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Aug15 Gerrymandering: Newsom Is on the Case
Aug15 Trade Wars: Inflation Numbers Show Movement in the Wrong Direction
Aug15 Culture Wars: "Kennedy Center" to Crown Five New Honorees
Aug15 Big Brother: When Your Face Is Not Your Own
Aug15 Never Forget: Irish Seaman
Aug15 I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Quartz Crystal
Aug15 This Week in Schadenfreude: Trumpy Burger Seller Runs into a Small Complication (Two of Them, Actually)
Aug15 This Week in Freudenfreude: The Learned Words of Learned Hand
Aug14 D.C. Is the First, but Governors and Mayors Worry There Will Be More Takeovers
Aug14 Zelenskyy Is Desperately Trying to Keep Trump from Selling out Ukraine Tomorrow
Aug14 Appeals Court Rules That Trump Can Impound Foreign Aid Appropriated by Congress
Aug14 The Redistricting Wars Continue
Aug14 It's Still the Economy, Stupid
Aug14 Trump Is Working to Censor Smithsonian Museums
Aug14 Poll: Hochul Leads Stefanik by 14 Points
Aug14 Beshear Wows Democrats at Fundraiser
Aug14 Truck Manufacturers Get Out of Emissions Deal with California
Aug13 The Redistricting War Rages On
Aug13 Confirmed: E.J. Antoni Is the Baghdad Bob of Labor Statistics
Aug13 Legal News, Part I: The Voting Rights Act on Life Support
Aug13 Legal News, Part II: UCLA Wins in Court
Aug13 Candidate News: U.S. Senate
Aug13 Mamdani Is Polling Very Well, Indeed
Aug13 Democratic Presidential Candidate of the Week, #30: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Aug13 Never Forget: I Remain, as Ever, Your Kinsman
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part I: Trump Invades Washington, D.C.
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part II: China Gets a Break
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part III: Trump Finally Gets around to UCLA
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part IV: Imaginary Numbers
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part V: The Spoils of Office
Aug12 Never Forget: No Time to Turn the Truck Around
Aug11 Trump to Meet Putin in Alaska
Aug11 Voters in the Swing States Are Unhappy with Trump's Tariffs
Aug11 Trump Goes after Letitia James
Aug11 Trump Is Threatening to Take Harvard's Patents
Aug11 Trump's Retribution Tour Is in Full Swing
Aug11 Retirement Season Is on Hold
Aug11 Blue-State Republicans Are Upset with New Redistricting Push
Aug11 Should Democrats Threaten a Project 2026?
Aug10 Sunday Mailbag
Aug09 Saturday Q&A
Aug09 Reader Question of the Week: We Shall Return
Aug08 Trumponomics: A Trade War, Based on Pretzel Logic
Aug08 L'Etat C'est Trump: Maybe Antifa Was on to Something
Aug08 I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: A Burger or a Wiener?
Aug08 This Week in Schadenfreude: Gabbard Getting Flak from All Sides
Aug08 This Week in Freudenfreude: Another Glass Ceiling Goes Kaput
Aug07 There Are Tapes
Aug07 Newsom Will Bet the Farm on Redistricting
Aug07 Trump's Tariffs Could Backfire in Numerous Ways
Aug15 Trade Wars: Inflation Numbers Show Movement in the Wrong Direction
Aug15 Culture Wars: "Kennedy Center" to Crown Five New Honorees
Aug15 Big Brother: When Your Face Is Not Your Own
Aug15 Never Forget: Irish Seaman
Aug15 I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Quartz Crystal
Aug15 This Week in Schadenfreude: Trumpy Burger Seller Runs into a Small Complication (Two of Them, Actually)
Aug15 This Week in Freudenfreude: The Learned Words of Learned Hand
Aug14 D.C. Is the First, but Governors and Mayors Worry There Will Be More Takeovers
Aug14 Zelenskyy Is Desperately Trying to Keep Trump from Selling out Ukraine Tomorrow
Aug14 Appeals Court Rules That Trump Can Impound Foreign Aid Appropriated by Congress
Aug14 The Redistricting Wars Continue
Aug14 It's Still the Economy, Stupid
Aug14 Trump Is Working to Censor Smithsonian Museums
Aug14 Poll: Hochul Leads Stefanik by 14 Points
Aug14 Beshear Wows Democrats at Fundraiser
Aug14 Truck Manufacturers Get Out of Emissions Deal with California
Aug13 The Redistricting War Rages On
Aug13 Confirmed: E.J. Antoni Is the Baghdad Bob of Labor Statistics
Aug13 Legal News, Part I: The Voting Rights Act on Life Support
Aug13 Legal News, Part II: UCLA Wins in Court
Aug13 Candidate News: U.S. Senate
Aug13 Mamdani Is Polling Very Well, Indeed
Aug13 Democratic Presidential Candidate of the Week, #30: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Aug13 Never Forget: I Remain, as Ever, Your Kinsman
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part I: Trump Invades Washington, D.C.
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part II: China Gets a Break
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part III: Trump Finally Gets around to UCLA
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part IV: Imaginary Numbers
Aug12 Abuse of Power, Part V: The Spoils of Office
Aug12 Never Forget: No Time to Turn the Truck Around
Aug11 Trump to Meet Putin in Alaska
Aug11 Voters in the Swing States Are Unhappy with Trump's Tariffs
Aug11 Trump Goes after Letitia James
Aug11 Trump Is Threatening to Take Harvard's Patents
Aug11 Trump's Retribution Tour Is in Full Swing
Aug11 Retirement Season Is on Hold
Aug11 Blue-State Republicans Are Upset with New Redistricting Push
Aug11 Should Democrats Threaten a Project 2026?
Aug10 Sunday Mailbag
Aug09 Saturday Q&A
Aug09 Reader Question of the Week: We Shall Return
Aug08 Trumponomics: A Trade War, Based on Pretzel Logic
Aug08 L'Etat C'est Trump: Maybe Antifa Was on to Something
Aug08 I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: A Burger or a Wiener?
Aug08 This Week in Schadenfreude: Gabbard Getting Flak from All Sides
Aug08 This Week in Freudenfreude: Another Glass Ceiling Goes Kaput
Aug07 There Are Tapes
Aug07 Newsom Will Bet the Farm on Redistricting
Aug07 Trump's Tariffs Could Backfire in Numerous Ways
