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Bill Curry was White House counselor to President Clinton and a two-time Democratic nominee for governor of Connecticut. He is at work on a book on President Obama and the politics of populism.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from the White House on June 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump addressed the three Iranian nuclear facilities that were struck by the U.S. military early Sunday. (Carlos Barria - Pool/Getty Images)

With strikes on Iran, Trump has chosen a path of insanity

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with the press at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, October 5, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

To win, Kamala Harris must handle tough questions: Here are the answers

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Donald Trump delivers remarks following mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH over the weekend. (YouTube/NBC News)

Donald Trump’s week from hell: After the horrors of El Paso and Dayton, GOP is in full retreat

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Are the Democrats divided? No — they’re poised to win big if they don’t screw it up

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Jerry Nadler; Kamala Harris; Bernie Sanders (AP/Getty)

Are Democrats ready to fight? The signs aren’t promising — this week’s debates are crucial

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(Getty/AP/Salon)

Joe Biden’s health care plan isn’t enough — but Medicare for All may be too much

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Nancy Pelosi; Robert Mueller (AP/Getty/Salon)

Last chance for impeachment: Next week Robert Mueller will shape history — but how?

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(AP/Getty/Salon)

Democrats shouldn’t use race as a wedge issue — that only serves Donald Trump

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Sen. Kamala Harris; Former Vice President Joe Biden (AP/Susan Walsh/Scott Olson)

The hidden consensus: A winning Democratic platform began to emerge in Miami debates

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (AP/Getty/Salon)

Let the debates begin: Time for progressive candidates to seize the moment

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George W. Bush; Barack Obama; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

How the Iraq war and the Great Recession of 2008 paved the way for the Trump catastrophe

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Hillary Clinton; Joe Biden (Getty/Salon)

Is Joe Biden the new Hillary? Democrats must have a real debate to avoid disaster

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Donald Trump, July 9, 1991 (AP/Richard Drew)

My meeting with Donald Trump: A damaged, pathetic personality — whose obvious impairment has only go

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(AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Michael Probst)

Hey, Democrats: Quit defending Obamacare! Let’s fix it — by moving toward a single-payer system

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Bernie Sanders; Barack Obama; Hillary Clinton (Getty/Justin Sullivan/Win McNamee/Chip Somodevilla)

Yes, Democrats need a civil war: Believe it or not, it’s the only real path back to power

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(Getty/Paul Butterfield/Chip Somodevilla)

I already knew Leonard Cohen was dead on Election Day — then things got worse

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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Photo montage by Salon)

We must smash the Clinton machine: Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary this time, but change is coming

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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton (AP)

Can Hillary stay in the race? If she loses Ohio and Missouri, Clinton’s case becomes very, very tenuous

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Hillary Clinton (Reuters/Randall Hill)

It should be over for Hillary: Party elites and MSNBC can’t prop her up after Bernie’s Michigan miracle

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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (AP/Carolyn Kaster/Reuters/Jim Young/Photo montage by Salon)

Hillary’s inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate

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Hillary Clinton (AP/Matt Rourke)

“It’s the corruption, stupid”: Hillary’s too compromised to see what Donald Trump understands

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(AP)

The Clintons really don’t get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008

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((AP Photo/David Goldman))

It’s almost over for Hillary: This election is a mass insurrection against a rigged system

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2014 file photo, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. speaks to the news media. (AP)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz must go, and the case Bernie Sanders must make tonight

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