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Perry Bacon is a staff writer at The New Republic and host of the TNR show Right Now With Perry Bacon. Prior to TNR, he was a weekly columnist at The Washington Post. Perry has also been a commentator at MSNBC, a fellow at New America and the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, and a political writer at Time, TheGrio, NBC News, and FiveThirtyEight. He has covered six presidential campaigns and interviewed Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, and numerous other prominent politicians. He is a graduate of Yale University and lives in Louisville, his hometown.

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August 29, 2025

This Democrat Proves You Can Be Principled, Effective—and Popular

Zohran Mamdani has pointed to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as a model. There are many good reasons why.

August 24, 2025

Stopping Trump’s Dictatorship Is a Vital Message—and a Winning One

There is no electoral risk to hammering away on Trump’s dictatorial tendencies—and a huge risk to the nation in ignoring them.

August 20, 2025

The Democratic Establishment’s Shunning of Mamdani Is Disqualifying

What exactly are Schumer, Jeffries, et al. afraid of? If they won’t get behind Mamdani, progressives should make them pay a future price.

August 11, 2025

How Democrats Can Stop Bickering and Focus on Stopping Trump

Democrats disagree on a lot of things. That’s fine. Instead of fixating on those differences, they should focus on the one big thing they agree on.

August 5, 2025

Texas Republicans: It’s About Power, Yes—but Also Their Radical Agenda

Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws people hate and block ones they want.

August 5, 2025

Why So Many Key Institutions Have Folded Rather Than Challenge Trump

Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe a lot of these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing. Just remember: Trump was defeated once before.