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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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September 30, 2021
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Elise Stefanik Gets Trumpier Still With New Immigration Attack
The New York GOP congresswoman transformed herself into a Trump suck-up earlier this year to replace Liz Cheney. The transformation proceeds apace.
September 29, 2021
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Can Pramila Jayapal Stare Down Manchin and Sinema?
Her leverage is the votes she controls in the Progressive Caucus. Their leverage is that they can kill a deal single-handedly. The stakes could not be higher.
September 24, 2021
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Donald Trump Is in Full Freak-Out Mode Over the January 6 Commission
The subpoenas—and other, quieter staffing moves—show that the select committee means business. What did the president do, and when did he do it?
September 22, 2021
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Kyrsten Sinema Is Corporate Lobbies’ Million-Dollar Woman
She’s raked in cash from the Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, and others trying to gut the reconciliation bill. Connect the dots.
September 21, 2021
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“You Don’t Do That to an Ally”: Longtime French Ambassador to U.S. Scorches Biden
It’s not just the Australian submarine deal, says Gérard Araud. President Biden, he says, doesn’t seem to care about Europe at all.
September 16, 2021
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The Democrats’ California Lesson: Make Covid the Issue
Gavin Newsom was in trouble until his team decided to make the race about Covid-19. It worked this year in this deep-blue state. Can it work next year in purple ones?
September 14, 2021
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It’s California Recall Day, and This Is Your Reminder that Larry Elder Is Bonkers
Rose McGowan should have done a little more homework on some of the things Larry Elder has said about women.
September 10, 2021
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January 6 Committee Tightens the Screws Despite Republican Warnings
The committee released a statement Thursday night suggesting that Republican efforts to trip up the investigation have failed.
September 10, 2021
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Now It Gets Serious: Whom Will the Democrats Tax, and How Much?
Spending money is easy. Raising it is what’s hard. Can the Democrats pass something that will break from 40 years of tax-cut orthodoxy?
September 7, 2021
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Kevin McCarthy Really Doesn’t Want the January 6 Committee to See Those Phone Records
The House minority leader is raising suspicions about what GOP lawmakers might have said on the phone during the riot.
September 3, 2021
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The Gavin Newsom Recall Election Is More About Washington Than Sacramento
Democrats are realizing that the outcome of the September 14 vote has implications that stretch beyond the state capital.
August 31, 2021
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Madison Cawthorn’s Latest: The Time May Come for “Bloodshed”
His potential Democratic opponent unloads on the Berchtesgaden-visiting congressman for his latest over-the-top remarks.
August 30, 2021
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Why Isn’t Terry McAuliffe Cruising in Virginia?
He was a successful governor. It’s a blue state now (so we say). So why is the Virginia gubernatorial race so close?
August 24, 2021
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How Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi Beat the Moderates
What looked a few days ago like the Gottheimerdämmerung of the Biden administration ended with a whimper.
November 1, 2010
Speaker Boehner, Meet Your New Republicrats
October 14, 2010
Voter Fraud: The GOP's Phantom Menace

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