Politics

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War-Gaming for Democracy

I went to an exercise imagining the first day of a second Trump presidency—and left with some unsettling questions.

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The Dead-Enders of the Reagan-Era GOP

Mike Pence’s non-endorsement of Donald Trump only underlines how irrevocably the Republican Party has left traditional conservatism behind and embraced radical populism.

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The Ego Has Crash-Landed

If Donald Trump loses November’s election, it will be for one reason: He can’t help making it all about himself.