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"And You May Ask Yourself, How Did We Get Here?"
Exactly how does an incumbent president go from total political domination of his party to unprecedented collapse? The picture is still murky.
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Micah L. Sifry
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Don't Look Up! (The Sequel)
It's a surreal time to be alive and paying attention, isn't it?
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Micah L. Sifry
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The President Has No Clothes!
Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes? If you watched the presidential debate, you know what you saw.
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Micah L. Sifry
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The Road Not Taken: Hard Truths about Jamaal Bowman’s Loss
Don't blame AIPAC. Political malpractice by the incumbent plus bad advice and self-delusion from national groups did him in.
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Micah L. Sifry
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June 2024

The Empire Strikes Back: Latimer v Bowman Goes Down to the Wire
A last look at the Democratic primary in my home district as the political circus really comes to town.
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Micah L. Sifry
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The State of Civic Tech as Seen from TICTeC 2024
Like everywhere else, the role of AI is the big question. Plus some other updates from the intersection of tech and politics.
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Micah L. Sifry
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On Antisemitism and the Fight for Democracy
Plus some lessons about big money in politics from the primary fight underway between Rep. Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer.
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Micah L. Sifry
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All Politics is Local: Notes on NY CD-16 as Primary Day Approaches
Parsing Mondaire Jones' endorsement of George Latimer, how the local media is covering the race and what both candidates' campaign finances reveal.
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Micah L. Sifry
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A New Third Party Hope in Kansas
While 2024 is shaping up to be another round of the two-party doom loop cycle, some folks are looking forward to try to change the system for the…
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Micah L. Sifry
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May 2024

Time to Calm Down About AI and Politics
It turns out generative AI isn't going to be the Meetup or Facebook or Twitter of this election cycle.
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Micah L. Sifry
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Jamaal Bowman, George Latimer and The Israel-Gaza War at Home
An in-depth guide to the cross-currents of race, class and identity as the Democratic congressional primary in NY's 16th district comes into the home…
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Micah L. Sifry
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No Exit from the Israel-Palestine Doom Loop?
Fresh polling suggests that the student protest movement is much smaller than portrayed, and that Israeli Jews are also moderating, but…
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