THE DEBATE
Governor Ron DeSantis is the American Leader to Meet the Moment
In Governor DeSantis's youth, energy, accomplishment and optimism, we see the country we are and the country we can become.
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Trump Is Still the One. The Only One. Now More Than Ever
We must go with the ultimate fighter, the one who's been through the fire and come out stronger, the guy who made America great again once—and will do it again.
Gun Control Will Not Save Our Children. We Honor Uvalde With Real Solutions
Our best remembrance of victims is tied directly to a commitment to improve the moral fabric of the country our current kids are growing up in.
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Gun Control Is the Only Way to Save Our Kids From Another Uvalde
Yes, mentally ill people can commit some awful gun crimes—but it is politicians who protect embryos but not our kids who are truly sick.
Black Students Have Been Failed—Not by DeSantis but by Posers in the NAACP
Black students have truly been failed, but not by Florida's Governor DeSantis. They've been failed by posers like the NAACP.
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The NAACP Is Right: DeSantis Has Made Florida Dangerous for Black Americans
Florida has become a training ground for white supremacy and we can't afford to stand back and stand by. The NAACP is leading the charge as it always has, we need to follow.
Want Food Assistance? GOP Says Sell Everything You Own First
In their quest for a scalp, any scalp, in the debt ceiling fight, House Republicans have fallen back on an old hobbyhorse from the pre-Trump GOP.
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Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients Transform Lives
Requiring people to take it upon themselves to do what is necessary to find employment to lift themselves out of poverty is the ultimate benefit.
DeSantis's E-Verify Won't Work. But If It Did, It'd Be Terrible for Florida
Since it accomplishes little, puts law-abiding people in a jam, and burdens employers, there's simply no good policy reason for DeSantis to have pushed this.
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Want to Protect Workers and the Economy? Nationalize E-Verify | Opinion
Although E-Verify can only work if all states make it mandatory—and if the political party in charge of the federal government enforces federal law instead of subverting it.
Philadelphia's Mayoral Race Was the Revenge of the Black Moderate
Parker's winning coalition provides a blueprint to beat back progressive insurgents moving forward.
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The Real Lesson for Progressives in Our Philadelphia Mayoral Defeat
We should reject simple narratives about the rejection of progressivism and the embrace of "tough on crime."
The Durham Report Is No Exoneration of Trump
Trump's wrongdoing may not have risen to the level of secret collusion, but that's far from an exoneration. His crimes on this front have always been public.
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Durham's Report Exonerates Trump and Exposes an Anti-Trump Double Standard
Its findings should be studied by all Americans who care about applying a single standard of justice, regardless of party or personality.
SCOTUS Now Just Another Congressional Committee
They don't care what the law says, they know what team they're on.
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Justices Are Allowed to Have Friends
I don't pretend that they are ruling because of what their rich friends believe.
It's Not the Role of Government to Protect Us From Apps
I don't think that it's the role of the government to remove people's access to these apps, especially in the name of so-called Privacy.
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Don't Put Tiktok Out of Business Based on Hypotheticals
We don't put companies out of business because Congress thought of a scary scenario. We shouldn't.
Trump Would Love an Indictment
This whole thing is motivated by a desire to keep him out of office after 2024.
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Indictment Would Help Trump, but We Need To Follow Through
If you don't follow through then it makes people not take it as serious and it becomes more of a theatrical thing.
Jury Unanimity Is Unnecessary for Death Penalty
I don't think we should have unanimity because we shouldn't put all of the onus on the jury itself.
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States Shouldn't Kill People, Even With Jury Unanimity
People ought to come to the jury with a variety of different moral views about this, and the jury's supposed to represent society.
Fox News Shouldn't Get Away With This
The question that we're really confronting is whether or not it's opinion, or whether or not it's news.
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Nobody Is Surprised by What Happens on Primetime TV
Everybody's pushing what goes with their narrative and leaving out anything else in terms of journalistic integrity.
Dilbert Creator Was Just Trying To Stir the Pot
I don't necessarily think that that was the way to go about it because there are better ways to start a conversation and to start dialogue, but I do think that that's what he was trying to do.
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Being Provocative Isn't the Best Way To Start a Conversation
Conversations pertaining to race need to be had, but it's all about the intentions when you're going into the conversation.
Everyone Practices Cancel Culture
So many powerful people have hijacked what cancer culture really is about, which is seeking accountability and being able to actively express dissent.
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Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous
When people say, "because I disagree with what you said, you should lose your platform for saying it", that's a dangerous road.
It's OK to Ban Young Children From Restaurants
This could benefit the people who want a date night away from the kids.
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Banning Kids at Restaurants Is Dumb, but They Have the Right
I think it's really dumb to leave any money on the table. Everybody's money is green.
Shouting people down sets bad precedent
Our tradition in the United States is that we are gentlemanly during the State of the Union.
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It Wasn't Republicans Who Pushed the Breakdown of Traditional Etiquette
We had Democrats throughout the Trump presidency State of the Union addresses howling, not participating, and walking out in some instances.
Gov. Noem's Threat to Prosecute Pharmacists Is Showboating
They're going to point out ever more increasingly draconian ways of preventing people from getting abortions.
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It's Well Within State's Purview To Reject Abortion Pills
I celebrated the death of Roe v Wade enormously because I am pro-life, and because I acknowledge a state like California or New York, their right to be as ghoulishly pro-choice as they wish.
Gun Laws Have Disproportionate Impact on Black Communities
You can't pass laws saying that we don't want black people owning guns, but now they do it in a way that's a lot more subtle.
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There's Nothing Racist About Gun Safety
Our stereotypes about this being a problem in urban areas, the numbers just don't support it.
Gutting IRS Will Help Wealthy Avoid More Taxes
It's going to make it even harder for us to hold some of the wealthiest people in our society accountable for their taxes.
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The GOP Has a Terrible Track Record of House Leadership
We might want to thank Donald Trump for showing that the Republican Party does not have any commitments or principles.
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This Republican Party May Be the Worst We've Seen
A lot of this is about McCarthy's personal ambition, not his principles.