In the days following Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, Democratic politicians, journalists, and pundits have been searching for potential explanations for Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. We have offered up some of our own. On Monday, Rolling Stone spoke with Michael Podhorzer, former longtime political director for the AFL-CIO, the …
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The morning after the election, James Zogby — a stalwart member of the Democratic National Committee for more than three decades — called Rolling Stone to unload. Zogby had been one of the Democratic Party’s few, openly dissenting voices during the campaign. He spoke at length with Rolling Stone about …
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President-elect Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail when it comes to tax policy, from ending the federal income tax in favor of tariffs to eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits, tips, and overtime pay. But if the past is prologue, there’s only one he’s certain …
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Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign started out fun. It opened with the politics of joy, and a hearty dose of mockery aimed at Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance. The campaign quickly adopted a different tack — attempting to project strength and leadership, while courting support from Republicans concerned …
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During the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, Kamala Harris toured battleground states with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. After she and her dad, Iraq War architect and former Vice President Dick Cheney, endorsed Harris, the Democratic nominee said she was “honored to have their endorsement,” calling them “well-respected,” and …
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EL PASO, Texas — In a campaign visit to the Arizona–Mexico border in September, Vice President Kamala Harris promised to institute “more severe criminal charges” for people who attempt to cross the border without adequate paperwork, touting her record as a prosecutor. Five years ago, while campaigning for president, Harris …
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Ruwa Romman is a Georgia state representative. She is the first Muslim woman elected to the Georgia state House and first Palestinian elected to any public office in the state’s history. I landed back home two days after I was initially supposed to, after a whirlwind week at the Democratic …
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Nassau County is the land of political nepo babies. It’s a place where, for most of the modern political era, “patronage jobs” have been handed out liberally to friends, family members, and supporters of the party in power— which has largely been the Republican Party. Laura Gillen’s family learned this …
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In his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump debuted the turducken of dog whistles: the claim that Harris would funnel taxpayer money to surgeries for transgender immigrants in prison. Since then, Republicans have put $60 million over two weeks into airing anti-trans ads heaped atop their public speaking …
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CHICAGO — You could hear the bass from the warehouse at the end of a deserted street from blocks away. Inside, influencers hoisting “Hotties for Harris”-branded coconuts and “Walz on the Beach” cocktails were twerking to a remix of Tinashe’s Nasty Girl on the dance floor, while their friends posed …
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