Alex Pareene

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It wouldn’t be simple for Joe Biden to oust the postmaster general, but it’s hardly as impossible as the press is making it out to be.

Moderates want the White House to abandon its current approach to Covid-19 relief. And they make a good case.

It’s great news that Biden and Democrats in Congress are going it alone on economic relief. Somehow, fewer Americans might get stimulus checks anyway.

It should be illegal. Even if it isn’t, it’s politically stupid.

How to make the Senate functional without forcing Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin to go back on their word

Why Joe Biden’s position on the issue doesn’t really matter

The West Virginia senator was cozy with Trump for political reasons. But he’s less of an obstacle to an ambitious agenda than an organized gang of Senate moderates.

Democrats in Congress should avoid the temptation to turn the page after Trump’s Senate trial. There’s still too much to investigate.

We have enough cops, and they don’t need new laws. What happened on January 6 requires a political, not criminal response.

Some Democrats are more afraid of backlash than they are concerned with making government work for people.

We need to change our behavior rapidly to avert climate catastrophe. But we can also make life easier for everyone.

New Jersey’s old corporate tax giveaway program was a hotbed of corruption that did little to spur the local economy. As local austerity looms, why is it even bigger now?

A weeklong phony outrage cycle offers a glimpse of a very annoying future.

A theory about his strangest nominees and appointments

The Democratic lawyer’s sickening defense of corporate immunity in a Supreme Court case reveals a growing moral rot in the legal community.

The zombie idea from middle school civics that might sink the Biden administration

The president was always too dense to develop a coherent foreign policy. Now the secretary of state is using these final weeks in power to cement his own legacy.

It’s still an illegitimate power grab, even if Republican operatives are only doing it to protect Trump’s fragile ego.

Florida voters backed a $15 minimum wage. So did Joe Biden—and he lost the state. There are important lessons here for the party.

As major media outlets erect paywalls, conservative publishers are flooding the country with free right-wing propaganda paid for by Republicans.