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I’m a Journalist on SNAP. Here’s What I Saw During the Latest Food Crisis

February 21, 2026

Gabbriel Schivone As for virtually all SNAP recipients, my benefits have never been enough to cover monthly food expenses. Meanwhile, Trump calls an...

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The Fix Is In: Lutnick Family Could Make Killing On Tariff Demise

February 21, 2026

Almost every article on today’s tariff decision includes, somewhere two or three paragraphs down, a note which explains that it’s......

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Trump’s Attack on the Supreme Court Was Unhinged Even for Him

February 20, 2026

Chris Lehmann The president went on a wild rant alleging that the justices who struck down his tariffs were part of a vast global conspiracy to des...

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No… Yuck!

February 20, 2026

Steve Brodner The thing. The post No… Yuck! appeared first on The Nation. ...

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Don’t Be Fooled By the Corrupt Court’s Tariff Decision

February 20, 2026

The depth of the Supreme Court’s corruption has forced us to find new language to describe its actions. Today’s decision,......

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How DOJ’s ‘Brashest Enforcer’ Is Key to the Abrego Garcia Case

February 20, 2026

Remember This Name A new Bloomberg piece on a key figure in the Trump DOJ could have real-world, on-the-ground implications......

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SCOTUS Knocks Down Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariffs in 6-3 Decision

February 20, 2026

The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s signature economic and foreign policy Friday morning in a fractured 6-3 decision. Trump......

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Why Trump Is Trying to Steal Jesse Jackson’s Glory

February 20, 2026

Jeet Heer The president wants you to know he had a Black friend, sort of. The post Why Trump Is Trying to Steal Jesse Jackson’s Glory appeared ...

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Why Federal Gov’t Unions Saw a More Than 6% Increase in Membership in 2025

February 20, 2026

As President Donald Trump’s actions targeting federal government unions and employees make their way through the courts, new data from......

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MAGA’s Reaction to the Epstein Files Reveals Total Moral Collapse

February 20, 2026

Kali Holloway The right’s moral charade was always going to be undone by the Trump of it all. The post MAGA’s Reaction to the Epstein Files R...

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Trump’s Threats to Free Speech Aren’t New to Black Journalists

February 20, 2026

Atarah Israel Two years after Trump’s infamous invitation to the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention, the organization is ada...

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The Primary Win That Stunned Democrats Everywhere

February 20, 2026

Arvin Alaigh Analilia Mejia’s upset victory in New Jersey offers invaluable insights about the past and present of liberal politics in America. ...

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Trump’s FCC Accidentally Gives Democrats a Boost

February 20, 2026

Sasha Abramsky MAGA’s hate machine is—at least temporarily—sputtering. The post Trump’s FCC Accidentally Gives Democrats a Boost appeared...

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A Ground-Level Report on ICE’s Gulag Buildout

February 20, 2026

Courtesy of an anonymous TPM Reader, I wanted to share a fascinating, if mundane document with you. This is a......

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Awaiting the Supreme Court Decision That Could ‘Completely Erase’ the ‘Civil Right Movement’s Crowning Achievement’

February 19, 2026

A set of Supreme Court decision days, beginning Friday, could feature a body blow to the United States’ multiracial democracy. ......

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CEOs Joined Trump’s Corruption. It Will Soon Be Time for Consequences.

February 19, 2026

I mentioned the other day that the insider D.C. sheets are helpful guides to when a new idea or bit......

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A Setback for the DOJ’s Push To Get State Voter Rolls

February 19, 2026

Happy Thursday, and welcome back to The Franchise.  The Franchise is our newly resurrected weekly newsletter covering elections and voting......

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Listen To This: ICE Meltdown

February 19, 2026

Kate and Josh discuss spox Tricia McLaughlin’s departure from DHS and more drama in the Texas Senate primary. Watch and......

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The Urgency of Marrying Affordability to Anti-Corporate Populism

February 19, 2026

Mike Lux For all the good news, Democrats are at a dangerous moment politically. The post The Urgency of Marrying Affordability to Anti-Corporate...

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Mamdani Launches His First Salvos in New York’s Fiscal Battle

February 19, 2026

D.D. Guttenplan The mayor, the governor, and the members of the city’s big-ticket tax base are all squaring off over prospective tax increases an...

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The Job of Being Jesse Jackson

February 19, 2026

Bruce Shapiro Jackson’s lessons for today’s Democrats. The post The Job of Being Jesse Jackson appeared first on The Nation. ...

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Orange Monarch

February 18, 2026

Denise Canniff Protest sign, New York City, 2026. The post Orange Monarch appeared first on The Nation. ...

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What’s Next for US Healthcare? Ask Oklahoma.

February 18, 2026

Rahhul Elangovan As Trump continues to dismantle federal agencies, this state shows what happens when a one-party-controlled government makes sweep...

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Inside the American War Machine—With Ben Freeman and William Hartung

February 18, 2026

Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison Derek and Danny are joined by Bill Hartung and Ben Freeman to discuss the system that drives permanent war for the Un...

