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To Beat a Strongman You Need to Show He’s Not One
Democrats may have blundered in 2024 by running against Donald Trump as an authoritarian threat to democracy. It wasn’t that the warning was wrong — Trump does crave unchecked power….
Trump and Putin Find Common Ground on Joe Biden
New York Times: “During their private meeting and their public appearance in Anchorage on Friday, both leaders blamed Mr. Biden for the war in Ukraine, never mind that Mr. Putin…
Justices Could Scrap High Profile Precedents
“The Supreme Court’s landmark opinion on same-sex marriage isn’t the only high-profile precedent the justices will have an opportunity to tinker with – or entirely scrap – when the court…
Trump Officials Hint at Possible Concessions by Putin
“President Trump and two advisers spent Sunday trying to recast the lack of a cease-fire in the war in Ukraine as one step in a possibly slow march toward peace,”…
Democrats Find Their Voice
Associated Press: “As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP’s advantage, Democrats have shown they are willing to go beyond words of outrage and…
Latin American Experiment in Socialism Nears End
Washington Post: “For nearly two decades, politics in Bolivia has been dominated by one man: Evo Morales, acolyte of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, antagonist of the United States ……
How Will the War in Ukraine End?
Wall Street Journal: “Ukraine could lose land but survive as a secure and sovereign, if shrunken, nation state. Alternatively, it could lose both land and sovereignty, falling back into Moscow’s…
Trump Is Losing Young Voters
G. Elliott Morris: “About a third of the young people who voted for Trump do not approve of his presidency.” Save to Favorites
European Leaders to Join Zelensky for White House Meeting
“European leaders said Sunday that they will join President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Monday when he meets with President Trump at the White House, as they strive to present…
Trump’s Selective Stance on Justice
New York Times: “President Trump, himself a felon, has shown particular leniency to criminals he seems to identify with — people who are white or wealthy, or who rioted in…
Putin Returns to Moscow With Air of Triumph After Summit
“Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t have scripted his first visit to the U.S. since 2015 much better,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Russian leader strutted along a red carpet…
Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance
New York Times: “After all of the pre-summit talk of land swaps and the technicalities of a possible cease-fire in Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin made clear after his meeting…
How to Keep Up With President Trump
New York Times: “A White House reporter discusses the pressures that come with covering a ‘fire hose’ of information.” Save to Favorites
Redistricting Push Would Further Divide a Polarized Congress
“President Trump’s drive to secure Republican advantage in the House through mid-decade redistricting — and Democrats’ move to retaliate with their own efforts to redraw political lines to their advantage…
Inside Newsom’s Decision to Fight Fire with Fire
Los Angeles Times: “Deep in the badlands of defeat, Democrats have soul-searched about what went wrong last November, tinkered with a thousand-plus thinkpieces and desperately cast for a strategy to…
Why Fascists Fear Teachers
Out next month: Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy by Randi Weingarten. A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy. Save…
Europe Sending Heavy Hitters Alongside Zelensky
Politico: “Plans are in the works to send at least one of Trump’s favorite interlocutors, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, along with Zelenskyy when he comes to Washington Monday to meet…
It’s Clear That Putin Rolled Trump
Stephen Collinson: “Russian President Vladimir Putin got everything he could have hoped for in Alaska. President Donald Trump got very little — judging by his own pre-summit metrics.” “The question…
ICE Plans To Double Immigrant Detention Space
“When President Donald Trump took office this year, the United States already commanded the largest immigrant detention system in the world, with the capacity to hold close to 50,000 migrants….
Trump Told Europeans He’s Open to U.S. Security Guarantees
“President Trump told European leaders that he was open to offering U.S. security guarantees to Ukraine, a significant shift in his stance toward America’s role in any end to the…
