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Thursday
March 4, 2021

The Deficit Hawks That Make Moderate Democrats Cower

Despite decades of being wrong, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget still calls the tune in Washington.

By Alex Yablon

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	The Unnatural Endurance of Bipartisanship How did “working across the aisle” become the goal and not merely the means?The Politics of Everything Podcast Hosted By Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene

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	Dr. Seuss! Mr. Potato Head! Why the Culture Wars Have Never Been Dumber Donald Trump has left a void in the discourse that is being filled with vapid nonsense.By Alex Shephard

	The Cult of the Thuggish Democratic Politician Obsessed with looking tough, the party has elevated bullies like Andrew Cuomo for years. Is that changing?By Walter Shapiro

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	Rip Up the Unemployment System and Start Again A year of mass unemployment has revealed the failures of a cruelly designed, state-run system. We can build something better.By Jacob Silverman

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