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Our Long National Debate Nightmare is Over

Trump will probably never grace a national debate stage again, so there's that. But our campaigns, and the media’s coverage, have been shortchanging voters for a long time. That's not likely to change until the public demands better.

Getting Beyond the ‘Buffett Rule’

In 1944, the year billionaire investor Warren Buffett first paid income tax, the U.S tax code ‘soaked the rich’ to an amazing degree — and the nation benefited mightily from all the soaking.

Progressive Breakfast

Final Debate Time previews Trump's "last stand": "Trump faces a important tactical decision on Wednesday night: use his largest remaining audience before Nov. 8 to amplify this 'rigged election' argument, or seize the moment to make a sober case that he is prepared to...

The Last Debate: How Low Will It Go?

If voter haven’t turned on Trump by now, a campaign ad from Hillary Clinton isn’t likely to move them. Clinton could choose to “go high" instead, using the debate platform to offer uplifting proposals around the issues that matter most.

Trump: Valueless

Warren Buffett, who is more than six times richer than Donald Trump, demonstrates American values in both words and actions. Trump displays utter obliviousness to those values.

Progressive Breakfast

Trump Makes Up Immigrant Conspiracy Trump concocts fantastical vote-rigging conspiracy. WSJ: "Mr. Trump pointed to North Carolina, where he said 'it is possible' that illegal votes from people who lacked U.S. citizenship could have won Mr. Obama the state. 'It could...

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