Month: June 2019
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New GEN: 2020 polls are useless right now
From my new column for GEN, the new site on politics, power, and culture from Medium: Do the polls really show Donald Trump is headed for big trouble in his reelection campaign? That’s what you might think from watching coverage of early polls of the 2020 general election. In reality, though, it’s just too early
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New GEN: AOC is right – give Congress a raise
From my new column for GEN, the new site on politics, power, and culture from Medium: Late Monday night, the Democratic leadership in the House decided to delay a vote on a spending measure that would reinstate a cost-of-living adjustment for members for Congress. Their reasoning was simple: bad optics. Though congressional salaries have been
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New Medium: Trump as the arsonist firefighter
From my new column at Medium: One of Donald Trump’s signature moves as president is to act as both arsonist and firefighter, taking credit for resolving pseudo-crises that he in fact initiated. The latest example came Friday, when Trump declared another immigration crisis at the country’s southern border with Mexico, and threatened to impose tariffs