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The midterms signal the return of Democratic dominance
Like 1982, 2022 may be the hard open of a new political order.
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Gird your loins, friend, for today is Election Day
Prepare to endure reasonsreasonsreasons.
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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.
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Yeah, no, Reconstruction laws were actually race conscious
Critics of affirmative action want you to believe that laws meant to protect Black people weren’t meant to protect Black people.
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Here’s everything the Democrats have done and why these midterms should be a cakewalk
No need for smoke and mirrors. It’s an overflow of facts.
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Affirmative action isn’t bias. It’s politics that rightwing justices don’t like and will strike down
That’s what we should focus on.
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Biden’s first midterm in 2022 is just like Reagan’s in 1982
Set aside the trees to look at the forest.
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Antisemitism is hate. Hate doesn’t need reasons
Poor material conditions don't turn people into antisemites.
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How big is the real working class? Bigger than you think
Democrats aren't as blind to working class interests as some pundits say. But they aren't as attentive as they should be either.
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Paul Pelosi attacker was re-running J6
David DePape planned to kidnap and interrogate Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put Congress on notice. That’s the classic logic of terrorism.
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The man trying to elect QAnon believers as secretaries of state
It’s fair to say that if Jim Marchant were secretary of state, he wouldn’t certify a Democratic victory, because he keeps telling us.
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Will the midterms end the age of gothic politics?
The possibility of nothing changing.