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Democrats Are Not Making Sense on Abortion
Pelosi wants to vote again on a sweeping abortion bill that's DOA in the Senate. Warren wants abortions at national parks. This is not helping.
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Republicans Are Willing to Pay a Political Price to Ban Abortion. It's Up to Democrats to Make Them Pay It.
Abortion strategy after Roe. Plus: Reappraising Kyrsten Sinema.
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Jun 25
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Why Is Flying Such a Nightmare Right Now?
Listen now (38 min) | Part of it is a downside of the Great Resignation: Airlines aren't just understaffed, they have especially green staff from check-in to management, and they're working their way up the learning curve.
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Jun 30
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This Week in the Mayonnaise Clinic: Does Josh Still Love Jay Powell?
Plus: Is Pride too corporate, or not corporate enough?
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This Week in the Mayonnaise Clinic: Houses Are Consumption, Not Investment
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Allison Schrager on Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Listen now (42 min) | Higher interest rates will reshape spending behavior, from the federal government to corporate boardrooms to your kitchen table.
Jun 22
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The Political Purpose of the January 6 Hearings
Listen now (35 min) | How do you investigate something that already happened on national television?
Jun 17
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This Week in the Mayonnaise Clinic: Do My Political Donations Even Matter In These Midterms?
Plus: Who is this messaging on oil refiner profits even for?
Jun 16
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Announcing Serious Trouble!
A new legal podcast from Josh Barro and Ken White
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Democrats Don't Need a New Candidate. They Need to Show They Care About Inflation and Gas Prices.
Democrats' top three political problems are inflation, inflation and inflation, and a new presidential candidate won't fix that.
Jun 14
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Republicans Found the Weak Point of 'Woke Capital' and Are Beating It
'Woke Capital' isn't capital. It's labor — and capital can be moved against it.
Jun 10
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This Week in the Mayonnaise Clinic: Why Doesn't Biden Lift All Of Trump's Tariffs Already?
Plus: Why is Josh telling me what color shirts I can wear?
Jun 8
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Are There Any Adults at the Washington Post?
Organizations staffed by liberals have developed toxic cultures of public feuds, because management is too weak to tell employees to behave and act like…
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