midterm-elections
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Balkans To Brazil: Lesson For American Voters In Midterm Elections
This weekend, the world reminded us that democracy, for all its vulnerabilities and threats, often from within, is beating strong. That reminder comes just when we need it most. Voters who had grown weary of strongmen, political intimidation, corruption, and leaders who mistake public office for personal entitlement took a strong stand in two places… Continue reading
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The Midterm Mistake Machine: Republicans Keep Creating Their Own Problems
The official White House document for the new AI safety agreement contains a prominent typographical error, misspelling Donald Trump’s title as “President of the Unites States” instead of “United States”. As of Wednesday morning, the glaring error remained uncorrected. This is not a scandal or a headline story. The irony, however, is almost too perfect… Continue reading
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Iowa’s Farm Woes Will Echo At The Ballot Box
Tim Russert famously used a handheld whiteboard to map out potential Electoral College outcomes. To emphasize exactly which state would decide the winner in 2000, he scribbled the iconic phrase: “Florida, Florida, Florida”. Since June of this year, without a whiteboard or a television show, I repeated one state to friends and folks who engage… Continue reading
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Why America Can’t Risk “Another Chance” For Trump and His GOP Congress
JD Vance has been making the rounds asking the country to give the Trump White House and congressional Republicans “another chance.” I cannot fathom the extent of his hutzpah, but there he is on television, pleading with voters for more time to enact GOP plans and plots on the nation. “Another chance” is a tidy… Continue reading
