Damon Linker
Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.
Latest articles by Damon Linker
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Trump loses his grip on a Trumpified GOP
opinion The former president may have lost some of his sway, if not his swagger
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Letter from a demoralized Pennsylvania voter
opinion On the dissatisfying — and revealing — choices at the polls this Tuesday
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People are angry at the Supreme Court over abortion. Let them vent.
opinion Sometimes restraint is the better part of valor
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Bragging about blowing up Russian generals could get us all killed
opinion How the self-aggrandizing culture of Washington could spark World War III
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The only way for Democrats to ride the abortion tiger to victory in November
opinion As in so much else, it's all about moderation
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3 explosive political consequences of overturning Roe
opinion Perhaps not what you'd expect
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Ohio's GOP Senate primary offers a choice of Trump-lite or the full deal
opinion The former president only endorsed one candidate, but he shaped them all
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The toxic politics of bad economic news
opinion Why Republicans rejoiced over a GDP drop — and how it could backfire
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The 1 thing Biden got exactly right
opinion A successful balancing act on Ukraine
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Musk, Twitter, and the balance of digital power
opinion Why the billionaire's freewheeling approach to moderation may be the only option we have
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The liberal center holds in France, but how long can it last?
opinion The battle between liberals and antiliberals is just getting started
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How a Washington Post exposé played into right-wing muckrakers' hands
opinion You can't beat muckrakers at their own game
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Biden needs more than an agenda. He needs some energy.
opinion Quick Joe, act like you’re doing something!
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Democrats can prevail in the culture war. But they won't like the winning move.
opinion 'It's the economy, stupid' isn't enough right now
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Philly's mask mandate is back, but it's got little to do with COVID
opinion The time for performative disease prevention is over
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The problem with 'anyone but her' politics
opinion Macron, Le Pen, and the politics of fearing each other
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Will the far-right prevail in France this weekend?
opinion President Macron has taken to the world stage, but slipped in the polls at home
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Welcome to the Trump circus — without the clown-in-chief
opinion Other politicians are now playing the same destabilizing role as the former president
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What Hungary can teach Democrats about democracy
opinion Orbán mainly won because he's popular. Americans still confused about Trump should pay attention.
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How Democrats got themselves ensnared in the right's culture-war trap once again
opinion The GOP has succeeded in taking the 'center' out of the center-left
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Is the Russia-Ukraine war a 'clash of civilizations'?
Talking Point
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Russia and Ukraine are talking, but beware the poisoned chalice
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Who's the real audience for Biden's new budget?
Talking Point
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Ginni Thomas reveals the right's class warrior shtick
opinion She's the very elite she claims to be defending the downtrodden from
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