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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US military edge has eroded to ‘a dangerous degree,’ study for Congress finds – Washington Post

Washington Post US military edge has eroded to 'a dangerous degree,' study for Congress findsWashington PostThe National Defense Strategy Commission, made up of former top Republican and Democratic officials selected by Congress, evaluated the Trump administration's 2018 National Defense Strategy, which ordered a vast reshaping of the U.S. military to …China or Russia Could Defeat “Eroded” US Military, Congress Warns in Alarming Bipartisan ReportFortune A 'crisis of national security': New report to Congress sounds alarmDefenseNews.comall 19 news articles » us congress – Google News

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