The Return of the Farmer Politician
Many of the new Democratic candidates making a splash this cycle are the progressives who ran to the left of the party…
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Does the “Professional Class” Still Dominate the Democratic Party?
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You…
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Video Podcasts Are the New Late Night
I don’t mind the laughing. On Good Hang, the video podcast interview show hosted by Amy Poehler, there’s always faint…
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The Fight to Save the Census From Trump Starts Now
On September 10, in a continuation of what is now a nearly decade-long war on the national head count, the Trump…
Read at source →Transcript: Are Dems Still A “Professional Class” Party?
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 1 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or…
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To Wary Working People, AI Preemption Is the New Nafta
For years, I have looked for any excuse to redirect a conversation toward the impacts of artificial intelligence. But…
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Trump Press Ban Backfires as Aides Leak Humiliating Motive Behind It
Donald Trump’s efforts to ban news organizations from the White House are backfiring. Trump said straight out that he…
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Trump Crashes Out Over Media Lawsuit as Press Pool Protest Grows
President Donald Trump lashed out Monday against a federal judge, as more mainstream media outlets joined efforts to…
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Trump Unveils His Backup Plan After Banning Media From White House
The White House is pushing its phone app in response to the broadcast media blackout, offering up a smattering of press…
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Republican Senate Nominee Who Backed Trump’s War Now Eating Her Words
The Republican Senate nominee in Iowa is trying to criticize the Iran war’s effect on ordinary people—without…
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Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown
The Trump administration has agreed to pay at least $410 million to facilitate its so-called “third-country…
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The White House Press Corps Must Stand With CNN, MS NOW, and Politico
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico jointly filed a lawsuit on Monday to overturn President Trump’s decision over the weekend to…
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ICE Just Made Thousands of Detainees Vanish From Its System
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now hiding the locations of thousands of immigrants who received a final…
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Trump’s Ban on White House Press Backfires Immediately
Donald Trump’s attempts to silence the media have only turned out to silence him. The president participated in a…
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Iran Makes Chilling Threat After Trump Mulls “Wiping” Them Out
Iran has threatened to unveil a new weapon and alter the landscape of the war if Donald Trump follows through on his…
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How Many Republicans Are Brave Enough to Denounce Trump’s Media Ban?
So far, only one Republican lawmaker has publicly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to ban three major news…
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U.S. Citizen Lands in Hospital After Immigration Agents Detain Him
Federal agents on Sunday reportedly injured a U.S. citizen, who ended up at the hospital for his injuries. The Guardian…
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Justice Department Escalates Trump’s “Grand Conspiracy” Probe
The Justice Department is pressing on with its “grand conspiracy” case against federal officials who investigated…
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Lauren Boebert Snaps Over Reports She Paid Off Staffer She Dated
Representative Lauren Boebert’s various affairs are apparently just a bunch of fake news, according to the MAGA…
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Trump Prepares to Exert Even More Control Over Medical Research
President Donald Trump is looking for a way to veto billions of dollars’ worth of scientific grants from the National…
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Top Republican Elections Official Endorses Democrat to Replace Her
South Dakota’s outgoing secretary of state, a Republican, is endorsing a Democrat to replace her. Monae Johnson, whose…
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Trump Invents Bonkers Excuse to Force Creation of His Ugly Arch
President Donald Trump announced that he wants to build a military complex in a public traffic circle—as part of a…
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Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNN
The entire presidential television press pool has agreed to suspend their coverage in the wake of President Trump’s…
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What Natalie Harp Showed Trump Before He Banned CNN from White House
Moments before Donald Trump banned three of America’s biggest news organizations from the White House Friday, he was…
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Man Shot by ICE Says He Was Interrogated With Bullet Still in His Back
The man ICE shot and wounded in Austin, Texas, in the middle of a DoorDash delivery was not allowed to see his wife…
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Trump Lashes Out as CNN, MS NOW, and Politico All Sue Him
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are suing President Trump after he banned them from the White House on Friday. “We are filing…
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Transcript: Trump’s Pollster Drops Bomb on GOP as Midterm Panic Erupts
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 21 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.…
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There’s One Group That Still Loves Trump
Everyone, it seems, is turning on Donald Trump these days. Two-thirds of Latino voters—a bloc that helped propel him to…
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Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency
“If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein once said, “it will stop.” A logician would scorn this…
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If the Democrats Win These Three Senate Seats, an Earthquake Happened
If I said to you, “Quick, name three states with competitive Senate races,” I’m guessing you’d probably say Texas,…
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Trump’s Pollster Drops Bomb on GOP as Midterm Panic Grows: “Bloodbath”
A striking new poll finds Democrat Mary Peltola leading GOP Senator Dan Sullivan by 46–41 in the Alaska Senate race.…
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We Need to Talk About the Apocalypse
“I thank you, Lord, for regime change in Iran. Yes, Lord, we cry out to you!” Cindy Jacobs’s Texan drawl arcs into an…
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The Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You.
Last week, President Donald Trump announced that if Republicans prevail in this year’s midterm elections, he would…
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Trump Admin Covering Up Number of U.S. Troops Killed in Iran War
The Trump administration may be hiding exactly how many American troops have died in the Iran war. The Washington Post,…
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Pentagon Says Iran War Cost $45 Billion—if You Don’t Count Everything
President Trump’s seven-month war on Iran has cost the American taxpayer $45.1 billion, according to estimates the…
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Donald Trump announced Friday he was banning several of America’s most prominent national news institutions from the…
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