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Is Gerrymandering Doomed?
The Virginia results may signal one of those strange cases where things get very bad just before they get a lot better.
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Then and Now: President Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal (2015) and President Trump's War With Iran (2016)
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Good News from Hungarians, Astronauts, and the Pope
Strongmen are weaker. Integrity endures. Peace is popular.
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Then and Now: Richard Nixon and the “Madman Theory” in 1973 in and Donald Trump and the “Madman Theory” in 2026
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Jeh Johnson on Where ICE Went Wrong
The former DHS Secretary on masks, administrative warrants, detention centers and asylum, plus Trump's lack of an exit plan from Iran
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Then and Now: Trump Fires Jeff Sessions (2018) and Trump Fires Pam Bondi (2026)
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THEN and NOW: Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam (1969) and No Kings Day (2026)
Julian Zelizer and I put the March 28 No Kings rallies in historical context. Be a part of the largest mass movement in all of American history!!!
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Trump's Despicable Attack On Mueller After His Death
Bob Mueller was a man of integrity. Donald Trump's post about him made me sick.
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Then and Now: Media Coverage of Operation Desert Storm (1991) and Media Coverage of Iran (2026)
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Mar 21
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The CIA Since the Turn of the Century
Historian and journalist Tim Weiner on how ideology is the enemy of intelligence, not just for Trump in Iran but for every American president
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Then and Now: The Oil Crisis (1979) and The Oil Crisis (2026)
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Then and Now: Iraq (2003) and Iran (2026)
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