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Peter Thiel’s Handpicked Candidates Are Train Wrecks
The tech billionaire wants to remake the Republican Party—and America. But Blake Masters and J.D. Vance are lagging in the polls, and struggling to raise money.
by Alex Shephard
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Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump tapped for the federal bench in 2020, threw out the rules to boost his flimsy legal defense.
by Matt Ford
For their policies to succeed, Democrats need to tie their economic ideas to the broader ideals all Americans are taught to cherish.
by Michael Tomasky
Republicans could be poised to return veto-proof majorities in the state houses. Goodbye, abortion rights. So long, voting rights.
by Daniel Strauss
It isn't just that she’s a Trump appointee who’s hedging her bets. It’s also that special masters are unaccountable and undemocratic.
by Timothy Noah
From the archives:
How the September 11 attacks changed Shanksville, Pennsylvania

by Craig Fehrman

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