It?
The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals.
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June 8, 2026
Why Everyone Wants Jon Ossoff to Run for President
The Georgia senator is excoriating Trump and his systemic corruption in a way that transcends the Democratic Party’s progressive-moderate divide.
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May 29, 2026
There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department
How long can decent people continue to work for such a corrupted institution?
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May 22, 2026
The Agony Around the Democrats’ Mysterious, Ridiculous Autopsy
After this fiasco, Ken Martin, the chair of the D.N.C., should be replaced.
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May 18, 2026
The Generation That Grew Up With A.I. Hates It
Why graduates are booing artificial intelligence.
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May 11, 2026
She’s a Sex Therapist Who Wants to Eradicate Zionism. She Could Cost Democrats a House Seat.
Maureen Galindo’s rise demonstrates how even justified rage and despair can curdle into hateful paranoia.
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May 8, 2026
Graham Platner Is No Nazi
Conservative attacks are premised on a deliberate misreading of both the candidate and his progressive fans.
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May 4, 2026
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Made Me Miss the #Girlboss Era
It turns out that some women do, in fact, dream of labor, at least the kind that comes with a sense of mastery, agency and glamour.
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April 30, 2026
A Democratic Version of the Tea Party Is Emerging
No one should underestimate the white-hot fury of the party’s voters.
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April 28, 2026
Political Violence Isn’t Just Evil. It’s Counterproductive.
Each act of political violence further frays our threadbare social fabric, laying the foundation for authoritarianism.
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April 24, 2026
The Conspiracy Theory Behind Tucker Carlson’s Apology
Rather than honestly reckoning with their role in America’s derangement, MAGA apostates are creating a scapegoat to explain it away.
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April 18, 2026
From Hungary to the Pope, the Right’s Very Bad Week
What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.
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