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A Globally Predictable Result: Nearly half of the population of the world has gone to the polls in 2024. And with a few notable exceptions, David Dayen writes, virtually every party that was the incumbent at the time that inflation started to heat up has lost. Long Night's Journey Into Hell: What went wrong on Tuesday? Harold Meyerson makes a case for how we arrived at this perilous and tragic place.
Time for Democrats to Abandon the Mainstream Media: Has "liberal" mainstream media failed us? Ryan Cooperreviews how prized liberal news outlets produce sloppy media coverage and asks whether they deserve our continued support.
A Republic, If We Can Keep It: In the wake of Trump’s win, Robert Kuttner writes, we must determine how to mitigate his inevitable damage to democracy.
The Triumphant Return of Corruption: Corporations are poised to win big during the next Trump administration, and their surging stock prices show it. David Dayen takes a look at the biggest stock gainers since the election.
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