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                        Oct 30, 2025 Democrats have something the opposition party in a shutdown showdown has never had: the upper hand. Why give it up now? 
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                        Oct 4, 2025 Republicans can kill the filibuster and end the government shutdown without any Democrats. But will they do it? 
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                        Oct 1, 2025 Republicans can kill the filibuster and end the government shutdown without any Democrats. But will they do it? 
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                        Sep 27, 2025 Trump’s threat of mass federal layoffs makes Democrats’ risky shutdown strategy even worse. Here’s why they should walk away. 
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                        Sep 26, 2025 Trump’s threat of mass federal layoffs makes Democrats’ risky shutdown strategy even worse. Here’s why they should walk away. 
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                        Sep 12, 2025 The published excerpt from Harris’s memoir provides evidence that Joe Biden didn’t intend for his VP to succeed him in 2024. 
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                        Sep 9, 2025 Democrats shouldn't abet Republicans by supporting their spending bills. Nor should they own a government shutdown, as Klein argues. 
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                        Jul 22, 2025 Republicans broke the budget deal. Democrats should stop negotiating and let them keep the government open alone. 
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                        Jul 18, 2025 Adelita Grijalva’s landslide win over Deja Foxx shows that real-world connections still matter more than social media influence in politics. 
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                        Jul 12, 2025 Rising debt may force Democrats to revisit Clinton- and Obama-era strategies for balancing budgets and progressive priorities. 
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                        Jul 11, 2025 Could Elon Musk succeed where Ross Perot failed? With deep pockets and disaffected voters, a third party bid may be more plausible. 
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                        Jun 20, 2025 While Democrats fret about messaging, Republicans discover Trump's campaign magic doesn't work for governing. 
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                        Jun 10, 2025 The multibillionaire should quit attacking Trump and aim his fire at the president’s “disgusting abomination” of a bill. 
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                        Jun 7, 2025 Trump pursuing options as part of a nuclear deal with Iran isn’t “outrageous.” Schumer shouldn’t get in the president’s way. 
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                        May 24, 2025 The House faction of budget hawks yammers about cutting deficits, but this week, when it came to Trump’s budget bill, once again, they caved. 
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                        May 22, 2025 Democratic presidential aspirants should not feel obligated to self-flagellate to win back the public trust. 
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                        May 16, 2025 Either the Freedom Caucus accepts that the deficit won’t get cut, or the Republican budget package will collapse under its weight. 
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                        May 10, 2025 Trump is resorting to a risky executive order to force down prescription drug prices, as his influence wanes with Congress. 
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                        May 9, 2025 Trump is resorting to a risky executive order to force down prescription drug prices, as his influence wanes with Congress. 
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                        May 5, 2025 The economy is foremost in voters' minds, but if presidential corruption harms the economy, there is only one recourse. 
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                        Apr 16, 2025 The voting public should hear the simple message: Democrats will end the global trade war and restore global trade peace. 
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                        Mar 14, 2025 Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the government open without restraining mass government worker layoffs. 
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                        Mar 8, 2025 The opposition party doesn’t have to form a circular firing squad. What they have been doing to respond is working. 
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                        Mar 7, 2025 The opposition party doesn’t have to form a circular firing squad. What they have been doing to respond is working. 
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                        Feb 6, 2025 Trump demands more territory from Greenland to Gaza as if America were a real estate holding company. But most Americans won’t get a penny. 
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                        Jan 16, 2025 More progressive media would be great, but experience is full of disastrous efforts to create liberal outlets. 
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                        Jan 7, 2025 Plus, where Democrats went wrong in New York, how we can win the war against DUIs, and why Biden should approve the Nippon Steel deal — all in the January 2, 2025 newsletter. 
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                        Jan 2, 2025 New concessions from the Japanese company give Biden a legitimate reason to abandon his opposition to the sale of U.S. Steel.