Elizabeth Spiers

Elizabeth Spiers is the founder of The Insurrection, a digital strategy and polling firm. She was previously the editor in chief of The New York Observer.

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A BEIGE BLOB

Terry McAuliffe’s White-Guy Confidence Just F*cked the Dems

White men don’t walk through the world the way women and people of color do—which is to say, with constant pressure to over-perform.

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‘CRAZY GAMES’

Is This Accused Stalker Trump’s Most Disturbing Pardon?

One reason his pardon stood out is because of the ongoing threat that some of the people he allegedly stalked and harassed fear that he may pose to them now.

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WHO RUN THE WORLD?

Bernie Will Win in the End, Thanks to AOC

Seventy-six percent of Democrats say they’d vote for a socialist president, and her telegenic accessibility has the potential to make that less scary to the holdouts.

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Stakes Is High

Coronavirus Prep Is Wildly Different for the 1 Percent

For the super rich, the virus is a market disruption—a money problem. For everyone else, it’s life or death.

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AWFUL TRUTH

I Loathe Bloomberg. But He’s Doing One Thing Right.

He’s racist, misogynist, authoritarian… and wickedly smart about how to use media and money to promote himself. Democrats need to understand why his tricks work.

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