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New economic and infection rate data paint a very grim picture at the costs of the President's failire to contain COVID19. Our elected leaders should step in here, and force the President to craft a serious national plan to contain the virus in the days ahead.
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The US government's response to COVID19 has been inadequate, and isn't getting better. Mass rapid testing is needed now, as is a campaign to help young Americans stay safe, be smart.
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Over the past 30 years, the Democratic Party has been the most successful center-left party in the developed world. It is time it started acting like it, and begin to far more purposefully lead the fight against rising illiberalism here and abroad.
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Simon offers the idea of creating a new government department focused solely on job creation and skill acquisition.
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Congress should strive for a massive fiscal stimulus aimed at three broad goals: shore up the healthcare system and pandemic-response, provide aid to...
The COVID19 crisis is an opportunity for elected officials here in the US to take on a new and powerful role - truth teller, community leader, COVID...
The nation needs a plan to defeat COVID19, not magical thinking. The President's strategy has failed, and it's time for Congress to step...
Please join NDN for a COVID briefing with Dr. Rob Shapiro this Friday at 2pm, focusing specifically on the economic consequences...
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Eight weeks into the COVID19 crisis, the US govt is still without a national plan to combat the virus. Call Congress today and demand they step up and force the Trump to do what is necessary to protect us.
Biden's big Super Tuesday wins capped a truly remarkable week for the Vice President and his resiliant campaign. Some thoughts on the how the campaign can grow, innovate and win in the weeks ahead.
Simon offers four ideas for how we can protect our republic from an out of control President and his Senate enablers: launch a security review, secure our elections, establish a rule of law rump group, adopt the social media framework endorsed by the state parties.
Three years of economic policy under the Trump administration are well represented by just a few words: incoherent yet immensely dangerous. It is fitting then that the budget proposal released by the administration today continues this trend.
New digital threats will require US political parties to start seeing themselves as front line actors in our national effort to protect our elections and discourse. Some thoughts on how the parties can re-imagine themselves to meet these challenges head on.
Among the most significant political developments of the Trump era is the dramatic shift of under 45 year old voters towards the Democrats. From 2000 to 2016, D margin w/under 45s was 6 points. In 2018, it was 25.
A series of events over the past several months raises questions about whether using Russian style disinformation tactics has become a core part of the GOP’s electoral strategy in 2020.
Our long-time contributor Rob Shapiro has a new piece in the Washington Post that discusses the economic consequences of the coronavirus and argues that recent efforts by the Fed to shore up the economy likely won't be enough to stop wider economic harm.
