Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass announced that he has officially left the Republican Party, invoking a version of famous quote from his former boss, Ronald Reagan: “I didn’t leave the Republican Party; the Party left me.”
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A new Generation Lab poll of college students finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by more than 50 percentage points in the seven swing states, 76% to 24%. Save to…
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Bonus Quote of the Day
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Jon Ralston Says Harris Should Win Nevada
Jon Ralston predicts that Kamala Harris will narrowly win Nevada. “I have often predicted against my own preferences; history does not lie. I just have a feeling she will catch…
The Unique Danger of a Trumpist Oligarchy
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