A Divided Country

Nine ideologies. Two parties.

How Swalwell Got Away With It For So Long

His clean-cut image was belied by years of rumors.

Race for 2028 Nomination Already Underway

Ready or not, the campaign has begun.

Politics Makes Very Strange Bedfellows

The Nick Fuentes phenomenon.

The Economics President

How it started and how it’s going.

Did Gaza Cost Harris the Election?

The evidence is thin.

More Late Night Politics

Plus CBS and the Trump administration keep forgetting about the Streisand Effect.

The Irresponsible Government Model

The Epstein fallout highlights differences in the US and UK systems.

Not Ready for a Female President?

Michelle Obama thinks so.

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Politics Isn’t Just a Game

There are real life consequences.

Lazy Sunday Tabs

Nancy Pelosi to Retire

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

Democrats Win Off-Off Year Elections They Were Expected to Win

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

Dick Cheney, 1941-2025

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

SCOTUS’s Last Chance to Save the Constitution

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

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Standing Up to Trump

Can Democrats do anything?

Trump Revokes Harris’ Secret Service Extension

Former VPs get only six months of protection?!

Speaking of Messaging…

A list of words and who actually uses them!

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Faculty Lounge Language Redux

Are Democrats triggering voters by pushing the Overton Window on language, thereby subverting norms and creating barriers to participation?

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Bloodshed, Bedlam, Squalor and Worse

Authoritarianism is popular.

Have I Mentioned We Have Weak Parties?

Colbert asks Harris a question about leadership.

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Canceled

The end of an era.

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Congressional Republicans Always Cave

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.