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Showing Contempt for Young Voters Is a Great Way for Democrats to Lose in November Showing Contempt for Young Voters Is a Great Way for Democrats to Lose in November
Hillary Clinton’s arrogance already lost one election. And if Joe Biden follows her example, it can easily cost another.
Jun 6, 2024 / Morbid Symptoms / Jeet Heer
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The Risks of Dementia in the House, the Senate—and the White House The Risks of Dementia in the House, the Senate—and the White House
Biden’s occasional slips, like Trump’s off-topic rambling, are likely the result of normal aging, not Alzheimers. But dementia in high places is definitely worth worrying about.
Mar 14, 2024 / Morbid Symptoms / Jeet Heer
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Biden Is Tearing His Own Coalition Apart Biden Is Tearing His Own Coalition Apart
He’s trying to have both guns and butter. But you can’t revive liberalism by tying domestic renewal to militarism.
Nov 9, 2023 / Morbid Symptoms / Jeet Heer
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Memo to Biden Admistration Policy Dissidents: Don’t Mourn. Resign. Memo to Biden Admistration Policy Dissidents: Don’t Mourn. Resign.
The best thing staffers frustrated by the president’s policy in the Israel-Gaza war can do is quit.
Nov 1, 2023 / Morbid Symptoms / Jeet Heer
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The Right’s Latest Target: Unmarried Women The Right’s Latest Target: Unmarried Women
Archconservatives find single women threatening, and they’re trying to browbeat them into submission.
Oct 17, 2023 / Morbid Symptoms / Jeet Heer
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The Other Kennedy Curse The Other Kennedy Curse
Kennedy family mythology is bad history, bad politics—and perhaps as unfair to the living Kennedys as to anyone else.
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The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize
Calling out corrupt judges and reactionary courts is good policy—and good politics.
![What’s Behind the New Calls to Invade Mexico](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/amlo-flag-getty.jpg)
What’s Behind the New Calls to Invade Mexico What’s Behind the New Calls to Invade Mexico
The right can claim it’s about defeating cartels or defending democracy, but it’s really about resource extraction.
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Why It’s Okay for Progressives to Enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall Why It’s Okay for Progressives to Enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried’s Downfall
The fallen plutocrat was also the chief financier of a counterrevolution inside the Democratic Party.
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The Perils of Fortress NATO, Gatekeepers to Europe’s Walled Garden The Perils of Fortress NATO, Gatekeepers to Europe’s Walled Garden
The West’s exclusive focus on Ukraine is creating a new global divide.