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TLP Weekend Edition (February 8-9, 2025)
What we're reading and checking out.
 • 
Ruy Teixeira
, 
Michael Baharaeen
, and 
John Halpin
2
The Democrats’ Voter Registration Blues
How the party has lost ground to Republicans in adding new voters to their ranks.
 • 
Michael Baharaeen
14
How Democrats Can Survive the Next Four Years
Beyond all resistance all the time.
 • 
Ruy Teixeira
42
The Presidency Has Become Too Powerful
It’s long past time for Congress to reassert itself.
 • 
Michael Baharaeen
22
Majority Rule and The Loyal Opposition
The concept of the “loyal opposition” arose from British parliamentary debates in the nineteenth century—that eventually institutionalized opposition…
 • 
John Halpin
18
GOP Reaps Rewards of Party Switchers
Is ideology or opportunism driving the realignment?
 • 
Nate Moore
19
TLP Weekend Edition (February 1-2, 2025)
What we're reading and checking out.
 • 
Michael Baharaeen
, 
John Halpin
, and 
Ruy Teixeira
6

January 2025

Family, Fertility, and Gender Fluidity
Part two on young people and the new culture wars.
 • 
John B. Judis
17
The Democrats’ Governance Problem
They’re bad at it and getting worse.
 • 
Ruy Teixeira
34
Trump's Executive Order on Sex and Gender
It’s a rational policy and on every metric, voters agree with it.
 • 
Kara Dansky
15
Democrats Should Embrace Ideological Pluralism
Litmus tests offer a bridge to nowhere.
 • 
Michael Baharaeen
52
A Midwestern Battle for the DNC
Who will lead Democrats out of the woods?
 • 
Nate Moore
7
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