Hardball with Chris Matthews
Hardball is a show about politics, formerly on MSNBC, now exclusively on Substack, and it's going to be a little different.
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Hardball with Chris Matthews + Alex Wagner + Richard Haass (opens the original)
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Hardball with Chris Matthews + Steve McMahon + Mother Jones’ David Corn (opens the original)
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Hardball with Chris Matthews + Author William Cohan (opens the original)
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Thank you for tuning in!Get more from Chris Matthews in the Substack appAvailable for iOS and Android<a class="install-substack-app-embed-link" href="https://substack.co
“Communist” Sympathizer (opens the original)
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Donald Trump has flunked his history exam once again.In the early 1950s, Americans were accused by the right of being “communists.”It’s not their beliefs that were being attacked. It was their loyalties.That’s what Senator Joseph McCarthy was talking about.Subscribe nowThese Americans were accused of being traitors, of being subordinate to Moscow’s party discipline.By that standard, what do we make of Donald Trump?He accuses Democrats of bein
The World Breaks Everyone (opens the original)
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This is a post by Chris Peleo-Lazar, Hardball producer and occasional guest host. If you enjoyed this, check out his piece from earlier in the week on the lighthearted topic of the End of the World and other pieces where he writes too much about the Roman Empire on the Hardball Substack.Subscribe nowMost empires do not start their days believing they are fragile. Their ancestors fought hard against nature, economic forces, and enemies to make sure tomorrow would be better than
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