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** Democrats Have a Patriotism Problem. Here’s How to Fix It.
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By Richard Kahlenberg
Director of PPI's American Identity Project
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Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s birth. Bobby Kennedy is mostly remembered today as a liberal icon, a tribune of the poor, and a critic of the Vietnam War, which he surely was. But it’s crucial, on this anniversary, to recall that he embodied a special brand of liberal patriotism that is at odds with so much of what the progressive left represents today.

It’s especially important for Democrats to reflect on Kennedy’s unapologetic patriotism as they celebrate their big victories in the November 4 elections. The returns ([link removed]) revealed a persistent class gap in voting patterns, which will matter a great deal more in the 2028 presidential election, when noncollege-educated voters are likely to play a much bigger role than they did in the recent odd-year elections.

There are many reasons why working-class Americans are skeptical of
today’s Democrats, but one key factor looming behind it all is this: The
party has a patriotism problem. There is a pervasive sense among voters
that Democrats just don’t like this country very much.
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Claire Ainsley, Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal: ‘The working class hasn’t gone anywhere — it’s just transformed’
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Trade Fact of the Week: Trump administration tariff increases through July 2025: $888 million on toys and dolls, $81 million on bananas, $71 million on tampons, $45 million on bandages
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** France’s Right and Left Wing Parties Are Surging. Can It Hold the Center?
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By Will Marshall
PPI's Founder and President
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French President Emmanuel Macron took power in 2017 ([link removed]) , the same year Donald Trump first moved into the White House courtesy of the Electoral College. Both were insurgents but stood on opposite sides of today’s new political barricades.

Macron upended his country’s established ruling parties, conjuring up an entirely new centrist bloc as a xxxxxx against Marine le Pen’s far-right National Rally. Trump took over the Republican Party, ousting traditional conservatives and turning it into a vehicle for a belligerent MAGA populism.

Both leaders are still in power, but their fates have diverged. Macron is mired in a crisis of collapsing governments and risks becoming a lame duck with two years yet to run in his second and final term. Meanwhile, the National Rally has become France’s most popular party, ([link removed]) taking the pole position in the 2027 presidential sweepstakes.

President Trump, triumphantly reelected last year despite his farcical attempt to steal the 2020 election, is riding roughshod over his political opponents — and the rule of law — with the acquiescence of a do-nothing Republican Congress.
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Government Reopens With All The Same Problems

This week on Facing the Future, PPI's Ben Ritz joins to take a look at the daunting agenda facing Congress after passing a budget deal to temporarily reopen the government.

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Staff Spotlight: Alix Ware

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Prior to joining PPI, Alix was the Director of Health Policy at the National Alliance for Care at Home where she tracked and prepared materials related to hospice and palliative care regulations, policies, alternative payment models, and data trends. Prior to her work at the Alliance, she provided support to local health departments in the areas of public health law, ethics, and health in all policies at the National Association of City and County Health Officials.

Alix holds a Master of Public Health and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in community health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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