Campaigns and Elections

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House on July 14, 2024.

I Left Biden’s Campaign Over Gaza. Here’s How Harris Can Earn My Trust Again. I Left Biden’s Campaign Over Gaza. Here’s How Harris Can Earn My Trust Again.

The president’s foreign policy choices in the Middle East and Ukraine have been disasters. Harris needs to make a decisive break.

Aug 16, 2024 / Amed Khan

President Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School on July 05, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.

When Will the Biden Dead-Enders Admit They Were Wrong? When Will the Biden Dead-Enders Admit They Were Wrong?

Hey, can we circle back to when many supposedly intelligent people were making one of the most obviously ridiculous political arguments of all time?

Aug 16, 2024 / Joshua A. Cohen

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris speak about lowering prescription drug costs at an event at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland.

A Biden-Harris Lovefest A Biden-Harris Lovefest

The were celebrating a landmark Medicare price reduction, but they were really putting their partnership back on display.

Aug 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Jack Posobiec

Jack Posobiec Calls Leftists “Unhuman.” JD Vance Seems to Agree. Jack Posobiec Calls Leftists “Unhuman.” JD Vance Seems to Agree.

The alt-right grifter’s new book echoes and endorses fascist rhetoric. And the Republican vice presidential candidate blurbed it.

Aug 15, 2024 / Katha Pollitt

Project 2025, Going Backward

Project 2025, Going Backward Project 2025, Going Backward

Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller is trying to distance himself and his organization from Project 2025. (Painting inspired by Philip Guston’s KKK Paintings.)

Aug 15, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Ilhan Omar peaks during a news conference calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the US Capitol on November 13, 2023.

Ilhan Omar’s Very Big, Very Important Win Ilhan Omar’s Very Big, Very Important Win

Running as an outspoken supporter of a ceasefire in Gaza, Omar dramatically increased her Democratic primary victory margin. Shouldn’t we be paying more attention?

Aug 15, 2024 / John Nichols

A YouTube screenshot of a Kamala Harris meme.

Can Harris and Walz Meme Their Way to the White House? Can Harris and Walz Meme Their Way to the White House?

The online jokes are not just about having fun. They represent a newfound political energy within the Democratic Party.

Aug 14, 2024 / Ginny Hogan

Police officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California at Irvine on May 15, 2024.

Trump, the Military, and the Insurrection Act Trump, the Military, and the Insurrection Act

Will soldiers be occupying our cities?

Aug 14, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

Kamala Harris arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on August 6, 2024.

Democrats Need to Stop Trashing Palestinian Voters if They Want to Win Democrats Need to Stop Trashing Palestinian Voters if They Want to Win

Palestinian Americans have learned that the Democratic Party will bomb your homeland, kill your family, use your own money to do it, and still expect your vote.

Aug 14, 2024 / Layla Saliba

Donald Trump computer

The Press Has the Trump Campaign’s E-Mails. Why Haven’t We Seen Them? The Press Has the Trump Campaign’s E-Mails. Why Haven’t We Seen Them?

The media went berserk over Hillary Clinton's leaked e-mails in 2016. But when Trump campaign messages leaked this year, standards changed.

Aug 14, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

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