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While Democrats are on track to win the House popular vote by eight points, that partisan tilt alone isn’t enough to carry the Senate, @billscher writes.
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Washington Monthly retweeted
My neighborhood was the epicenter of violence in Paris last weekend. I wrote about losing cherished neighborhood spots, the questions I'm left with, and absurd experiences bystanding for the @monthly.
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In Paris, a mix of legitimate protest, opportunistic violence, and government failure—from education to the police response last weekend, @gillenTmartin writes.
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While Democrats are on track to win the House popular vote by eight points, that partisan tilt alone isn’t enough to carry the Senate, @billscher writes.
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Washington Monthly retweeted
For @monthly, I’ve calculated the overperformance (or, underperformance) of D/I Senate candidates, comparing poll avg over last 4 wks to a baseline projection combining generic congressional ballot & PVI
Link here: washingtonmonthly.com/2026/1…
Scores in post below
Washington Monthly retweeted
Assuming Ds win the House pop vote by 8, if every Senate race tracked PVI, Ds would flip just 2 seats.
But if poll averages over the last four weeks are correct, Ds would flip 7 seats.
Who are the overperforming candidates? My @monthly latest washingtonmonthly.com/2026/1…
Kansas? Montana? Mississippi? Democrats have reason to spend in states that seemed impossible to win just two months ago.
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“Kansas? Montana? Mississippi? Where Will the Blue Wave Crest?” — my @monthly assessment of the midterm longshots
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Trump may want to rehab Nixon bc of Watergate, but he's already destroyed Nixon's overlooked legacy - signing landmark enviro/wildlife laws, even the one that protects #wildhorses, as I recently wrote in the
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Washington Monthly retweeted
This doesn’t have to be a dilemma at all. Democrats can just do what @billscher @monthly advises here. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/0…
Britain is weighing a problem the U.S. must address: The gap between school and work. Apprenticeship degrees are one solution.
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Washington Monthly retweeted
Today’s @jmart profile of @AbdulElSayed pairs well with my @monthly look at his adherence to the “if you’re explaining, you’re losing” mantra washingtonmonthly.com/2026/1…
On THE MICHIGAN MOUTH
My column on the Abdul show, coming soon to a screen near you, America*
*if he wins
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Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico have taken opposite approaches to fending off Republican attacks. @Billscher examines how their strategies are playing out.
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Washington Monthly retweeted
People say: “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.”
Abdul El-Sayed is following that mantra. James Talarico isn’t.
How’s it working out for them? My @monthly latest: washingtonmonthly.com/2026/1…
Washington Monthly retweeted
“The 10 Worst Midterm Candidates Running for Congress”
Every election produces its share of crooks and crackpots. But the 2026 midterms have delivered an especially astonishing crop, and plenty have a real shot at winning.
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Every election produces its share of crooks and crackpots. But the 2026 midterms have delivered an especially astonishing crop, and plenty have a real shot at winning.
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Trump has not learned the sad history of presidential midterm campaigning washingtonmonthly.com/2026/1…
“If you’re busting your butt, you should be able to get ahead.”
On our podcast, @ThirdWayTweet's Jim Kessler (@ThirdWayKessler) discusses the think tank’s new policy agenda for middle-class America.
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Trump’s Midterm rally blitz is likely doomed.
Presidents who hit the campaign trail in midterm election years have a poor track record, especially when their job approval is underwater, @billscher reports.
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French student protesters are animated by more than their legitimate concerns about deteriorating schools, @gillenTmartin reports from Paris.
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