Election 2020
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Impeachment as a Derailer of the Judges Train
Today on TAP: Can a Senate trial stop the Trump judges from being confirmed? Read more
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Democrats Have Learned Nothing From 2018 (or 2008)
By taking super PAC support, Joe Biden and other 2020 candidates are ceding legitimacy on fighting money in politics. Read more
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Bloomberg News’s Curious Interpretation of Editorial Independence
The business news website treats corporate propaganda like some brilliant new insight, as long as it comes from a Wall Street Democrat. Read more
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How Targeting Student Voters Can Pay Dividends in 2020
An innovative voter turnout program that helped a 20-year-old’s city council election in Ames, Iowa, could point a way forward. Read more
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Mayor Pete’s Status Quo Bias
Changing the trajectory of the country is apparently off the table. Read more
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Bloomberg’s Degradation of Journalism
Today on TAP: The presidential candidate’s entry calls off one of the nation’s largest news outlets from investigative coverage Read more
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How Bloomberg and Sanders Could Decide the Democratic Race
Neither will win the nomination, but by accumulating delegates one of them may determine who does. Read more
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This 27-Year-Old Candidate for Congress Plans to Tackle Everyday Gun Violence
Robert Emmons Jr. is challenging 27-year incumbent Bobby Rush in the Democratic primary. Read more
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Bloomberg and Patrick—Gifts to Warren
Today on TAP: New entrants complicate the Democratic field Read more
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African Americans Already Know Pete Buttigieg Very Well
He’s shown that he doesn’t understand the daily realities of being black in America. Read more
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What Obama Really Wants
His interventions in the presidential race are music to the ears of the wealthy and powerful. Read more
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McKinsey Employees Open Their Wallets for Alumnus Pete Buttigieg
Executives from the consulting firm’s energy, banking, and health care practices have maxed out to Mayor Pete’s presidential campaign. Read more
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Americans Can’t Wait for Washington to Design Family Care Programs When States Have Tools to Act
Democratic presidential candidates finally tackled family leave in the November debate, but a major study shows that states can take steps now to address caregiving needs. Read more
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Pete Caught in Headlights; Kamala Unbound
Buttigieg summons shades of Michael Dukakis. No offense to Dukakis, but that’s not good. Read more
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Piling on Elizabeth Warren
Today on TAP: Wall Street Democrats fear a Warren nomination Read more
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Trump’s Strange Absence From Democratic Campaign Messages
Democrats are failing to connect Trump to their larger critique of the status quo political economy. Read more
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Senate Candidate Jess Scarane Is Running to Shake Up Delaware Politics
The primary challenger to Chris Coons wants to put the public interest ahead of the establishment status quo in the corporate-friendly state. Read more
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A Road Map to Warren’s Entire Administration
The presidential candidate’s Medicare for All transition plan is a muddle. But it reveals her theory of progress. Read more
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Top Democratic Consultants Working for Anti–Medicare for All Campaign
The industry-led Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, which has assailed Democratic presidential candidates’ reform plans, is drawing on Democratic firms for assistance. Read more
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How Elizabeth Warren Misread the Politics of Health Care
She got caught in a policy duel with herself, and was late to understanding how important health care is to the Democratic base. Read more
