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This has been one of the most quietly consequential weeks in recent American politics.

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Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? Party leaders like Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer say they won’t repeat the missteps of Barack Obama’s first term. They haven’t proved it quite yet. Drew Angerer/Getty Images There is a rapidly consolidating consensus among the liberal commentariat that Democrats have learned from mistakes made during the Obama years and updated their thinking to adapt to new political realities. For once, it seems, Democrats may be in array. The design and passage of Jo...

We’re seeing a policy realignment without a partisan realignment.

Please verify your request* Advertisement President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill is on track to become law on Wednesday, and while you may be understandably most concerned about what it means for you — how big a “stimulus check” you’ll get and when you can expect it — the massive package includes plenty of other provisions that are likely to have major effects on the country and add to the massive political implications of the legislation. Here’s why the A...

In both business and politics, leaders tend to overestimate how much they have in common with their audience

During the Senate debate over the coronavirus relief bill and in the hours after it finally passed, I was angry.I was angry at Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for reducing the size of unemployment checks from $400 to $300 and moving up their expiration date for no other apparent reason than his egotistic...

This will appreciably improve the lives of Americans—and position the administration to do even more.

The stimulus shows why the left should stop worrying and learn to love the suburban voter Vox.com 3/8/2021 Zack Beauchamp © Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images Biden-Harris supporters cheer at a drive-in rally in Orlando, Florida, on October 27, 2020. Democrats passed an unapologetically progressive stimulus bill through the Senate this weekend, one that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has called “the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working families in the moder...