Russell Berman
A Nation of Pundits
Electability is king in the 2020 Democratic primary as voters are choosing candidates they think their fellow citizens would support—not the ones they actually like best.
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Wikimedia / The Atlantic How a ‘False Flag’ Cry Has Divided Republicans in Oregon
The state GOP’s embrace of a false conspiracy theory shows the deep imprint of Trumpism within the party and has prompted a backlash from leaders who want to move on.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Political-Reform Movement Scores Its Biggest Win Yet
Election changes such as ranked-choice voting and nonpartisan primaries are popping up across the country—and are already upending national politics.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Impeaching Trump Was an Act of Self-Defense
In impeaching President Trump a second time, Democrats believe they’re acting to remove “a clear and present danger” not only to American citizens and democracy at large, but to themselves specifically.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Biden Presidency Now Stands a Chance
The Democratic success in the South is poised to change the balance of power in Washington.
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T. J. Kirkpatrick / The New York Times ... Mitch McConnell’s Slipping Grip on the Republican Party
What happens when GOP senators stop listening to their own majority leader?
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Getty / The Atlantic The Democrats Trying to Overturn an Election
The nation’s largest city overwhelmingly approved a referendum to adopt ranked-choice voting a year ago. Now some elected leaders are trying to delay the reform.
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Wiki /The Atlantic The Nation’s Most Ambitious Police Reform Launches Today
Cynics say that this summer’s racial-justice protests changed little. New Jersey wants to prove them wrong.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Secret to Beating the Electoral College
Abolishing the controversial democratic institution seems out of the question. But there is still a way around it.
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The Atlantic The World’s Most Important Videoconference
How can Joe Biden build a government remotely during a pandemic?
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Paul Morigi / Getty / The Atlantic A Rising Republican’s Bet on a Losing President
Representative Elise Stefanik embraced Donald Trump in her rural New York district and has reaped the benefits in spite of his defeat.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Failure That Could Haunt Democrats for a Decade
Joe Biden won the White House, but Republican power in the states isn’t going anywhere.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump Moves Into the Burn-It-Down Phase
The president’s White House press conference showed that he knows his reelection prospects are fading, and he’ll try anything to keep power.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty How Susan Collins Did It
The Republican’s surprising win in Maine represents a victory for moderation in a polarizing era.
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Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Trump’s Risky Bet on Rural America
The president needs to squeeze even more votes out of small-town white Americans to offset his losses elsewhere.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump Fails the QAnon Test
The president’s refusal to condemn the conspiracy theory was a shock, but not a surprise.
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Getty / The Atlantic When the Chaos Candidate Goes Missing
Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris offered America a window into a world where Donald Trump isn’t president.
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Liu Jie Xinhua / eyevine / Redux The November Surprise
What if everyone showed up to vote this year?
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Tasos Katopodis / Getty The Virus Is Coming From Inside the White House
Asking whether the celebration of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination was a “super-spreader” event misses the point: Trump’s irresponsibility made this crisis likely.
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / ... Suddenly, Amy Coney Barrett Might Not Have the Votes
For the moment, COVID-19 diagnoses have jeopardized three votes that Republicans can’t afford to lose.
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SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty The Man Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
President Trump launched his comeback bid with a simple, familiar strategy: Bulldoze over everyone.
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