Joe Biden concludes his single term as, paradoxically, one of the best and worst presidents to occupy the Oval Office. Biden’s remarkable service to the country includes defeating Donald Trump in 2020 — which in that moment had the air of saving American democracy. A seasoned dealmaker from his career …
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Donald Trump loves to talk about groceries. “The word grocery,” he said with a childlike sense of wonder during an event at the Detroit Economic Club in October. “You know, it’s a sorta simple word, but it sorta means like everything you eat. The stomach is speaking. It always does.” …
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My generation has grown up during one of the most complex and unprecedented times in American history. We’ve witnessed war, genocide, historic climate disasters, a raging gun violence epidemic, an insurrection, an economy that doesn’t work for us, and the lowest levels of trust in government — paired with an …
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As Democrats reflect on the sources of their electoral loss, recriminations are in full swing. Following in the footsteps of Mark Lilla’s 2016 op-ed that launched the genre, many have settled on blaming “wokeness.” In short, Democrats lost due to playing “identity politics”: attending to the particular concerns of anyone …
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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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By now, every pundit in America has their own 2024 election take, mostly confirming their prior opinions. Every Republican has a take, too, which is that Americans voted resoundingly for — well, for whatever policy that Republican cares about, from opposition to transgender rights to support for prayer in schools. …
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It happened, again: Democrats lost a winnable election to a racist, orange-makeup-wearing carnival barker, despite his odiousness, immorality, and unbridled corruption. This time, Donald Trump campaigned on an even darker agenda — the mass deportation of migrants, calls for more violent policing, and demands of retribution against his enemies — …
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Donald Trump continued his preelection economic event tour on Tuesday with a lengthy interview with Bloomberg at the Economic Club of Chicago. It was a total mess. Bloomberg Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait did not take it easy on Trump, and it quickly became clear that the former president has no conception …
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“My vision is to have strangers become acquaintances, then have acquaintances become friends, and have friends become family.” These words were said by branding and marketing icon Gary Vaynerchuk in front of thousands of attendees in Los Angeles during his closing remarks for Veecon 2024. Most of us spend more …
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After months of complaining about the crippling burden of high interest rates and expensive borrowing, Republicans for some strange reason don’t seem too happy that the Federal Reserve has moved to do something about it. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it is cutting interest rates by half a percentage …
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