Political prognostication, by Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. CONT. – pdf Read more »
Republicans represent almost none of the places most immigrants live
President Donald Trump’s openly racist and xenophobic attacks on four Democratic House women of color, like his threatened immigration enforcement raids in major cities and the sweeping proposed new restrictions on asylum seekers that he announced Monday, underscores his transformation of the Republican Party into a coalition centered on the […] Read more »
A Blaring Message in Republicans’ Muted Criticism: It’s Trump’s Party
The lack of widespread Republican condemnation of President Trump for his comments about four Democratic congresswomen of color illustrated both the tightening stranglehold Mr. Trump has on his party and the belief of many Republicans that an attack on progressivism should in fact be a central element of the 2020 […] Read more »
Trump’s Racist Tweets
The podcast team discusses Trump’s tweets appearing to target a group of congresswomen of color. They also debate the odds of a Democrat winning a Senate seat in Kentucky. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
Huge Turnout Is Expected in 2020. So Which Party Would Benefit?
The 2020 presidential election is poised to have the highest turnout in a century, with the potential to reshape the composition of the electorate in a decisive way. But perhaps surprisingly, it is not obvious which party would benefit. There are opportunities and risks for both parties, based on an […] Read more »
Trump Fans the Flames of a Racial Fire
President Trump woke up on Sunday morning, gazed out at the nation he leads, saw the dry kindling of race relations and decided to throw a match on it. … His Twitter harangue goading Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to the country they came from, even though most […] Read more »