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A weekly roundup of TNR's political coverage
15 Reasons Why Trump Should Be Favored Against Biden in 2024
There’s no way the polls should be close. But they are. Way close. And remember—the pollsters have underestimated Trump twice before.
by Brynn Tannehill
Joe Manchin’s Extremely Annoying Political Strategy Is Backfiring
The West Virginia Senator may live to regret not doing more to support his party’s most popular ideas.
by Jess Coleman

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It’s All One Huge Indictment
The right way to think about Trump’s four indictments is as one grand narrative of grotesque and all-encompassing corruption.
by Alex Shephard
A Police Raid on a Kansas Newspaper Could Force the DOJ’s Hand
The publisher of the Marion County Record says local law enforcement unleashed “Gestapo tactics” on his organization over the weekend.
by Matt Ford
Moms for Liberty Recruits a New Class of Aggrieved Mothers
The burgeoning group, which has scored hundreds of school board election victories, is busy drafting more “joyful warriors” to take control of the Republican agenda.
by Melissa Gira Grant
How the Supreme Court Could Ban the Abortion Pill
A conservative judge advanced a new legal theory in the recent mifepristone ruling. But will it prove to be too radical for the high court?
by Matt Ford
We Are Still Waiting for a Convincing Conservative Attack on Bidenomics
The right wing struck out. Now moderate Republicans are whiffing, too.
by Timothy Noah
The Conservative Legal Roadmap to Disqualify Trump From Office
A pair of originalist scholars say that Article 3 of the 14th Amendment is alive and well—and capable of ending the former president's return to the White House.
by Matt Ford
The Two Heroes of the Georgia Indictment
Trump and his mobsters tried to bully election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss. They stood their ground.
by Timothy Noah
There Can Be No Saving the Republican Party
The pundits who insist that the GOP must be rescued from itself need to understand—that ship has sailed.
by Rich Logis

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