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Eleanor Clift

Eleanor Clift

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Sonia Sotomayor Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Early Retirement

The calls to step down come from both the left and center—amplified by law professors, scholarly legal journals, and anti-Trump pundits—warning...

05.04.2024 9

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How to Manage the Biden-Trump 2024 Debates (If They Debate at All)

Now that we have two presumptive nominees attacking each other at every turn, will they dare to debate? The assumption among the Washington...

25.03.2024 8

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Court’s Contraception Ruling Is a Scary Sign of What May Come

A Fifth Circuit ruling upholding a Texas law that requires parental consent for under-age teens to access contraception gives validity to the argument...

13.03.2024 50

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If Trump Drops Out Today, Nikki Haley Still Won’t Be the Republican Nominee

She’s waging a valiant fight, keeping hope alive that Republican voters will realize Donald Trump is unfit for office and turn away from him before...

27.02.2024 10

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There’s Barely Any Political Daylight Between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley

Is Nikki Haley a middle-of-the-road Republican? The kind they used to make before Donald Trump hijacked the GOP and obliterated the traditional...

03.02.2024 10

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The Big Lie Is the South’s New Lost Cause

In the three years since armed insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump and his allies have rewritten history to portray the rioters as...

13.01.2024 50

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Biden Brought Unprecedented Diversity to the Courts. Will Voters Reward Him For It?

The Biden campaign is making a big bet on voters waking up to how much President Joe Biden has accomplished, especially how much he has transformed...

09.01.2024 7

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The Only Republicans With Balls Are Women

For a political party that has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to women, the Republicans most out front challenging the GOP’s Trumpian...

14.12.2023 20

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Democrats Can Win if They Make the 2024 Election About Healthcare

Of all the issues before voters, healthcare remains the holy grail for Democrats. In the last three election cycles, it delivered Democratic victories...

06.12.2023 10

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Centrist Senators Blew an Easy Opportunity to Pass a Simple Gun Safety Measure

Just hours before an Army reservist shot up a bowling alley and then a bar in rural Maine, the U.S. Senate voted to prohibit the Veterans...

01.11.2023 50

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Dean Phillips’ Ego Is Running Against Biden for President

Wildly successful in business, and the first Democrat to represent his congressional district in 60 years, it’s not surprising that Rep. Dean...

28.10.2023 4

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Who Will Finally Win the GOP’s Clown Show Search for House Speaker?

Republicans convene again today in their search for a House Speaker, and it doesn’t look promising. They can’t even agree on whether to keep...

13.10.2023 2

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Can’t Count on Democrats to Save Him From the Nuts in His Own Party

Democracy is messy. Everybody gets to have their say, it takes longer than it should, nobody gets everything they want, and in the end, the majority...

03.10.2023 2

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Dianne Feinstein Blazed a Path From City Hall to Senate

The media crowned her Di-Fi, shorthand that captured the striking presence and confident leadership that Dianne Feinstein projected as an early...

29.09.2023 9

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Auto Workers’ Strike Has GOP Pretending to Be ‘Pro-Worker’

As its workers remain on strike, the Big Three U.S. automakers can’t defend raising their multimillion dollar salaries by a higher percentage than...

20.09.2023 3

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Impeachment Inquiry Shows Kevin McCarthy Is a Hostage In His Own House

The House Speaker is living up to his last name, reviving a 21st century McCarthyism with lots of ominous sounding allegations about bank records and...

13.09.2023 60

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