For the first time in many decades, a swath of Russia could become a gray zone, “a functional part of no country, controlled and punished by Russia’s adversary,” @annanemtsova writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/08/gray-zone-comes-to-russia-ukraine-war/679452/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYQ7ekP1bPOl0zI0-qOokhSo&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“President Biden’s first two years of accomplishments provide Democrats with an opportunity to sell a new, winning message of actionable economic nationalism—the antidote to the failures of neoliberalism,”@ChrisMurphyCT writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/democrats-should-reject-neoliberalism/671850/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYTxYEgdOeCw70EEjrPK4nlg&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The Senator Warning Democrats of a Crisis Unfolding Beneath Their Noses

Chris Murphy has been trying to understand why our version of liberalism — emphasizing free markets and consumer choice — feels to many like a dead end.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/opinion/chris-murphy-democrats.html?smid=em-share

Why Is Trump Spreading Rumors About Haitian Immigrants? Rousseau Knows.

The 18th-century philosopher knew that divisive politicians understand that those who struggle economically “look more below than above them.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/opinion/trump-springfield-haitian-immigrants.html?smid=em-share

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The Real Trump Mystery

How is it possible that the former president has a reasonable chance of winning the election despite all that voters now know about him?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/opinion/trump-maga-sources-support.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N04.vSm7.coHmZGNkVTkv&smid=em-share