Democrats cease holding immigration enforcement hostage to legalization.
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The politics of a protective tariff don’t work for Trump
The costs of a protective tariff are immediate and traceable, while any benefits are long-term and diffuse.
Democrats didn’t have that bad of an election
Given the adverse presidential playing field, Democrats won a lot of races, nationally and in Arizona, that they easily could have lost, and arguably should have.
Ugly Americanism as a foreign policy strategy
Although not yet president, Trump is throwing Truth Social thunderbolts at other countries.
A big GOP win, but not really a mandate
At both the national and state level, Republicans mostly won seats they should have already held.
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The beginning of the end of U.S. leadership of the free world
A second term for Trump necessitates a recalibration by other democratic capitalist countries regarding their security interests.
An endorsement of non-endorsements
There is a principled argument against newspapers endorsing candidates, although not the one made by Jeff Bezos.
The state of play in the presidential race
Harris has given Democrats a good chance of retaining the presidency. That didn’t seem possible three months ago.
Trump’s true love: The protective tariff
Trump’s tariff agenda in a second term would be much more far-reaching, and risky, than that in his first.
What makes for an Opportunity Economy?
Harris’s subsidies and tax preferences cannot compensate for the reduction in private sector investment capital her tax increases would cause.