The Obstacle Chuck Schumer Left Out of His Big Israel Speech

Polls have shown for years that more and more Democrats, now a majority, favor a more even-handed U.S. approach to Israel-Palestine. Congress is always the last to find out, but both Schumer’s and Ocasio-Cortez’s speeches are evidence that this is Continue reading The Obstacle Chuck Schumer Left Out of His Big Israel Speech

Guess Which Shady Trump Official Is About to Make His Big Debut Return

Donald Trump may soon bring back his former campaign manager Paul Manafort to help with the 2024 reelection campaign, a move that could resurrect accusations of Russian collusion in the former president’s favor. Manafort was convicted of tax and bank Continue reading Guess Which Shady Trump Official Is About to Make His Big Debut Return

The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

Moreover, the common carriage approach isn’t a recipe for more hate speech: This problem is a function of these platforms’ basic business model—surveillance advertising. In the 1990s, people could express white supremacist views on bulletin boards, but their posts wouldn’t Continue reading The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

The Big Thing About Trump’s Presidency that Team Biden Needs to Get

Because the economy dominates people’s thoughts along these lines, and until the pandemic, the economy under Trump was pretty good, at least in the ways we measure these things. Let’s start with the most basic measure, jobs. In Barack Obama’s Continue reading The Big Thing About Trump’s
Presidency that Team Biden Needs to Get

How Tom Suozzi’s Big Win Upended Washington’s Border Wars

I know it’s tough, but let’s not read too much into this. Yes, Democrat Tom Suozzi won the special House election vacated after the ouster of George Santos, flipping the Long Island and Queens–based district. But while his defeat of Continue reading How Tom Suozzi’s Big Win Upended Washington’s Border Wars

Shocker: A Big Win for Dems Flips the Script on Trump’s Favorite Issue

Earlier this week, Democrats executed a remarkable 8-point win in a special House election in suburban Long Island, a race that was all about immigration. Republicans ran millions of dollars in ads on the issue, yet Democrat Tom Suozzi prevailed, Continue reading Shocker: A Big Win for Dems Flips the Script on Trump’s Favorite Issue

Pennsylvania Democrats Just Won a Big Election—And It Deserves Your Attention

Pennsylvania Democrats secured a huge victory in Tuesday night’s special election, which will allow them to maintain control of the state House of Representatives. Democrat Jim Prokopiak defeated Republican Candace Cabana in the state House race in Bucks County, just Continue reading Pennsylvania Democrats Just Won a Big Election—And It Deserves Your Attention

The Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s Big Chevron Case Moonlight as Anti–Offshore Wind Activists

As researchers at Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab illustrated in a recent study on East Coast anti–offshore wind advocacy, right-wing groups—often funded by fossil fuel interests—frequently offer material support to these typically grassroots opposition movements. Polluter-backed think tanks such Continue reading The Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court’s Big Chevron Case Moonlight as Anti–Offshore Wind Activists