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Category: <span>Democratic Party</span>

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Democrats’ Revenge: Make Romney Senate Majority Leader

Democrats’ Revenge: Make Romney Senate Majority Leader

By Chris Ladd November 6, 2020 November 6, 2020

Mitt Romney could become a political party unto himself.

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Becoming White: The Weakness in Democrats’ “People of Color” Coalition

Becoming White: The Weakness in Democrats’ “People of Color” Coalition

By Chris Ladd November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020

Rather than joining forces with this coalition, many immigrants see an alternative path to safety – becoming white.

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Why Elections Don’t Bring Progress: Buttigieg, Biden and the Iron Law of Oligarchy

Why Elections Don’t Bring Progress: Buttigieg, Biden and the Iron Law of Oligarchy

By Chris Ladd December 29, 2019 December 29, 2019

Figures like Biden and Buttigieg, who dominate the ranks of both parties, symbolize our aversion to the risks of change, even when change is our last hope.

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What the Bidens Did and Didn’t Do In Ukraine

What the Bidens Did and Didn’t Do In Ukraine

By Chris Ladd October 6, 2019 October 6, 2019

What the Bidens did and didn’t do in Ukraine is dull, complex, entirely legal, but indicative of the long rot in our democracy. As a result, you’ll never hear it explained on TV.

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Why Senior Democrats Love Donald Trump

Why Senior Democrats Love Donald Trump

By Chris Ladd September 24, 2019 September 24, 2019

For tenured Democrats, the folks who survived the party’s contraction and prospered over the past few decades, the Trump Era is a golden age of wine and roses, in which their jobs have never been easier or more secure. They are in no hurry to see it end.

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Jeffrey Epstein and The Wheel

Jeffrey Epstein and The Wheel

By Chris Ladd July 14, 2019 July 14, 2019

Epstein is not merely a pedophile or a pimp, but a dangerous political pioneer. Until we find the will and the methods to counter the new machine, the rest of our political engagement will be wasted. We are approaching the Dunkirk of liberal democracy.

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Workers Reject Unionization Again, and Democrats Refuse to Learn

Workers Reject Unionization Again, and Democrats Refuse to Learn

By Chris Ladd June 16, 2019 June 16, 2019

Labor unions, like political parties, are tools. Using the wrong tool makes jobs slower, and reduces odds of success. Workers are rejecting labor unions in their present form because they are the wrong tool. Instead of simply shouting at them louder, we should perhaps listen.

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How Democrats and Republicans Switched Sides on Immigration

How Democrats and Republicans Switched Sides on Immigration

By Chris Ladd October 31, 2018 November 1, 2018

The man who stood at the Berlin Wall and taunted a dictator believed a world with fewer barriers was a world Americans would dominate. That was the Republican Party I joined as soon as I was old enough to vote.

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The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes: 2022

The Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes: 2022

By Chris Ladd October 20, 2018 October 20, 2018

Yes, the stakes are high and yes, every vote counts and yes, we need to take this very seriously. But no, this is not the most important election of our lifetimes and we’d be wise to remember that.

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Democrats Love a Jobs Guarantee. That Figures

By Chris Ladd April 26, 2018 April 26, 2018

Here’s how this program would actually work, once it’s been ground into political sausage.

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