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America at a Crossroads @crossroadstalks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reagan and Bush won 38 states three straight times. Democrats still held most of those Senate seats. Trump has won 25 states three straight times. Democrats hold zero of the 50. Watch the full interview here: buff.ly/3xHpVa1 @ronbrownstein.bsky.social
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Had no idea she sent books in braille. ❤️
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Almost without exception, centrist Democrats in competitive primaries this yr have chosen to challenge only the viability, not the desirability, of the left’s core policy ideas like #M4A. It’s clear that’s a losing strategy for Dem centrists heading into 28. My take www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The Real Reason Moderates Keep Losing to Progressives
The tumultuous 2026 primary season has made at least one thing clear: Democratic centrists are pursuing a losing strategy in their struggle with the left. Until the moderates change course, they will ...
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
87%of pick-up truck drivers are men, 85% white, 74% married, most non-college,60% Repubs. They are now paying $100 to fill up their 20 MPG tanks. "The pain point is hitting big-iron driving Republican-leaning men more than anybody else,” says @murphymike.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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That $100 Tank of Gas Is a Problem for the GOP
High gas prices are squeezing all Americans in some way. But the spike in oil prices from the Iran War is hitting no one harder than people who drive pickup trucks. And that could prove a wildcard in ...
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
After 2024, the heartland looked like a wasteland for Dems. But in 2026, amid broad discontent over Trump II, they are seriously contesting more Senate & Gov races in the region than at any point since the early Obama years. My take. www.cnn.com/2026/08/16/p...
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Analysis: Why the middle of the country is back in the center of American politics | CNN Politics
The heartland Democrat is making a comeback.
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's not too early to say the core dynamic of the 2026 election has already coalesced: can Republican candidates win vastly more voters who disapprove of Trump than anyone except Susan Collins in 20 did in his first term? Sagging Dem favorability gives them hope-history gives them reason for concern
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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
On The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @ronbrownstein.bsky.social about El-Sayed’s many challenges in the general, how he can assemble a winning coalition, and what he's learned from Barack Obama’s understanding of politics. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... youtu.be/0qOT9RkIlUo
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The Daily Blast: Who is Abdul El-Sayed? His Harsh New Takedown of Trump Offers a Clue.
YouTube video by The DSR Network
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Chris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Excellent conversation between @ronbrownstein.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social making sense of Michigan race newrepublic.com/article/2140.... Would be so great to hear these two talking every week....
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Transcript: Who Is Abdul El-Sayed? His Harsh Trump Takedown Is a Clue.
Democrats just nominated a left-wing populist in the Michigan Senate race. A veteran political analyst explains how tough a road he faces, what he’s getting wrong, and how he can win.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
early Dem 2028 calendar will most advantage candidate who appeals both to Black voters (who comprise a large share of electorate in SC, MI and VA) and college-educated Whites (who likely outnumber non college Whites everywhere but NM and maybe MI). @ronbrownstein.bsky.social
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cade @caderedkey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Interesting conversation if you like data and elections. @ronbrownstein.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/vIKJHQP...
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Trump Is at 35%. Why Aren’t Republicans Panicking? (w/ Ron Brownstein) | Bulwark on Sunday
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tuesday's MI Senate primary is the culmination of the fiercest struggle b/twn left & center across Dem primaries in recent memory. It's also another sign that Dem voters are more alienated from their party leaders than at any point since the Vietnam era. My take. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Michigan Could Be Progressives’ Biggest Prize — and Regret
In a year of divisive Democratic primaries, Michigan’s Senate contest has been the most extended, expensive and acrimonious. A progressive win here tomorrow would give the left its biggest victory yet...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
As I've written, Trump has lost virtually every attempt to w/hold federal dollars from blue states & cities unless they adopt red state policies-on DEI, immigration enforcement, abortion & other issues. More here www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/p...
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Troops aren’t Trump’s only weapon against big blue cities | CNN Politics
The Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments have ignited searing conflicts between the federal government and local officials in Democratic-run cities....
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
As I wrote in June, smart strategists in Maine considered Hannah Pingree the best possible replacement to Platner, but she's otherwise committed at the moment.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Amen, @ronbrownstein.bsky.social
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It took a panoramic failure among Democrats for the Platner mess to reach this point. But the collapse of his campaign amid the most serious allegations yet could save the party from itself & restore its chances to oust Susan Collins. My take. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Platner’s Fall Could Save Democrats From Themselves
The latest allegation against Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate nominee, is forcing the party’s state and national leaders to finally hold the serious conversation they have been avoiding al...
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A Pulitzer Prize photo
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"Especially in his second term, Trump has governed more as the field marshal of a faction than as the leader of a unified nation. He has sought to mobilize federal power in unprecedented ways against the states and cities that voted against him."
