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Low-Conscientiousness Losers Are Bad Senate Candidates
John Fetterman and Graham Platner both flailed into adulthood, living off their affluent parents while not amounting to much. Why have leftists decided…
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Impeach Todd Blanche
With the thin Republican majorities, Democrats could plausibly force a trial of the acting Attorney General over the "Anti-Weaponization Fund"
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Fed Board Members: Stay In Your Seats
Protecting central bank independence will be an ongoing struggle; the most important thing is that no board members resign anytime soon.
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Stop Microlooting the Tax Code
The demand for hyper-specific tax exemptions is just a more respectable manifestation of the same impulse that leads people to justify shoplifting.
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The Redistricting Loss Means Democrats Must Moderate to Win
The way to compensate for a less-favorable map is by winning a larger share of the vote, so Democrats must move closer to the median voter.
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Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge
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Trump Didn't Deserve to Win, But We Deserved to Lose
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Universities Are Not on the Level
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The First Step to Winning Back the Senate: Don't Nominate Anyone Who Said 'God Is Non-Binary' On Video
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The Cult of Jasmine Crockett Shows Democrats are Still Trapped in the Dumbest Form of Identity Politics
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On Redistricting, It's Time for Republicans to Stop Whining and Start Negotiating
Gerrymandered maps are rationally approved by majorities at the state level. Only a new set of federal rules can rein in gerrymandering.
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Trump Is Failing the 'Big-Ass Truck' Test
Trump's bargain with swing voters was that he would deliver a strong economy and they would look past his many defects. By attacking Iran, Trump has…
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The Adolescents Have Taken Over Policymaking
Democrats increasingly match Republicans' emotionally immature approach to policy — a problem for the party that's supposed to be invested in making…
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Good Things Are Good
A viral memo, proposing a 2028 market crash because of too much AI-driven productivity growth, makes little sense.
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He’s Not the Worst Kevin
The best available Fed endgame likely ends with confirming Kevin Warsh, but moderate senators should first keep pushing the administration to end DOJ…
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The Cult of Jasmine Crockett Shows Democrats are Still Trapped in the Dumbest Form of Identity Politics
Comedians Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers were right to tell people not to waste money on her campaign. But they had to apologize anyway.
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Capitalism for Developers, Communism for Landlords
Zohran Mamdani is attempting this synthesis — one with some basis in our city's housing policy history — but I doubt it's one he'll be able to…
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