David Atkins
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The Hochul and McCarthy Battles Show That Unity is Overrated
Democrats should understand that achieving better policy is more important than avoiding division. → Read More
The Washington Monthly Can Save Journalism From Big Tech
By advancing cutting-edge ideas about breaking up monopolies and stemming inequality, we’re making a difference. → Read More
Elon Musk's Latest Delusion: He Thinks Twitter Can Replace Journalism
As the billionaire welcomes authoritarians back to the platform and cavorts with them, his pseudo-scientific ideas are an even bigger threat to us all. → Read More
Make Republicans Pay a Higher Price for Anti-Hispanic Racism
Democrats have been urged only to talk about pocketbook issues with Hispanic voters. But that advice is incomplete and shortsighted. → Read More
Republicans Cannot and Will Not Reduce Gasoline Prices
The pain at the pump isn’t going away, despite their drill-baby-drill talk. The good news is that the electric revolution has arrived. → Read More
Losing the Culture Wars, Republicans Are Desperate
The Herschel Walker scandal underscores the GOP’s main problem: Long-term trends are against them. → Read More
DeSantis Emulates Trump, But the Act Is Weak
The Florida governor wants the ex-president’s mantle, but he lacks the unique traits that have made Trump a political behemoth. → Read More
Voters Don't Believe You Stand for Things Until You Actually Do Them
What’s behind the Democratic comeback summer? Chalk it up to voters seeing Republicans overturn Roe and Democrats making big moves on issues like climate change. → Read More
Trump Can't Envision a Government Less Corrupt Than He Is
The former president and the GOP don’t understand institutions such as the Justice Department. For them, it’s just about service to Trump. → Read More
Voters Are Realizing Republicans Mean What They Say
The GOP benefited when voters didn’t hear the details of January 6, or think abortion rights would be abolished. Now they’ve been red-pilled. → Read More
Tax the Rich, Ditch "No Labels," and Woo the Working Class
The problem for the Democrats is less wokeness and more the insidious destroyers like Joe Manchin. Fortunately, there is a way forward. → Read More
Biden's Tougher Tone on Abortion Rights Is a Welcome Change
The president and the Democratic leadership can’t treat the end of Roe v. Wade as just another disagreement with Republicans. → Read More
The Supreme Court's Term Underscores Minority Rule
Blue states are being crushed by gerrymandering, a skewed Senate, and filibustering. The result is the nation’s unraveling. → Read More
January 6, The Threat to Democracy, and Voters
Voters do care about threats to democracy, but so far their concern isn’t helping Democrats. Here’s why. → Read More
On Guns and Inflation, Republicans Ignore the Rest of the World
Republicans’ dopiest claims are disproved by other countries. No wonder they look away. → Read More
Forget January 6. Republicans Have Another Plan to Subvert Democracy
By leveraging their Senate power and the Supreme Court, the GOP can rule the nation as a predominantly rural, older, whiter party. → Read More
Refusing to Prosecute Trump Is a Political Act
The evidence is clear. It’s time to prosecute the former president, and Merrick Garland shouldn’t wait. → Read More
The Capitol Insurrection Is Not Over
Too many Americans see the assault on our democracy as a single event. It wasn’t. It’s been continuing ever since. → Read More
Fox News Hosts Thought January 6 Would Destroy the Conservative Movement. Here’s Why It Didn’t.
The GOP has had the opportunity to minimize the shock of a failed insurrection—just as they plot a successful one the next time. → Read More
Saving Democracy Will Require Institutional and Civil Resistance at All Levels
How blue America can save the country from a far-right authoritarian movement taking over the Republican Party. → Read More