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Daniel Strauss

Daniel Strauss is a staff writer at The New Republic. He previously was a senior political reporter for The Guardian. Before that he spent four and a half years as a politics reporter at Politico. He has also been a reporter for Talking Points Memo and The Hill newspaper.

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February 9, 2022
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Georgia Is the Midterm Ground Zero for America’s Political Future
Rarely has one state featured so many dramatic, implication-rich races in a midterm year. Can the Democrats—led by Stacey Abrams—pull this off?
February 4, 2022
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January 6 Recap: Finally Scratching the Surface on How Far Trump Was Willing to Go
Bombshell memos, high-level testimony, piles of documents. It adds up to a heap of trouble for the former president.
February 3, 2022
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Will Joe Biden Opt for Lindsey Graham’s Preferred Supreme Court Nominee?
Does the all-but-certain promise of a “yes” vote from Graham—along with Jim Clyburn’s support—make Michelle Childs the odds-on favorite?
February 2, 2022
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Democrats Can Win the Pennsylvania Senate Seat—if They Don’t Slaughter One Another First
The Keystone State is the party’s most likely chance at flipping a Senate seat. But Dems are looking at four months of a grueling and potentially rough primary.
January 28, 2022
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January 6 Committee Recap: The Walls Continue to Close in on Trump and the Insurrectionists
The Justice Department gets serious, the Fulton County case against Trump takes a big step forward, and Seb Gorka steps on a rake.
January 27, 2022
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Whatever’s Ailing This Administration, It’s Probably Not Ron Klain
The chief of staff is taking a whipping this week in the press. But replacing him would accomplish ... well, probably nothing.
January 25, 2022
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Ron DeSantis Is Eyeing the White House. Florida Democrats Are Eyeing Him.
He seems to be the heavy favorite for reelection at the moment. But remember—he only won by 30,000 votes last time. And he’s under 50 percent. Stranger things have happened.
January 21, 2022
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A Good Week for the January 6 Committee Means a Bad Week for Donald Trump
The first installment in our (hopefully) weekly update on what the committee did this week—and where it ought to head next week.
January 20, 2022
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It Really Is Infrastructure Week. Will It Matter in November?
Mitch Landrieu made his national bow as infrastructure czar this week, and the money is headed out to the states. Now, to make it pay electoral dividends.
January 14, 2022
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Meet the MAGA Extremist Who Might Be Arizona’s Next Governor
Kari Lake used to be a Democrat. Now she’s appearing with Nazi sympathizers. Trump endorsed her—and she just might win.
January 13, 2022
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Democratic Governors May Be Democracy’s Last Line of Defense
If Democratic incumbents and challengers in swing states can’t win in 2022, then the GOP may be able to do what it wants in 2024.
January 11, 2022
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Jim Jordan’s Rejection of the January 6 Committee Will Cause Damage Beyond This Investigation
Next year, Jordan may chair the Judiciary Committee. What’s he going to think of people spurning congressional subpoenas then?
January 7, 2022
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OK, It’s Small, but There’s a Chance Marjorie Taylor Greene Could Lose
Georgia Republicans redrew her district to make it more Democratic, and she faces a primary challenge that could be serious. It’s not impossible.
January 6, 2022
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Merrick Garland Has Satisfied His Democratic Critics—for Now
The typically circumspect attorney general used the January 6 anniversary to reassure his doubters that he is pursuing the Capitol riot perpetrators with zeal.
January 5, 2022
Magazine
Can the Democrats Take Out Ron Johnson?
The lib-trolling Trump sycophant is at the top of most Democrats’ 2022 lists. He’s certainly beatable. But that’s what everyone thought in 2016, too.
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January 4, 2022
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Bennie Thompson Describes Next Steps for January 6 Committee
In an interview, the chairman makes clear that the select committee means business—but acknowledges there are limits on how much power the body has.
December 29, 2021
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The Midterms: The Good, the OK, and the Really, Seriously Ugly
If a lot of things break their way, the Democrats could defy history in the midterm elections. But man, that would need to be a whole lot of things.
December 20, 2021
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The Hideous Truth: The White House Still Needs Joe Manchin
Democrats from the president on down are furious at the senator. Unfortunately, though, they still need his vote, and they know it.
December 16, 2021
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Five Big Questions Raised by the New January 6 Revelations
We got a lot of answers this week. But they’re the kinds of answers that only lead to more questions. Here are the five key ones.
December 15, 2021
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Aiming Right at Donald Trump, the January 6 Committee Is Playing for Keeps Now
With Liz Cheney’s dramatic Monday statement and the House’s Tuesday-night contempt vote on Mark Meadows, stuff just got real—real fast.

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