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Those Constant Texts Asking You to Donate to Democrats Are Scams A new analysis shows that if you give $100 to an appeal run by a leading Democratic Party vendor, only $1.60 will actually go to the campaign.

Dems and the resistance grift: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Thanks, but I already tried that once

How Democrats Could Blow the Midterms With Trump's popularity in freefall, 2026 should be a gimme for the opposition. But there are signs that the Dems could sleepwalk into disaster.

How the Dems can still fail the midterms: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Columbia’s Settlement With Trump Is Pure Cowardice The university agreed to a $221 million payout, tacitly conceding spurious right-wing conspiracy theories about higher education.

The Columbia cave-in: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The subhed here really needs to be the name of all future Chris Cillizza columns

Republicans Would Rather Shut Down Congress Than Discuss the Epstein Files The lesson for Democrats is that they should force confrontations, especially when they drive a wedge into the GOP base.

Jeffrey Epstein, House-wrecker: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Trump’s Deep-State Conspiracy Theories Are Getting Beyond His Control The president’s denial of the existence of government material on Jeffrey Epstein isn’t going over well with his followers.

MAGA's Epstein crack-up: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

ICE Is Following the Lead of Anti-Palestinian Doxxing Groups The agency's brutal racial profiling has drawn its latest targets from the McCarthyite blacklists of organizations like Canary Mission.

Armed McCarthyism: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Hear Me Out: We Should Welcome In Musk’s “America Party” The tech mogul's latest intervention in US politics serves as a perfect proof-of-concept for the futility and stupidity of billionaire-driven politics.

Egging on Elon: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s floundering over immigration leaves it without an opposition strategy.

The big brutal immigration police state: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

I first tried "Zohranize" but that sounded like a futuristic dry-cleaning technique . . .

The Democratic Party Establishment Should Follow Zohran Mamdani’s Example Once they get over the shock, the idea-starved Democrats at the national level should learn from Zohran Mamdani: actually give citizens something to vote for.

Time to Mamdani-ize the Democrats: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

These Trump Supporters Hope Bombing Iran Will Trigger the Apocalypse For many ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a military confrontation with Iran is the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy.

MAGA's true-believing Iran war base: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Home appliances swept up in expansion of Trump steel tariffs A range of imported household appliances including dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators and more will be subject to President Donald Trump's expanded steel tariffs starting later this month, according to a notice posted on Thursday.

I guess one way to protect Americans from the scourge of electric stoves is to ensure they can't afford any kind of stove. www.reuters.com/world/us/hom...

Truth-Telling Now Gets You Canned Terry Moran’s only mistake was speaking honestly at a time when loyalty to the presidency supersedes journalistic integrity.

Moran overboard: my latest for @thenation.com thenation.com/article/politics/terry-moran-gets-canned/

The 4-Year Grudge Behind Trump’s Invasion of California The president’s response to the protests in Los Angeles is a naked attempt to settle a score going back to January 6, 2021.

The J6 grudge behind Trump's LA invasion: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? By demeaning the mayoral candidate’s agenda, Andrew Cuomo offends the Black tradition of community care.

My latest for @thenation.com: Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? “To put it plainly, the myth that Black Americans can only support establishment Democrats has conditioned us to take our suffering—which is a result of capitalism—for granted.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth The Trump administration’s rhetoric echoes the same old fantasy of racial purity that animated the 20th-century right.

MAGA's civilization schtick: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Democrats' Class Trip to Nowhere A sparsely-attended forum about the working class held at a $40 million think tank—yep, sounds about right.

Class is (still) dismissed: my latest for @thenation.com thenation.com/article/politics/cap-working-class-forum-dispatch/

Why This Former Republican Has a Lot to Teach the Democrats The party should be listening to former Tea Party stalwart Joe Walsh. No, really.

A former Tea Partier's plan for Democratic revival: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

TACO is now officially the new Drumpf

Ladies and gentlemen . . . the Democrats!

Democrats Still Can’t Figure Out What Happened in 2024 A new analysis of voting patterns in the last election suggests that the party is woefully unprepared for the path forward.

Dems in dismal array: my latest for @thenation.com thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-2024-election-analysis/?nc=1

TFW the unaccountable billionaire nihilist owner of a media property gives a tongue-bath profile to his unaccountable billionaire nihilist crony

These were likely no votes who cobbled together dog-ate-my-homework alibis

Here I am on your TV, in sleep-deprived pundit mode

Hah, no, I don't write the headlines

Charlie and the Ambassadorship Factory Charlie Kushner, the newly confirmed US ambassador to France, is a vindictive, felonious, and score-settling real-estate mogul, not unlike a certain US president.

I wrote about one of the most vindictive people I’ve ever met so, uh, if something happens to me… www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Tump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie Last night, the president’s destructive spending bill passed the House by a single vote.

The big ugly lie: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...