Donald Trump is a habitual liar. Despite his constant denials, most people believe he slept with a porn star and then paid her to keep their liaison quiet. Certainly the New York jury that found him guilty of 34 felonies for falsifying business records didn’t buy his story. However, big lies sometimes work. Public opinion […]

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With the election little more than a week away, the political scientist and strategist Rachel Bitecofer, author of the tough-minded Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts, sees some grounds for optimism about Kamala Harris in a nail-biting race that is effectively tied and still too close to call. As a confidential advisor to some campaigns in […]

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Donald Trump’s plans for overturning the election result if he loses again have become increasingly visible. This year, Team Trump’s attack on our election system encompasses three distinct phases. In Phase One, state and local officials loyal to Trump—aided and abetted by outside pressure groups and lawyers—erect obstacles designed to suppress votes for Harris, Walz, […]

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This article is published in partnership with the The Center for Media and Democracy. The appearance of Teamsters president Sean O’Brien at the Republican convention in July was the most public salvo yet in an otherwise quiet conservative debate: whether, and how, to embrace labor, and what to do about the union question. O’Brien’s unusual […]

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Sioux Falls, SD — When your roots are planted too deep in red soil to move, and the GOP has applied Roundup to your party, the question becomes, now what? For our feisty little band of Dakotans, the answer is direct democracy. The instrument is unwieldy. It can explode in your hands. But it’s all […]

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