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The Biggest Democratic Stars Of The Midterms Lost. Here’s Who You Should Know About Now.

There's a new, wildly diverse, and largely female Democratic group joining the House of Representatives.
Nidhi Prakash • 13 days ago

Barack Obama Is Back On The Campaign Trail And Back In A Box

“That is not how America works. That is how some tin-pot dictatorship works."
Ben Smith • 28 days ago

Donald Trump Will Dominate The Democratic Primary. Elizabeth Warren Just Showed Him How.

Will the media go along? Will we have a choice?
Ben Smith • One month ago

Can Mike Bloomberg Make America Boring Again?

Being dull could be the way to the presidency in 2020. And the former New York City mayor wouldn't be the only one to try.
Ben Smith • One month ago

Democrats Don’t Want A Leader Like Andrew Cuomo — Do They?

"The only Democrat who's unscrupulous enough to out-Trump Trump.”
Ben Smith • 2 months ago

I Helped Create Insider Political Journalism. Now It's Time For It To Go Away.

RIP sports metaphors.
Ben Smith • 2 months ago

These Tipping Activists Deny Being Funded By The Restaurant Lobby

Restaurant Workers of America has fought hard against raising salaries for tipped workers and has gotten advice from a powerful DC strategist.
Claudia Koerner • 4 months ago

Progressives Have Won The Narrative. Will They Start Winning Some Primaries Tuesday?

Money and the machine aren’t the only ingredients in politics.
Ben Smith • 4 months ago

Elon Musk Is No Donald Trump

When it comes to media criticism, comparing Elon Musk to Donald Trump is very unfair — to Trump.
Ben Smith • 5 months ago

Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says

A responsibility "to find common ground."
Ben Smith • 6 months ago

Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal

The US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” the French president said.
Ben Smith • 6 months ago

Jake Tapper And The Virtue Of Taking Yourself Seriously

The Hellfire Club is out Tuesday.

Ben Smith • 7 months ago

What Comes After The Social Media Empires

“Maybe we’ve reached the point where it’s not even possible to have Facebook in common.”
Ben Smith • 7 months ago

This Is What It Was Like Learning To Report Before Fake News Was The Biggest Problem In The World

As a young reporter in Eastern Europe in 2001, I expected to witness the “end of history” and the flowering of democracy. That was just one of the mistakes I made.
Ben Smith • 7 months ago

Trump Brings "Christmas For Neocons"

Welcome to the Donald Rumsfeld–Liz Cheney restoration.
Henry J. Gomez • 7 months ago

Lessons From Tech's Last Political Crisis

"A very, very serious hit," says Mark Penn.
Ben Smith • 8 months ago

The Founder Of Daily Kos Just Launched A Massive New Polling Project

Nearly a million respondents are a deep new data source for Democrats. One early finding: Don't talk about impeachment.
Ben Smith • 8 months ago

The Real Threat To Trump Isn’t Russia, Racism, Or Incompetence. It’s Corruption.

Even insiders struggle to follow the plot of the Mueller investigation. But the politics of corruption are simple: Voters hate it.
Ben Smith • 8 months ago

Facebook Isn't Playing Along With Silicon Valley's Humble New Look

Microsoft learned to take government seriously in Washington in the late 1990s, Google in Brussels in the 2000s. Facebook still hasn't learned from its elders' mistakes.
Ben Smith • 9 months ago

Trump Got What He Wanted In Davos: Elite Acceptance

There were scattered boos, but the president was chiefly treated to the kind of fascinated audience he craves.
Miriam Elder • 9 months ago