Nervous as hell? Don’t think you can take election night? Girding yourself for weeks of counting torture? There is unfortunately nothing that can completely alleviate that stress. But as the night of unfolds, there will be a few things to keep an eye on that could provide some real and…

In the post-Labor Day sprint to the election, predictions of each side’s chances will be built on an assumption that’s so reasonable and so commonplace that no one gives it a second thought: that “victory” means achieving 270 Electoral College votes. It doesn’t. The goal line has moved. Instead of…

Last week’s revelation that Donald Trump — a man who invented a medical condition to escape military service — had called Americans who died for our country “losers” and “suckers” seemed like a flaming political disaster. Now comes a series of recordings that confirm that Trump knew how deadly and…

In the past week, Democrats’ fears about the Trump administration’s open assault on the United States Postal Service (USPS) have gone from a simmer to a boil, prompting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to rush the House back to Washington to vote on an emergency intervention. But amidst all of this…

The two battles to unseat Trump and how Dems can do it — We have learned from conflicts ranging from World War 1 to Iraq that it is entirely possible to win the war and lose the peace. In politics, nowhere was this more evident than in the 2000 election pitting George W Bush against Al Gore, where the race was essentially tied…

We are sprinting toward a large-scale, real-time experiment on America’s health and safety. The push to re-open schools is on. And it is a mess. The 13,000 school districts across the country have had to navigate shifting state and federal guidance, evolving evidence, and rapidly rising Covid-19 case counts. In…

And which one they will ultimately choose Here is a new, short, 4 minute video that breaks down the three basic arguments that Republicans have been using on impeachment, and explains why Mick Mulvaney’s train-wreck of a press conference two weeks ago may have been a postcard from the future on which strategy Republicans will ultimately use.

This three minute video analyzes why Elizabeth Warren has been tactically smart but is in strategic danger when it comes to her health care plan, and why she should consider pivoting soon.

Thinking About the Issue at the Fulcrum of American Politics The opening of the TV series “Law and Order” explains: “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.” Health care works the same way. It plays out through a…