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Aug
16

How Kamala’s Campaign is Rewriting the Rules—and Making Trump Melt Down

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Aug
14

Is American Media Fit for a Democracy?

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Aug
12

Is America Outgrowing Donald Trump?

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Aug
09

Love Is the Message, Or Why Harris and Walz are Winning

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Aug
07

Why America's Electrified By Kamala And Tim

America’s electrified. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have infused the country with a new energy, and that’s what
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Aug
04

Big Media’s Fascism Normalization Problem, or, Why Our Institutions Are Stuck in the Past

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6 min read
Aug
02

Why Calling Them “Weird” is Working, and What it Really Means

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Jul
30

Can Kamala Win?

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Jul
28

JD Vance’s Negative Charisma, and How Fascism Accelerates

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Jul
27

The Kamala Vibe Shift

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