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  • Hey Donald, the Feds are Already in Chicago

    President Trump says he’ll “send in the Feds” if Chicago doesn’t cut its murder rate. But the reality is that “the Feds” are already in the Windy City, including a consent decree that does what Trump wants: reform the city’s police department.
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    • January 25, 2017
  • Watch Out For the Swamp Monster

    Donald Trump promised “to drain the swamp.” But will his administration enforce – or even retain—sensible administrative rules that protect millions of Americans?
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    • January 23, 2017
  • A Battle Beyond Politics

    The Democrats are behaving like a traditional opposition party. The effect is to “normalize” Donald Trump. It will be up to the press and advocacy groups to show how far outside democratic norms Trump falls.
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    • January 19, 2017
  • Big Money Still Matters — In White House And Senate

    In the presidential election, Donald Trump was outspent by Hillary Clinton two-to-one, but his campaign was victorious anyway, raising the question of whether money plays less of a role in elections than many have assumed. Don’t let this narrative fool you — at the presidential level, and down-ballot, big money mattered more than ever — including in Pennsylvania’s Senate race.
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    • January 5, 2017
  • Five (More) Questions for Jeff Sessions

    Senate Republicans already have made clear their intention to rush through Trump’s cabinet choices this week, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t or can’t ask tough questions of the men and women Trump has selected to join his team.
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    • January 9, 2017
  • Clemency Is Now Critical

    President Obama must aggressively expand his administration’s commutation program in his final days as president, especially for people serving time for low-level drug offenses.
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    • November 15, 2016