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Pompeo stumps for Trump, and looks past him
Breaking with tradition, the secretary of State is getting more political as the election approaches. But for whose benefit?
America risks doing too little, not too much, to save the economy
Two months into the thick of the coronavirus crisis, Washington haggles as the economy craters.
Vast majority of Americans want more economic aid to offset Covid
Voters blame Republicans and Democrats equally for stimulus stalemate in FT-Peterson survey
One-on-one interview with Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden
Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Bided sat down for a one-on-one interview with Action 2 News Monday afternoon.
Down With Judicial Supremacy!
The Supreme Court was never meant to be the only arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution.
Matthew Yglesias
Another edition of @jbouie nails it
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AJC poll: Race for president, Senate contests in Georgia ‘too close to call’
Results of the AJC's first general election poll showing who is ahead in the presidential and senate races.
How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly
The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.
A Majority Of Voters Oppose President Trump Filling The Vacancy On the Supreme Court
As part of a September survey put into the field shortly after the news of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became public, Data for Progress asked likely voters a series of questions about the Supreme Court, including whether...
One Billion Americans: What if Leftists Loved America, and...
Matt Yglesias’ new book, One Billion Americans, will be one of the most important books of the decade. The key premise is, essentially, “America is great—there should be more of it.” The one key truth of American exceptionalism is that we still...
Matthew Yglesias
"Instead, we can double down on America’s Founding ideals and unique strengths to build an even greater American future.”
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Minority rule in America
Our various undemocratic institutions are reenforcing each other in a deadly spiral.
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Matthew Yglesias
For what could be the first time ever, @lkmcgann let me do an anecdotal lede.
vox.com/21448334/repub… pic.twitter.com/NbiUNgTwXe
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America’s Exceptional Housing Crisis
How the rest of the world tamed runaway home prices
The Ezra Klein Show: Ibram X. Kendi wants to redefine racism on Apple Podcasts
Show The Ezra Klein Show, Ep Ibram X. Kendi wants to redefine racism - Oct 7, 2019
After Ginsburg Dems Must Choose Radicalism or Failure | Crooked Media
With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the responsibility to create a just future now rests entirely on Democratic shoulders.
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Matthew Yglesias
Here @brianbeutler puts it squarely: Democrats need to choose whether they want to govern or not.
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Minority rule in America
Our various undemocratic institutions are reenforcing each other in a deadly spiral.
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Matthew Yglesias
You can’t think of the Garland and Ginsnurg seats in isolation, it’s an interlocking set of institutional defects creating minority rule.
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Matthew Yglesias
What the smart conservatives I follow all say about this is that Dems should respond pragmatically and tilt their agenda more to rural whites.
I agree. But will they agree that it would be desirable to have a system of equal rights for all?
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A Notorious COVID Troll Actually Works for Dr. Fauci's Agency
Bill Crews is a PR official at the National Institutes of Health. But he also has another job: an anonymous RedState editor who rails against the agency for which he works.
Some Protests Against Police Brutality Take a More Confrontational Approach
The protests are moving into white residential neighborhoods, where activists demand that people choose a side.
Matthew Yglesias
Nothing wrong with confrontational tactics per se, but very little of this seems to feature a plausible theory of change.
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Trump's DOJ Threatens To Strip Funds From NYC And Other "Anarchist Cities," Prompting Cheers From NYPD Unions
While the threat was immediately ridiculed by elected officials and New Yorkers, local police union leaders applauded the president's legally dubious threat.
The TikTok Deal, The Wrong Danger, TikTok Takeaways
The TikTok deal appears to be the worst of all possible outcomes.
Matthew Yglesias
Read @benthompson:
"this deal is significantly worse than the original Microsoft deal that Trump squashed, but unfortunately for Satya Nadella, he wasn’t a big Trump donor. I hate to be cynical, but it’s honestly hard to see what else mattered”
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How the Senate’s most endangered Democrat thinks he can win, again
Doug Jones wants Democrats to rethink their approach to campaigning in the South.
DOJ Designates New York City as an “Anarchist Jurisdiction”
New York City is one of three places that “have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities,” leading to its designation as an “anarchist...