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Election Protection in the Midterms—Plus Slaves Escaping by Sea

February 18, 2026

Jon Wiener Harold Meyerson explains Democrats’ preparations for Trump’s threats to voting, and Marcus Rediker talks about Black America in the ...

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CBS Surrenders to Trump

February 17, 2026

Chris Lehmann The network tried to bury an interview critical of Trump. Stephen Colbert made it an indictment of the administration’s assaults on...

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The Right Had a Plan. We Need One Too.

February 17, 2026

Corbin Trent America should build things again, and we the people should own what we build. The post The Right Had a Plan. We Need One Too. appea...

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Muslims in Texas Are Harassed and Surveilled. Greg Abbott Is Making It Worse.

February 17, 2026

Arman Amin In November, the governor issued a proclamation declaring CAIR, the country’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, a terror...

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ICE Brings Shame to America

February 16, 2026

Dario Castillejos Trump’s secret police force is a stain on our country. The post ICE Brings Shame to America appeared first on The Nation. ...

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Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York

February 16, 2026

Karrie Jacobs Constructing new residential buildings, let alone those with rental units that New Yorkers can afford, is never an easy task. The p...

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The UK’s Epstein Crisis

February 16, 2026

Rachel Shabi If Keir Starmer is safe for now, it’s only for lack of alternatives within his party. The post The UK’s Epstein Crisis appeared ...

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Minnesota Made Trump Blink

February 13, 2026

Elie Mystal But Tom Homan is a lying liar, and the work’s not done. Plus, Gallup’s sketchy new polling policy (is the analytics firm in the Tru...

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The Republican Crack-Up Has Begun

February 13, 2026

Sasha Abramsky Even conservatives are fleeing the GOP as more and more Americans turn against Trump’s authoritarian project. The post The Repub...

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How 2 University Freshman Are Tracking ICE Enforcement Actions Across the Country

February 13, 2026

Arman Amin With ICE Map, Rice University students Jack Vu and Abby Manuel hope to help communities understand where immigration enforcement activit...

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The Antidemocratic Zealots Presiding Over Trump’s Makeover of US History

February 13, 2026

Toni Aguilar Rosenthal The administration’s sketchily funded Freedom 250 project, which will oversee the celebration of America’s semiquincente...

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Signs

February 12, 2026

Eric Baker Of things to come. The post Signs appeared first on The Nation. ...

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The Yale Professor Who E-mailed Epstein About a “Small Goodlooking Blonde” Student Is No Longer Teaching

February 12, 2026

Zachary Clifton After outcry from students over e-mails showing David Gelernter’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the computer science profess...

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The Divisions Mamdani Commands Are About to Be Battle-Tested

February 12, 2026

D.D. Guttenplan The New York mayor draws flack from the Catholic press, holds his own for now with the NYPD, and will have to twist arms in Albany....

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How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left

February 12, 2026

Carol Schaeffer The co-leader of Die Linke helped rescue the party and make it into a political force. But can she beat back Germany’s ascendant ...

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Grand Juries Are Saving Democracy

February 11, 2026

Joan Walsh A Washington, DC, panel rejected Jeanine Pirro’s lame attempt to indict six Democratic Congresspersons merely for reminding military a...

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Don’t Let Trump Fool You. The Economy Is Bad, and He Is to Blame.

February 11, 2026

Chris Lehmann The Trump administration’s efforts to distract from the bad economy just divert attention from one dumpster fire to another. The ...

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What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein

February 11, 2026

David Futrelle In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aver...

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How Stephen Miller Became the Power Behind the Throne

February 11, 2026

David Klion Miller was not elected. Nor are he or his policies popular. Yet he continues to hold uncommon sway in the administration. The post Ho...

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Trump’s Lies Are Toxic

February 10, 2026

Peter Dreier To stop exposing them allows them to metastasize. The post Trump’s Lies Are Toxic appeared first on The Nation. ...

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To Build Bridges, We Must Block the Bombs

February 10, 2026

Brad Lander Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from b...

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The Battle for Minneapolis, and the Fight for Texas

February 10, 2026

The Battle for Minneapolis, and the Fight for Texas  John Nichols reports on the resistance in Minnesota, and Steve Phillips analyzes Jasmine ...

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Mayor Mamdani Offers a Progressive Vision for Small Businesses

February 10, 2026

Katrina vanden Heuvel If successful, his policies might offer a new nationwide playbook. The post Mayor Mamdani Offers a Progressive Vision for S...

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1933 Revisited

February 9, 2026

Gary Taxali Trump’s ICE agents terrorize American citizens unchecked. The post 1933 Revisited appeared first on The Nation. ...

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Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York

February 9, 2026

Michael Kazin How the popular mayor and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City The post Fiorello La Guardia and the ...

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Drag Can Save a Life in New York City—if People Show Up

February 9, 2026

Ava Pauline Emilione Black and trans drag performers are crowdfunding to survive in one of the most expensive cities in the world. The post Drag ...

