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It's the Era of the New New Democrats

Tuesday's election results demolished the conventional wisdom that Democrats need to run cautious, corporate-friendly centrists to win in purple and red states.

Talarico Demolition Is Crown Jewel of Dems' Win

In a night full of incredible victories for Team Blue, none was more remarkable or significant than Texas state legislator James Talarico's landslide win over Attorney General Ken Paxton for a U.S. Senate seat that Republicans had held since 1961.

Progressives' Biggest Night in a Generation

In the days leading up to Tuesday's election, prognosticators issued the obligatory warning that polls could be subject to systematic error. And indeed, polls did fail to capture something: the scale of the Democratic wave.

The Twilight of Boomer Republicanism

The boomer Republican mindset exists for good reason. But it supplies no answers to the foreign-policy challenges of the last 35 years

California Billionaires Exhale as Prop 40 Goes Down

Larry Page, Larry Ellison, and Peter Thiel are breathing a sigh of relief after California voters soundly rejected Proposition 40, the ballot measure that would have taken a one-time 5% bite out of the fortunes of the state's billionaires.

Anti-War MAGA Was Right

Well, the results are in, and the Republican Party got absolutely annihilated in the midterm elections. They massively lost the House, as expected, and they also lost the Senate, as I predicted. But Democrats won way, way, way more seats than even the most partisan leftists dreamed they would get.

The Big Beautiful Mandate Trap

"So, what I really want you to do is pretend, please, that I'm on the ballot." President Trump implored Americans across the country to vote for Republican candidates based on his performance in the last two years.

A Triumph for Schumer, Jeffries

The midterm elections delivered a strong repudiation of Trump and GOP policies, and a triumph for Schumer and Jeffries.

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