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
America has been divided before. But today's separation of red & blue rivals the deepest divisions of our history apart from the civil war era-circa 1800s & 1960s. One key reason: a president who believes he benefits from widening the chasm. My take. www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/p...
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Analysis: America has been deeply divided before. Here’s why today’s divisions are different | CNN Politics
At 250 years, America’s fault lines are showing. Partisan and regional divisions rival the most intense internal conflicts it has faced since the Civil War.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
OPINION TODAY featured podcast — @ronbrownstein.bsky.social on what’s ahead in 2026—and in 2028. (Conversations with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) opiniontoday.substack.com/i/183037344/...
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Iraqozuela (with @ronbrownstein.bsky.social): Trump’s Venezuela takeover rhetoric and the politics of oil, Tim Walz bowing out of Minnesota’s gubernatorial race, rising health care costs and what they could mean for the midterms—and much more. (Hacks On Tap) opiniontoday.substack.com/i/183773933/...
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
While many are dissatisfied with aspects of the medical system, it’s far from clear the GOP can sustain public support for an agenda that simultaneously challenges mainstream medicine and retrenches the federal govt’s role in promoting health. (@ronbrownstein.bsky.social) www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/p...
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Analysis: Why Democrats see health care as a prescription for revival | CNN Politics
While health care was not a major focus in the 2024 presidential election, it has become a central front between the parties during President Donald Trump’s tumultuous second term, as the government s...
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If none of this has happened in 12 months, the odds are pretty high Cruz will find some rationale to avoid breaking with Trump at that point.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · 21/03/2025
“What history has shown us is that it’s easy to dismantle areas of science and technology,” said Joanne Padrón Carney, AAAS chief government relations officer, “but it’s difficult to rebuild.” Read the full story from @ronbrownstein.bsky.social in @cnn.com ⤵️
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Analysis: Trump’s moves to hollow out government could be difficult to undo | CNN Politics
Americans have grown accustomed to dramatic shifts in policy each time control of the White House changes between parties. But across a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues, President Dona...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Gene Hackman has died at 95. I recently wrote about his performance in Night Moves for a Criterion release that will arrive in a few weeks. Like anyone who writes about Hackman's acting, I had to come up with novel ways to avoid the word "perfect." It wasn't easy. >
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
House conservs are demanding GOP push big spending cuts when extending Trump's tax cuts. That departs from the GOP's tax only-sugar not spinach-strategy for the 01/03/17 tax cuts and echoes the plan that allowed Bill Clinton to revive his presidency in 95-96. More here. www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...
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Analysis: GOP’s plans to enact Trump agenda may face a big vulnerability | CNN Politics
As they try to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda, congressional Republicans face the same political risk as a generation ago: that tying together tax cuts and spending cuts will backfire.
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I wrote about this too. Bottom line is it was hard to convince voters that prices in the future would be higher under Trump when they believed that life was more affordable under him so recently in the past-despite all the warnings from economists of every ideological stripe about his Trump II plan
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is a constitutional crisis: the President doesn't have the power to cancel funds appropriated by Congress. Also, the math is insane; there is NO way to cut $4B/day by getting rid of "fraud". Cuts of that magnitude will dangerously undermine the core functions of government.
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Douglas Rivlin @douglasrivlin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“The number 1 thing: family separation..Individuals are really worried about who is going to take care of their children” if they're detained or deported. As Trump launches his enforcement offensive, immigrant advocates are mobilizing too edition.cnn.com/2025/01/28/p... @ronbrownstein.bsky.social
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Analysis: As Trump launches his enforcement offensive, immigrant advocates are mobilizing too | CNN Politics
Far beyond the Washington clamor of executive actions and lawsuits, and the dueling press releases between Donald Trump allies and adversaries, the arrival of the new president’s immigration regime is...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Knee. Bent. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit
The president had sued the social-media company after his accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I listen to and support @volts.wtf because of his many wonderful perspective-widening episodes, usually focussed on clean energy, but sometimes on other topics. Like this one on something I'd never considered before--worth your attention, I promise! www.volts.wtf/p/chris-haye...
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Chris Hayes on the attention economy
A conversation about how attention was commodified, why it's so easy to steal, where industry is looking for new supplies, and whether democracy can survive this.
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ronbrownstein.bsky.social @ronbrownstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Some 50% of poll respondents said the country was on the wrong track when it came to the cost of living, compared to 25% who said it was moving in the right direction."
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Before the election, voters also were most likely to name "the economy" as their most important issue news.gallup.com/poll/651719/...
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/01/2025
Oh come on.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Saturday she didn’t understand why President Trump fired several departmental inspectors general late Friday night given that those positions are crucial to rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, one of the president’s stated goals.

“I don’t understand why one would fire individuals whose mission it is to root out waste, fraud and abuse. This leaves a gap in what I know is a priority for President Trump. So I don’t understand it,” Collins said while arriving at the Capitol for a Saturday morning vote.
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