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Trump Is Using Terrorist Charges to Wage Political War

February 8, 2026

Jeet Heer Josh Kovensky on a dangerous politicization of the law. The post Trump Is Using Terrorist Charges to Wage Political War appeared first ...

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Is Samuel Alito Preparing to Disrobe?

February 6, 2026

Elie Mystal In this installment of Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the week’s big legal news, including a possible Alito retiremen...

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Projection

February 6, 2026

Steve Brodner Dancing in the darkness. The post Projection appeared first on The Nation. ...

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Trump’s Dictatorial Mania Is Increasing—but So Is the Public’s Fury

February 6, 2026

Sasha Abramsky Trump is retreating into a fantasy world in which he remains an all-conquering strongman. Yet the American people are rejecting him ...

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Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela

February 5, 2026

Glen Le Lievre The US government is seizing tankers like pirates. The post Trump’s Oily Attack on Venezuela appeared first on The Nation. ...

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Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms

February 5, 2026

Elie Mystal Here’s one idea for a coordinated response to Trump’s coordinated attacks. The post Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping ...

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Zohran Mamdani: Why I’m Endorsing Kathy Hochul

February 5, 2026

Zohran Mamdani Exclusive: New York City’s mayor explains why he’s backing New York’s governor in the 2026 election. The post Zohran Mamdani...

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Childcare Providers Around the Country Are Being Targeted by Vigilante Surveillance

February 5, 2026

Bryce Covert In response to bogus allegations of fraud in Minnesota, strangers are filming them, knocking on their doors, demanding to be let in. I...

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Mamdani Touts a Stunning View of the City, but Struggles to Clear the Sidewalks

February 5, 2026

D.D. Guttenplan The New York mayor is opening the roof of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building to the public, but has plenty of work ahead to ma...

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Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections

February 4, 2026

Joan Walsh This is one of many signs that Trump knows his party is in big trouble in the coming midterm elections. The post Trump Ratchets Up Tal...

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What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry

September 14, 2023

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy ...

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The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump

September 14, 2023

The second Republican presidential primary debate is less than two weeks away, so time is running out for GOP contenders to meet the Republican Nation...

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The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans

September 13, 2023

On Wednesday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection in 2024. On the surface, the electoral impact of Romney’s decision is ...

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Why ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working For Biden

September 12, 2023

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): For ...

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Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color

September 11, 2023

Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect...

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Politics Podcast: Polling Silly Season Begins

September 11, 2023

Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect...

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Ron DeSantis Probably Didn’t Turn Florida Red

September 11, 2023

In his presidential campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pitched himself as a transformational leader who has reshaped the politics of his home sta...

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Aging Politicians Are Only Going To Get More Common

September 7, 2023

Presidents are getting older and older. Former President Donald Trump was the oldest person to assume office when he was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017, an...

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Should We Trust Polls Campaigns Leak To The Press?

September 7, 2023

Now that we are on the other side of Labor Day and summer is subsiding, this is — as tradition goes — when focus on political campaigns really beg...

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Politics Podcast: Is Donald Trump The Inevitable GOP Nominee?

September 6, 2023

Now that we are on the other side of Labor Day and summer is subsiding, this is — as tradition goes — when focus on political campaigns really beg...

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What Are The Swing States Of The Future?

September 6, 2023

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, senior reporter): The re...

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Everything You Need To Know About Tuesday’s Special Elections In Rhode Island And Utah

September 5, 2023

Usually, Labor Day is considered the traditional start of campaign season — but here in 2023, it marks the end of the competitive phase of two heate...

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Vivek Ramaswamy Is Climbing. Where Can He Go?

September 1, 2023

At last week’s Republican debate, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy arguably made the biggest splash of any candidate. Sharing center stage with Florida G...

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After An Eventful Month, Trump Has Lost Support In The GOP Primary

August 31, 2023

Once more, with feeling: It has been a couple of weeks since former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment (this time in Georgia, in connection ...

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Will Trump Regret Skipping The GOP Debates?

August 30, 2023

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. maya (Maya Sweedler, senior editor): The first Republican ...

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What Are Trump’s Chances Of Winning The GOP Primary?

August 29, 2023

Is the 2024 Republican presidential primary already over? If you just look at the polls, you’d be forgiven for thinking so. Consider the state of th...

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Politics Podcast: Good Or Bad Use Of Polling … Extended Cut

August 28, 2023

This is a special end-of-meteorological-summer installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. Galen Druke speaks with pollsters Kristen Soltis A...

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How Restarting Student Loan Payments Could Change Millions of Lives — And The Economy

August 28, 2023

When Congress voted in May to restart student loan payments this fall — and then the Supreme Court overturned President Biden’s student loan forgi...

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Politics Podcast: Lessons From A Trump-Less Debate

August 24, 2023

The crew discusses their takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate in this late-night edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics po...

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What Went Down In The First GOP Presidential Debate

August 23, 2023

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