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Between the memes: J.D. Vance and the reactionary mind
Rather than transcend the evil he once experienced, J.D. Vance has decided to embrace it
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Matthew Sheffield
Republicans are flailing badly at attacking Kamala Harris
Plus: J.D. Vance has the worst veep nominee launch ever
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Matthew Sheffield
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Lisa Curry
, and 
Lance Aksamit
41:50
Only Democratic escalation of the fight for democracy will stop the authoritarian GOP
Democrats must unapologetically demolish the GOP's outlandish myth-making and slander around the attempted killing of Donald Trump
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Jim Carroll
J.D. Vance wrote foreword for ‘incredible’ book by president of group running Project 2025
No matter how much they lie about it, Donald Trump and his running mate are joined at the hip with reactionary extremists
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Matthew Sheffield
Republicans are raging that Joe Biden stepped aside
Democrats are united behind the Kamala Harris presidential candidacy
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Matthew Sheffield
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Lisa Curry
45:27
President Biden's departure should revive Democrats' ability to fully confront GOP authoritarianism
With Kamala Harris as the likely nominee, the party can properly frame the election as between a democratic, egalitarian future and a descent into a…
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Jim Carroll
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Can Donald Trump actually get more Black people to vote for him?
Writer and podcaster Jamilah Lemieux discusses how Republican outreach is getting a boost from sexism
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Matthew Sheffield
1:00:33
The Republican National Freakshow
All the lowlights from a very cultish and boring Republican convention
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Matthew Sheffield
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Lisa Curry
49:48
J.D. Vance and the new Republican oligarchs
The Ohio senator and his billionaire overlords literally do want to bring back feudalism
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Matthew Sheffield
Donald Trump assassination attempt inspires thousands of conspiracy theories
Plus: Why disgraced ex-president named JD Vance as his running mate
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Matthew Sheffield
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Lisa Curry
44:11
The cult of constitutional law has been a complete and utter failure
Judges have always been legislators in black dresses, and the liberal legal establishment's failure to understand this has been devastating
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Matthew Sheffield
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Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling is an attempt to legitimate GOP insurrectionism
The right-wing majority's opinion offers further proof that the replacement of democracy is a Republican Party-wide goal
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Jim Carroll
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