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Jamie Raskin on How to Fight Trump—John Nichols on the Dems After Platner

Representative Raskin lays out a strategy for the House, and The Nation’s Nichols talks about the Senate races, including Maine.

Jon Wiener

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Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks to voters at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Laura Brett / Getty Images)

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Jamie Raskin: How to Fight Trump; plus Dems after Platner / Start Making Sense
byThe Nation Magazine

Jamie Raskin, Democrat from Maryland, talks about Congress reforming the Supreme Court, and the House challenging Trump’s corruption. His article in the current issue of The Nation magazine is “We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government.”

Also: John Nichols assesses the Democrats’ Senate candidates in the wake of the replacement of Graham Platner in Maine.

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On this episode of Start Making Sense, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee lays out a strategy for the House, and John Nichols talks about the Senate races, including Maine.

Jamie Raskin, Democrat from Maryland, talks about Congress reforming the Supreme Court, and the House challenging Trump’s corruption. His article in the current issue of The Nation is “We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government.”

Also: John Nichols assesses the Democrats’ Senate candidates in the wake of the replacement of Graham Platner in Maine.

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The Nation Podcasts

Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.

Jamie Raskin: How to Fight Trump; plus Dems after Platner / Start Making Sense
byThe Nation Magazine

Jamie Raskin, Democrat from Maryland, talks about Congress reforming the Supreme Court, and the House challenging Trump’s corruption. His article in the current issue of The Nation magazine is “We Must Restore Congress as the Predominant Branch of Government.”

Also: John Nichols assesses the Democrats’ Senate candidates in the wake of the replacement of Graham Platner in Maine.

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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.


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