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There is no desire for the right’s hardline immigration agenda. The average American hates ICE, wants criminals deported, and supports a path to legal status for most undocumented immigrants. This is clear in the polls leading up to and after the midterms. But Trump admin t of the right, want the opposite because the right is obsessed with race and it views immigration as part of an ongoing battle to tip the scales toward or away from it. These people use terms like “demographics,” but what the right really means is race. If you believe, as the right does, that it is locked in an existential battle over the future of the country and that the outcome will be determined by the racial composition of the country, then you are not going to just let people vote their way out of your race-obsessed regime.
I’m told the Trump administration believes the stunning electoral losses last week were largely driven by concerns about the economy, affordability and the war with Iran — not its immigration crackdown.
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Democrats have the opportunity to start taking immigration away from the GOP by offering an alternative to approach to the issue, one that is actually popular with voters:
"Get rid of borders?" "No." "Get rid of SCOTUS?" "No." "Get rid of jails?" "No."
@ShannonBream fires off a series of questions to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani about the Democratic Socialists of America, an organization he proudly says he belongs to.
After Mamdani rejects all three hether the DSA will kick him out. He answers "No" again, this time with laughter.
Watch the full @FoxNewsSunday interview this Sunday at 2 P.M. ET on Fox News Channel.
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"Democrats can still deliver enough progress to hold their coalition together in the long term. A few modest but visible wins, oversight without impeachment theater, and a strong affordability agenda for the future could carry the party through 2028."
Democrats must deliver some quick wins to satisfy their new coalition. It won’t be easy.
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Democrats must deliver some quick wins to satisfy their new coalition. It won’t be easy.
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Great stuff by @emeriticus
Republicans think immigration is their winning issue after the midterms. It’s not. 58% of voters said enforcement went too far; only 20% said not far enough. Yes, Latinos shifted left, but *young white men* also shifted left as much or more. Why? Because the right has nothing to evances and culture wars. It has no interest in governing well, which is why it spent the lead-up to midterms attempting to stop Americans from voting their way out of this through gerrymandering, attacks on the Voting Rights Act, and other schemes. It completely backfired. There could not have been a clearer signal that Americans reject the right-wing project, and that is why the movement is now doubling down. It sees itself as being at war with the country and has no intention of letting something like a biblical rebuke of its agenda stop it.
So it is now on Democrats to build something durable that offers people a constructive vision of the future that addresses real concerns while also thwarting the paths by which the right might recover its position. That means tackling issues like immigration, and there is a way for the party to do that:
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I wrote about how Democrats can start to tackle immigration, and why the right has to be defeated in the long term as Trumpism dies and new threats emerge. My latest for @monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2026/11/07/dea…
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Republicans think immigration is their winning issue after the midterms. It’s not. 58% of voters said enforcement went too far; only 20% said not far enough. Yes, Latinos shifted left, but *young white men* also shifted left as much or more. Why? Because the right has nothing to evances and culture wars. It has no interest in governing well, which is why it spent the lead-up to midterms attempting to stop Americans from voting their way out of this through gerrymandering, attacks on the Voting Rights Act, and other schemes. It completely backfired. There could not have been a clearer signal that Americans reject the right-wing project, and that is why the movement is now doubling down. It sees itself as being at war with the country and has no intention of letting something like a biblical rebuke of its agenda stop it.
So it is now on Democrats to build something durable that offers people a constructive vision of the future that addresses real concerns while also thwarting the paths by which the right might recover its position. That means tackling issues like immigration, and there is a way for the party to do that:
So it is now on Democrats to build something durable that offers people a constructive vision of the future that addresses real concerns while also thwarting the paths by which the right might recover its position. That means tackling issues like immigration, and there is a way for the party to do that:
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MAGA suffered a historic defeat. But instead of reckoning with why voters rejected it, the right is doubling down.
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MAGA suffered a humiliating defeat, but the movement may be at its most dangerous in its death throes.
Read @emeriticus on the right that refuses honest introspection.
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Read @emeriticus on the right that refuses honest introspection.
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The president’s fight with a federal district judge over the East Potomac Golf Links is actually a big deal.
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The overperformers
1. Talarico
2. Colom
3. Cooper
4. Hamilton
5. Andrews/Wess
7. Davis
8. Ossoff
9. Turek
10. Brown
The underperformers
11. Osborn
12. Peltola*
13. Pappas
14. El-Sayed
15. Nixon
16. Flanagan
17. Jackson
*still counting
More here: washingtonmonthly.com/2026/11/06/ran…
1. Talarico
2. Colom
3. Cooper
4. Hamilton
5. Andrews/Wess
7. Davis
8. Ossoff
9. Turek
10. Brown
The underperformers
11. Osborn
12. Peltola*
13. Pappas
14. El-Sayed
15. Nixon
16. Flanagan
17. Jackson
*still counting
More here: washingtonmonthly.com/2026/11/06/ran…
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Some of the strongest Senate overperformers had experience in the clergy and health care, not politics.
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“Ranking the Best (and Worst) Democratic Senate Candidates”
My @monthly number-crunching of who overperformed and underperformed
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My @monthly number-crunching of who overperformed and underperformed
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Some news: Sad to be leaving @monthly but thrilled to be joining @NYMag and @intelligencer as a staff writer covering politics.
If you work on the Hill, in the administration, or elsewhere in DC, I’d love to hear from you! I’m on Signal @ nate.726
If you work on the Hill, in the administration, or elsewhere in DC, I’d love to hear from you! I’m on Signal @ nate.726
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The @monthly’s @billscher and @washingtonsun’s @mattklewis break down the stunning midterm results and what they mean for the future of both parties.
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Last night, a repudiation of Trump, GOP policies. A triumph for Schumer, Jeffries.
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Elon Musk is no defender of Western Civilization. He's entirely oblivious to the lessons of the ancient Greeks.
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“Independent bids by candidates who sought Democratic votes failed in Montana and Nebraska. Indeed, the Democratic brand, once toxic in parts of the country, seemed popular again in ways not seen in generations.” — @mattizcoop @monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2026/11/03/as-…
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Last week, @glastris joined the Tests and the Rest podcast to discuss the Monthly’s new college rankings, and our first-of-its-kind Best Colleges for Rural America.
Listen here:
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Listen here:
gettestbright.com/attending-a-ru…
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As I wrote here washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/09/wil… in 2018 Ds won most of the PVI R+3 and bluer seats, about half of the R+4 and scattered redder seats. I expect similar today…
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