Are the Democrats Sleepwalking to Disaster?: With the future of American democracy on the line, why are Democrats insistent on running their weakest candidate against Donald Trump? Harold Meyerson argues it's time for the president to step aside.

The Immigration Policy Spiral: President Biden is determined to strike a punitive deal on immigration that capitulates to the far right despite lacking support in the House. It's not going to work, David Dayen writes.

Israel Rounds Up Palestinians For Social Media Posts: A secretive task force run by Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir is detaining Palestinians, students and peace activists for social media posts. Detainees have been imprisoned in maximum security prisons for weeks. Luke Goldstein has the story.

COP28 Punts on Emissions and Migration Challenges: Despite ample evidence of the climate crisis and fast-approaching net-zero emission deadlines, world leaders did little more than maintain the status quo at COP28. Gabrielle Gurley writes how countries most at risk had little to gain from the conference.

Republicans Want to Ban All Abortions, Even if It Kills Mothers: In Texas, Republican officials did everything they could to force a woman to carry a doomed and dangerous pregnancy to term. Read Ryan Cooper on how exceptions to restrictive abortion laws are often meaningless in practice.

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