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Josh Gottheimer
November 23, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Long, Long,
Long
Money
Trail
Democrats, Republicans, PACs, Senate candidates, House candidates, right-wingers to left-wingers (one or two): SBF peddled influence with them all.
November 16, 2022
Alex Shephard
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Downfall Is a Cryptocurrency Warning for Democrats
Ditch the crypto bros and push forward with regulation.
August 1, 2022
Michael Tomasky
The Democrats’ Surprise Chance to Snatch Victory From the Jaws of Defeat
The ruling party was set to be slaughtered in the 2022 midterm elections—then the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin struck a deal.
July 4, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Problem With Moderate Democrats Is Not That They’re “Vanishing.” It’s That They Have No Ideas.
Democratic centrists are still much better at getting media attention than they are at any other aspect of their job.
November 16, 2021
Grace Segers
A Disappointing CBO Score Might Not Doom the Build Back Better Act
Democratic moderates are saying that discouraging news from Washington’s fiscal referees may not be a deal-breaker.
November 13, 2021
Jason Linkins
Here’s How the Build Back Better Act Will Get Enacted
If you think that Biden’s big social provision bill is dead, think again. And again, and again.
November 8, 2021
Daniel Strauss
The Infrastructure Bill: Here’s Who Won and Who Lost
It’s all still shaking out until the fate of Build Back Better is determined, but here’s how it’s looking so far.
September 13, 2021
Michael Tomasky
Why Moderate House Democrats Torture Their Colleagues—and Why They’re Wrong
They’re going to be smeared as socialists no matter what size the reconciliation bill is. The only option here is to pass the bill and play offense.
August 26, 2021
Alex Shephard
Josh Gottheimer Tried to Derail the Democratic Agenda. The Press Rewarded Him.
The New Jersey Democrat tried to take the budget deal hostage, and the media called him a “moderate” and a “pragmatist.”
August 24, 2021
Daniel Strauss
How Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi Beat the Moderates
What looked a few days ago like the Gottheimerdämmerung of the Biden administration ended with a whimper.
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