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The Ghosts of Woke 1.0
Wisconsin Democrat Francesca Hong sounds like a time traveler from the height of left-wing craziness in 2020. Will it cost her the governorship?
River Page
‘A Turning Point for Our Nation’: How Abdul El-Sayed Won
In Michigan this week, I saw the future of the Democratic Party. It is angry, energized, and on the march.
Olivia Reingold
Abdul El-Sayed’s Victory and the Democrats’ Anti-American Turn
In 2008, Obama had to renounce his association with an anti-American preacher to win his party’s nomination. In 2026, El-Sayed embraced an anti-American…
Eli Lake
Roy Cooper, Sherrod Brown, and the Road to Democratic Victory
While radical left newcomers like Abdul El-Sayed get the media attention, veteran candidates like Roy Cooper in North Carolina and Sherrod Brown in Ohio…
Mene Ukueberuwa
The Black Voters Who Could Decide the Country’s Biggest Democratic Primary
Trailing in the polls behind progressive insurgent Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens is hoping black voters can save her. Olivia Reingold reports from…
Olivia Reingold
The Inside Story of How Democrats Lost the Working Class
I spent my entire career helping progressives get elected. Then I watched my party abandon everything it claimed to stand for.
Evan Barker
Tyler Cowen: America Isn’t an Oligarchy
The left preaches that a small group of ultrawealthy people are steering the country. But the problems in our politics stem from popular demand.
Tyler Cowen
The President Who Cried ‘Election Fraud’
Donald Trump presented an alarming picture of foreign adversaries undermining American democracy in his televised address. But does he have any…
Eli Lake
Ditching Platner May Not Be a Win for Democrats
The conventional wisdom is that Democrats are better off without him. But Susan Collins is strong, and Platner’s successors lack much of what made him a…
Mark Halperin
Melat Kiros Called October 7 ‘Inevitable’ and May Be Heading to Congress
The 29-year-old political novice is the latest DSA candidate to topple an incumbent Democrat. She refused to call an attack on Jews ‘antisemitic’ and…
Olivia Reingold
Rod Dreher: What I Learned in Hungary
Orbán’s Hungary was neither the semi-fascist state its critics claimed, nor the model its admirers imagined. After four years living the experiment, I…
Rod Dreher
Our Revolutionary Moment. Plus. . .
Pete Hegseth is firing the wrong general. America’s first girlboss. And more.
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