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Time to start busting trusts again
The Biden administration got the memo.
The Democrats didn’t perform well in spite of inflation. They performed well because of it
Turn the conventional wisdom on its head.
The Supreme Court controlled the midterms
It drove the issues. It dictated access to the ballot.
The GOP will take the House. Let’s get back to work
Enough high-fiving and fist-bumping.
From the midterms, the most important takeaway: the electorate has changed
It has shifted leftward its center of gravity.
‘Division’ and ‘polarization’ got us here. They’ll get us out
The press corps treats democratic politics as abnormal. That’s what happens when democratic politics threatens the status quo.
GOP elites are shopping around, but they’re stuck with Trump
Cults end when the leader dies.
The midterms signal the return of Democratic dominance
Like 1982, 2022 may be the hard open of a new political order.
Gird your loins, friend, for today is Election Day
Prepare to endure reasonsreasonsreasons.
Democracy is not on the ballot, but some democracies are
Let’s stop talking as if there were a singular national democracy – as if there were a singular national America – in these United States.