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Election 2024

Peggy Noonan on How to Save America
‘Any jackass can knock down a barn, but it takes a man to build one.’ The columnist sounds off on populism, Trump, and the fragility of American…
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Bari Weiss
689
How a French Whale Made $85 Million off Trump’s Win
A trader on Polymarket outsmarted the entire polling industry. He talks to Joe Nocera.
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Joe Nocera
434
Why Asian Americans Are Moving Right
Crime, economic strain, and affirmative action are sparking an Asian American exodus from the Democratic Party.
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Neetu Arnold
8
Martin Gurri: Our Countercultural Revolution
Trump has become the definitive avatar of the revolt of the public. Will he be enough to satisfy Americans’ hunger for change?
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Martin Gurri
661
The Case of Justine Bateman—And Why Gen X Broke for Trump
The ‘Family Ties’ star, who came out swinging against wokeness after the election, speaks for a generation tired of being told what to think.
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Peter Savodnik
445
The History Lesson Democrats Can’t Afford to Forget
Forty years ago the party was in the political wilderness. Then a band of centrist insurgents took on the left wing—and got Clinton in the White House.
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Eli Lake
791
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
The Silicon Valley billionaire made big—and early—bets on Trump and J.D. Vance. What did he see that so many didn’t?
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Bari Weiss
351
The One Video that Explains Why Harris Lost
A TikTok Tocqueville inadvertently captured the fall of the Democratic elite at New York Fashion Week.
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River Page
169
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Donald Trump
For eight years, Joe Nocera suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Now, in an open letter to his fellow Americans, he writes: Resistance is futile.
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Joe Nocera
546
Ladies, Stop Sex Striking for Kamala
For every female TikToker who’s vowed chastity until 2028, there’s another more than willing to shack up with a Trump supporter.
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Kat Rosenfield
343
The Latino Democrats Who Flipped for Trump: A Report from the Border
Starr County, Texas, hasn’t voted for a Republican president since 1892. Now, ‘the GOP is what the Democrats used to be.’
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Leighton Woodhouse
290
Meet the People of Trump World 2.0
Who to expect when you’re expecting a second MAGA administration.
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River Page
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Eli Lake
138
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