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A weekly roundup of TNR's political coverage
Trump Has One Good Campaign Idea, and It’s Wrecking the GOP
In 2016, Trump won by promising not to cut Social Security and Medicare. Republicans refuse to learn from him.
by Alex Shephard
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For the first time, liberal opposition to the Ukraine invasion is beginning to reckon with Russia’s tattered empire—and a future without it.
by Casey Michel
It’s true—our entitlement programs face bankruptcy. The Republicans’ ideas are nonsense. Here’s what the Democrats should say.
by Timothy Noah
Paul Vallas has locked arms with the police, associated with an anti-LGBTQ group, and been mired in scandals. So why is he leading ahead of Tuesday’s election in the overwhelmingly Democratic city?
by Taylor Moore
Joe Biden’s callout of junk-fee marketers is enormously popular—except among the House GOPers who insist that junk fees are imaginary.
by Pablo Manríquez
From The Ticker:
The Ohio train derailment story is also a story about water pollution.

by Prem Thakker
 

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