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December 2025

No, Whiny Billionaires Will Not Flee California
A 5% wealth tax may be on the ballot there next year. But these guys gain and lose 5% of their fortunes in the stock market all the time. Why does this…
 • Paul Waldman
Why JD Vance Can't Ride Whiteness to the White House
He thinks naked white supremacy will make him president. He's almost certainly wrong.
 • Paul Waldman
Trump Gets Ready to Get His War On
Would the public really be down for a war on Venezuela?
 • Paul Waldman
Being a Huge Asshole Is Not Good Politics
It would be one thing if Trump was delivering for the average person. But when he isn't, his complete lack of human virtue becomes a bigger problem.
 • Paul Waldman
The RFK Jr. Catastrophe Holds An Important Lesson In the Uses of Power
Just a kid with a dream, that one day millions more people could die from preventable diseases.
 • Paul Waldman
Trump to Reward Welfare Queens With Handout From Taxpayers
Yes, farmers are welfare queens. But so am I, and so are you.
 • Paul Waldman
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
 • Paul Waldman
A Few Bad Men
The Hegseth murder-on-the-high-seas scandal is only part of the story. This administration has put sadism at the heart of its policy and its politics.
 • Paul Waldman
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