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Was the Ukraine Aid Bill a Trump Defeat or a Strategic Retreat? – New York Magazine

There’s no question that the passage of a foreign-aid package similar to what Joe Biden requested last October was a setback for America First diehards and the confrontation-above-all hyperpartisans of the House Freedom Caucus. It also represented a personal vindication for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who until recently looked a little lost in his job. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threats to take away Johnson’s gavel for the grievous heresy of selective bipartisanship now look hollow. The […]
Was the Ukraine Aid Bill a Trump Defeat or a Strategic Retreat? – New York Magazine

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2024 Turnout May Be High Despite Apathy for Biden & Trump – New York Magazine

There’s a real conundrum affecting early predictions on the level of turnout for the presidential election this year. On one hand, we are in an era of historically high turnout, as a Pew Research Center report last year confirmed:
The elections of 2018, 2020 and 2022 were three of the highest-turnout U.S. elections of their respective types in decades. About two-thirds (66%) of the voting-eligible population turned out for the 2020 presidential election — the highest rate for any national […]
2024 Turnout May Be High Despite Apathy for Biden & Trump – New York Magazine