‘GREAT CANDIDATE’
Unlike Trump himself, Glenn Youngkin is spending dozens of millions of his own fortune to try to pull off an upset in the increasingly blue state.
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NO MORE HOAX
It’s not the whole party yet, but Republicans in positions of power are recognizing that the politics are shifting along with the weather.
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STRICTLY THE BEST
He’s got a thin résumé, a rap sheet, and just moved to the district. Naturally, he’s Trump’s choice to represent this slice of Ohio.
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SECOND TIME AROUND
He still has time to find his footing, but so far the man and the moment haven’t aligned.
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‘STRICTLY PRAGMATIC’
Even in Wyoming, the nation’s top coal producer, change is coming, and at least some Republicans are trying to come to terms with the inevitable.
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NEVER FORGET
“It’s a testimony to our democracy that we were able as ordinary citizens to accomplish this” after 9/11. We'll see where things end up this time around .
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GAME OF (SEA) CHICKEN
Florida’s governor says people will die if the CDC requires vaccine passports for cruise passengers. The mayor of Miami-Dade explains why that’s every bit as crazy as it sounds.
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VADER’S DAUGHTER
The hardline conservative stuck to her principles and voted to impeach Trump. Now his loyalists are determined to push her out of power.
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PAST PARODY
We’re about to find out—and judging from how Republicans have treated previous Biden nominees, this could get ugly, fast, for two impeccably qualified nominees.
SWEPT AWAY
He lost 49 states in 1984 to Ronald Reagan, but in his quiet and modest way he left a legacy that endures beyond that electoral defeat.
