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Five Polling Results That May Change the Way You Think About Electability
Our battleground surveys had some outcomes that upended the conventional wisdom.
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Absolutely fascinating @Nate_Cohn summary of his research on persuadable voters and the risks Democrats are facing in 2020
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CALABRESI: House Democrats Violate The 6th Amendment By Denying Trump A Public Trial
The amendment guarantees a speedy, public trial. The process being conducted violates those terms.
The Show-Trial Rhetoric That Took Down a Charter-School Founder
A petition accusing Steven Wilson of “white supremacist” language makes no sense, and barely tries to.
‘I’d Consider Anybody’: Democrats Like Their 2020 Candidates, and Yet ...
Michael R. Bloomberg is poised to enter a race that has many voters anxious and searching for the perfect candidate. But do they need yet one more option?
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Being endorsed by Ed Rendell is always such a mixed blessing nytimes.com/2019/11/09/us/… pic.twitter.com/80l5pvQAVT
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Dear Democrats: Here’s How Not to Blow It
What the party needs to learn from this week’s elections.
The Ukraine Depositions Have Destroyed Trump’s “Corruption” Defense
Republicans say the president wanted to clean up Ukraine. Witness testimony shows he didn’t.
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Also, @saletan goes through the impeachment transcripts and absolutely dismantles the lie that Trump was pursuing an anti-corruption agenda in Ukraine
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At Tennessee Titans Games, the Fiercest Tailgaters Are Kurds
Nashville’s big Kurdish community has fallen hard for football, and parking-lot feasts that feature biryani but no alcohol.
Impeachment Witness Undercut Steele Dossier In Bombshell Testimony
Fiona Hill told lawmakers in October that she believed that Russians likely planted disinformation about Donald Trump with dossier author Christopher Steele.
Post-Debate Polls Show Sanders Solidly In Third
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week Just a few weeks ago, the future of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign was fairly uncertain…
The Legend of A-N-N-A: Revisiting an American Town Where Black People Weren’t Welcome After Dark
Most people I met in Anna, Illinois, wish the racist lore behind the city’s name would go away. So why hasn’t it?
The Cure for Democrats’ 2020 Terror
Voters who fear a Trump re-election can start rebuilding the blue wall now.
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Just want to correct a small misimpression created by the great @michelleinbklyn's latest column. She appears to treat my column as saying Democrats are unafraid of Trump winning: nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opi… pic.twitter.com/MCRI3Qc7g3
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Impeachment Inquiry Tests Ties Between Barr and Trump
The attorney general has not jumped in to publicly defend the president against the Democratic inquiry as he did with the Mueller investigation.
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"Barr has spoken with pride about how much Mr. Trump relies on him and treats him as a confidant."
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Matt Gaetz: Media 'Kale and Quinoa' Eaters Look Down on 'Fried Foods' America
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) mocked the media as a group of "kale and quinoa" eaters who look down upon those that eat "fried foods" in "real America," Sunday. During an interv
Acts of Self-Definition: The Mind of Thomas Chatterton Williams
The author of Self-Portrait in Black and White wants to discard traditional racial categories.
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Interesting intellectual profile of @thomaschattwill, and his engagement with the writings of Coats, Fields and others, by @conor64
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Alabama SGA warns groups: Protest Trump during LSU game, risk losing reserved seating
The Student Government Association at the University of Alabama is warning groups that protesting President Trump during Saturday’s LSU game could result in loss of reserved seating for the remainder of the season.
One of the most famous incidents of campus outrage was totally misrepresented
How a single article in Oberlin’s student paper about food got turned into a major national controversy — and why this matters.
Nationals celebrate World Series championship in DC with parade, rally
The Nationals are celebrating their World Series win over the Astros with a parade. The route starts at Washinton Monument and will be live-streamed on MLB.com.
Children were told to ‘build the wall’ at White House Halloween party
A Halloween party on Oct. 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in D.C. featured candy, paper airplanes — and concerning for some attendees — a station where children were encouraged to help “Build the Wall” with their own personalized...
The Best Trump Defense
After drama, internal contention, and tragicomedy, nothing happened.
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Sideshow Bob: “'Attempted murder,' now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for 'attempted chemistry'”?
@RichLowry: nationalreview.com/2019/11/best-t… pic.twitter.com/QcdJwjuGXP
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