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Lovett sits down with Hasan Piker, the massively popular progressive streamer, to talk through (and argue about) the hard questions about where the De...
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Donald Trump goes all in on naming his biggest political boosters to Cabinet posts, whether they're qualified or not (they're not!). Trump wants alleg...
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Trump begins staffing top roles in his second administration with loyalists and sycophants—and demands that the senators running for majority leader a...
The best way to understand what happened on Tuesday is to listen to what the actual voters have been saying. Dan checks back in with two strategists w...
As Kamala Harris officially concedes after a terrible election, Democrats begin searching for lessons—and singling out others for blame. Jon, Lovett,...
After a night of resounding losses and a nationwide lurch to the right, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan begin to sift through the pieces—what we know, and...
