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July 15, 2026
ICE Murders Continue
It won’t help Susan Collins that the latest killing was in Maine.
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July 14, 2026
Trump’s Plan to Corrupt American Science
OMB’s Russell Vought would bring all federal research grants under direct political control, to align with ‘the president’s agenda.’
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July 13, 2026
Budget Consequences of Lindsey Graham’s Sudden Departure
Trump’s effort to use budget reconciliation for his scheme to take over elections now becomes even more of a stretch.
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July 10, 2026
Notes for Next Time
Lessons of a lifetime doing progressive journalism and politics
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July 8, 2026
Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal
He began the war on impulse; now Trump is ending the truce impulsively. The winner: Iran.
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July 7, 2026
The Dark Side of the Good War
Not every World War II story was good triumphing against evil.
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July 6, 2026
Trump and Teddy Roosevelt: Lost in the Badlands
The bizarre affinity of Trump for the great progressive president
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July 2, 2026
OMG—Socialism!
The misleading panic attack on the part of the right and the center in the face of the Democratic left’s recent electoral victories
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July 1, 2026
Trump’s Groundhog Day: Endless Cold War With Iran
We’ve entered into a period of prolonged stalemate, on terms favorable to Iran.
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June 30, 2026
Hillary Clinton and Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza
Why would the former Democratic presidential nominee endorse one of Trump’s more grotesque ventures?
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June 26, 2026
Courts Keep Blocking Trump’s Moves Against the Right to Vote
We are protected not only by Congress’s rejection of the SAVE America Act. Courts are distinctly unsympathetic to Trump’s attempted takeover of elections via executive order.
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June 24, 2026
An Unlikely Bipartisan Housing Win
The new housing law is a victory for Democratic agenda-setting, but real impact on housing costs remains elusive.
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June 23, 2026
Has Netanyahu Destroyed the U.S.-Israel Alliance?
Netanyahu talked Trump into a war on Iran. The world paid the price.
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June 22, 2026
The Most Important Labour Leader in a Generation
The stakes for Andy Burnham’s success go far beyond Britain.
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June 18, 2026
Kevin Warsh Decides Not to Be Trump’s Toady
The Fed votes 12-0 against Trump’s demand to cut interest rates.
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June 17, 2026
Trump Goes Postal
The latest scheme to use the Postal Service to block mail ballots and take over elections
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June 16, 2026
Nothing Is Safe From Private Equity Rollups
Is antitrust enforcement equal to the challenge of defeating the most prevalent abuses?
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June 15, 2026
Blues for ActBlue
The assault on the Democrats’ main fundraising platform is a partisan hatchet job, but ActBlue itself is far from blameless.
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June 12, 2026
Trump’s Bait and Switch on the Top Intelligence Job
Jay Clayton’s appointment as director of national intelligence is not much of an improvement over Bill Pulte.
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June 10, 2026
The Right Voting Reforms—and the Wrong Ones
Insurgents are defeating establishment candidates across the country. But bad election laws and Trumpian interventions could frustrate these trends.
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June 9, 2026
A Market Bubble Led by AI
Artificial intelligence may not be intelligent enough to accurately value AI companies.
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June 8, 2026
Some of the Kids Are All Right
Maybe Generation Alpha will show their elders the way.
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June 5, 2026
The Republican Senate Chickens Out
With passage of funding for ICE and no limits on either ICE behavior or Trump’s slush fund, Republicans cave to Trump yet again.
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June 3, 2026
A Good Election Night for Progressives
Tuesday’s results—some not yet final—bode well for the fall.
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June 2, 2026
The Inflection Point Is Here
The revolt of the courts meets the mutiny of Senate Republicans.
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June 1, 2026
Corporations and the Crisis of Care
The U.S. suffers from a mass exodus of primary care doctors, as medical practice is dictated by corporate masters at the expense of physicians and patients.
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May 29, 2026
AIPAC and Auchincloss
Why is a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts attacking Graham Platner?
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May 27, 2026
Trump Makes a Bad Student Loan Program Worse
On June 1, student debts will become even more of an encumbrance.
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May 26, 2026
Will Congress Pass the Housing Bill?
Trump has been trying to kill bipartisanship, but this is one bipartisan bill that Trump desperately needs.
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May 22, 2026
Memo to Ezra Klein: Check Out Wichita and Boise
You don’t need to scrap planning and zoning to get abundant and affordable housing. In fact, planning and zoning can help get housing built.
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