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The Red Undertow in the Midterms (opens the original)
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For more than 40 years, Charlie Cook has been the gold standard for election forecasting and political trend analysis. In 2021, he stepped back, and Amy Walter, a top political analyst in her own right, took over the newsletter, which was renamed The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. But Charlie, now 72 and living in Maine, still writes a must-read column in National Journal. Earlier this year, Charlie was much more cautious about the midterms. Now he thinks President Trump’s unpopularity w
The Tower Stones of 9/11 (opens the original)
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On Wednesday night, I went to a screening in Montclair of my friend Steve McCarthy’s documentary, Finding Paddy. It’s a film Steve made more than 20 years ago about his friend Paddy Brown, in 2001 the most decorated firefighter in the FDNY, a hero with demons who died trying to rescue people burned in the North Tower. The film opens with several of the 80 haunting voicemail messages left on Paddy’s answering machine that day: Paddy, are you OK? Paddy, call me. Paddy, I’m so worried. Paddy! The f
A Fitting End for Trump’s Gaudy Ballroom (opens the original)
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Donald Trump is going to get his gaudy ballroom. But with a little imagination, a Democratic president could give the story a socially useful ending. The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that the architectural experts trying to stop the ballroom don’t have standing to do so. In a stinging dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts—who is rarely in the minority—wrote passionately about historic preservation. He said the decision to go ahead was “likely unlawful.” Of course, it was Roberts and the Roberts Court t
The Scarlet Letter Midterms (opens the original)
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In most elections of the past, a win is a win, whatever the margin. Not this time. The difference between a Blue Wave and a narrow Democratic victory matters immensely. A Blue Wave means that 2027 will mark the effective end of the Trump presidency, with the final two years still full of rancor and horrible executive orders, but the focus shifting to jailing Trumpsters for defying congressional subpoenas and other forms of accountability. By contrast, a narrow Democratic victory that Trump obvio
Call Them ‘Common Sense Democrats’ (opens the original)
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I know it’s only August, but there’s a reason Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. It’s not just that I’m thankful Francesca Hong lost the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin. It’s why she lost. She dissed Thanksgiving (Halloween, too). This told voters in a memorable way that DSA candidates may have high IQs, but they’re awfully dumb sometimes. Thank God the primary season is nearly over. Tuesday’s mixed results kept this from being a “Summer of Angst” for those of us worr
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