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Do national Democratic leaders intend to outsource the job of winning this yearโs pivotal midterm elections to none other than Donald Trump? It certainly seems like it. The much-fรชted โrealignmentโ heralded in November 2024 has fallen apart amid the cruel mania of Trump 2.0. MAGAโs alleged popularity, especially among young men and Latino voters, proved evanescent. Given the thermostatic nature of modern electoral politics, it is plausible that being โNot Trumpโ will suffice for Democrats to retake the House of Representatives and gain ground in the Senate this November. National…
Many writers level the following challenge at liberalism: it must either betray itself or fail to defend itself. Remain tolerant, and it will fall to the intolerant; become intolerant, and it will cease to be liberalism. Remain neutral, and it will fall to the militant; become militant, and it will cease to be liberalism. Critics of liberalism often press either (or both) of these charges. To be a liberal, they say, is to be a loser, a toothless or gutless naรฏf. Or to be a liberal is a mere pretense,…
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