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Kristian Ramos

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Kristian Ramos is a political strategist based in Washington, D.C.

Woman shopping in a grocery store (Getty Images/Moyo Studio)

The high opportunity cost of Trump’s economy

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks onstage at a rally on July 31, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump’s main selling point turns toxic: Mass deportation is a polling loser

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Former President Donald Trump listens during a border security briefing on June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The inflationary consequences of Trump’s planned immigration crackdown

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before a news conference on the House passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling gamble: The stupid cruelty of Republicans’ default tantrum

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Immigrants from Mexico and Central America await day labor work on a curbside near a Home Depot in Phoenix, Arizona. (John Moore/Getty Images)

There’s a solution to the labor shortage — and it’s the undocumented workers who are already here

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Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Democrats’ time to pounce: Republicans suddenly find themselves vulnerable ahead of midterms

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Joe Biden and Xavier Becerra (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It’s time for Democrats to embrace a “vaxxed and relaxed” message

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Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans’ problem with inflation

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Pramila Jayapal (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Humility is the Democrats’ Kryptonite 

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Is Apple trying to torpedo the market for affordable smartphones?

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