By the Way, Kamala Harris Is a Dangerous Authoritarian

With some hard work, pluck, the right boyfriend, and a bit of genetic luck, Vice President Kamala Harris has found her way onto the presidential ballot without having to secure a single primary vote. Don’t tell me the American dream is dead. Sure, Harris is a demagogue who speaks in cringy, swirling, impenetrable platitudes. And sure, according to President Joe Biden, Harris was an identity hire. But “Morning Joe” says we’re not supposed to talk about any of that. So, let’s discuss her record and stated positions. It seems like…

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A Wild and Dangerous 2024 Experiment

“We are in this to win it,” No Labels’ chief strategist, Ryan Clancy, told me one morning earlier this month. Clancy and 16 other representatives of the beleaguered centrist group were staring at me through their respective Zoom boxes during a private briefing, electoral maps and polling data at the ready, all in defense of their quest to alter the course of the 2024 presidential campaign. He continued: “And that’s a function not only of having a ticket eventually that can accumulate electoral votes—” That’s when Nancy Jacobson, the group’s…

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The Most Dangerous Democrat in Iowa

The third graders were not interested in meeting the state auditor. It was career day at Samuelson Elementary School in Des Moines, and Rob Sand had assembled a table in the gymnasium alongside a dozen other grown-ups with jobs. All the other adults had brought props: the man from the bathroom-remodeling company handed out yellow rubber ducks, a local doctor let the kids poke and prod a model heart, and an engineer showed off a long, silly-looking tube that had something to do with the mass production of hot dogs.…

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Democrats are playing a dangerous game: ‘Deal or End American Democracy’ – CNN

Democrats are playing a dangerous game: ‘Deal or End American Democracy’  CNN House agrees to lift debt ceiling as Democrats spar over shape of broader spending bill  The Washington Post Democrats need a win — now | TheHill  The Hill Progressives in U.S. Congress open to cutting cost, not scope, of Biden bill  Reuters Democrats Debate Eligibility for Reconciliation Bill’s New Social Programs  The Wall Street Journal View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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Republicans Are Going Down a Dangerous Road – The Atlantic

Republicans Are Going Down a Dangerous Road  The Atlantic More than 100 House Republicans sign court filing in support of Texas-led election lawsuit  The Boston Globe Republicans pin hopes on long-shot Texas lawsuit to contest election results  The Texas Tribune More Than Half of House Republicans Sign On to Trump’s Election Coup  New York Magazine Trump election dispute puts Republicans into contradictions  Associated Press View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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