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Ross Douthat, 60 Minutes
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Joe Biden, The Atlantic
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Nicole Russell, USA Today
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Colin Woodard, Wash Monthly
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Michael McKenna, Wash Times
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Robin Abcarian, LAT
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Barry Casselman, AMAC
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Alex Shephard, TNR
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Wegmann & Andrews, WSJ
5 Midterm Winners Dems Should Build 2028 Around
Will Marshall, USA Today
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Frank Filingeri, RCP
AI's Railroad to Corruption
Ethan Zuckerman, Prospect Magazine
Anti-AI Populism Is the Future of American Politics
Garrison Lovely, The Guardian
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Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute
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Matthew Lynn, Spectator World
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Ronald W. Dworkin, Law & Liberty

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Trump Didn't Care - But His Voters Did
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What Will Democrats Do With Their Power?

In the past week, President Trump has reopened the Lincoln Reflecting Pool, which he shut down last year for repairs, put his signature on a ceremonial steel beam raised in his new ballroom, and authored a proclamation to designate the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room as national monuments. The builder-in-chief said it would protect the walls from future presidents hoping to come in with a demolition crane. Read More

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Claims that Donald Trump poses a grave threat to democracy likely contributed to Democrats’ smashing success in Tuesday’s elections. Ironically, the president’s efforts to bring more democratic accountability to government may prove to be one of his most durable achievements – despite persistent progressive pushback poised to ramp up under divided government. Read More

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The whole improbable “leading from the middle” campaign of Kansas Pastor Adam Hamilton, who switched parties in January to run against Republican Sen. Roger Marshall as a Democrat, only began to get national notice recently, after the president started freaking out about the polls he said were rubbish. But inside the state, the turn from “good thing Adam believes in miracles” to “you know, I think he could do this” happened a while ago. Read More

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