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Standing up for trans people isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s smart politics
As Republicans double down on transphobia, Democrats don’t need to run away
 • Matthew Sheffield
How Lula turned the tables with his comeback presidential victory
Supporters of Brazilian president didn’t let his far-right rival Flávio Bolsonaro dominate social media
In desperate attempt to head off midterms rout, Trump tries to criminalize Representative Ilhan Omar for crime of being an immigrant
It’s time for Dems to attack such authoritarian maneuvers both as dangers to the republic and as exposing the deep vulnerabilities of MAGA’s bleakly…
 • Jim Carroll
Tracking how right-wing media unleashed a torrent of anti-trans attacks on James Talarico
Reactionaries launched coordinated attacks within minutes of Texas Democrat unofficially capturing his party’s nomination
Whatever happened to the blogosphere?
Blogs were all the rage in the mid- to late aughts, but Republicans learned lessons from them that Democrats didn’t
 • Matthew Sheffield
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To move the U.S. beyond MAGA, Democrats must delegitimize a radicalized GOP in the eyes of voters
This strategy needs to start with any Dem successes in the midterms, which the party should frame as a repudiation of Trumpism and its enablers, not…
 • Jim Carroll
At conference for far-right Christians, activists plot ending abortion pill access, same-sex marriage, and mandating religious test for…
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was star of the program
 • Peter Montgomery
Flimsy GOP attempts to show ‘distance’ from Donald Trump should fool no one
As Republicans face a likely midterms wipeout, Democrats must be unsparing in reminding voters that there is little daylight between a radicalized GOP…
 • Jim Carroll

September 2026

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