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David Faris

Contributing Writer

David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Indy Week.

Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Republicans are leaving the light on for Trump

Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Why Republicans won't convict Trump

A family.

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America's parents are not okay

The Capitol building.

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Opinion

How ending the filibuster could actually foster bipartisanship

President Biden.

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Biden needs a plan B

President Trump.

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Opinion

The GOP purge of Trump fails to materialize. Again.

Chuck Schumer and President Trump.

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The Democrats' false choice on impeachment

President Trump.

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Two weeks is too long. Remove Trump from office now.

A maze.

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Opinion

2021 might just be incredible

A COVID ornament.

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Baby, it's COVID outside

President Trump, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and Robert Mueller.

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Trump's eye-for-an-eye endgame

Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden.

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The looming stimulus deal is a dispiriting harbinger of the endless gridlock to come

A person walking.

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The Democrats' Get-Out-of-Manhattan Project

A party in a coffin.

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Americans are choosing death over deprivation

President Trump and Rudy Giuliani.

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Will Democrats stand up for democracy?

President Trump.

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Republicans avow the absurd

President Trump.

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Was Trump ever as unpopular as we thought?

Mitch McConnell.

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The fate of democracy rests with a handful of Republicans

Joe Biden.

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A Biden presidency might essentially be over before it can begin

Voters.

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Democrats' first priority

Joe Biden.

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Is this the year the New South turns blue?

President Trump.

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Opinion

Trump face-plants in the homestretch

An elephant.

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Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement

President Trump.

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Trump loses on the merits

The Capitol turns blue.

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The clock is ticking on Republicans' Senate advantage

Amy Klobuchar.

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Democrats need a better counter to 'originalism'

President Trump and Mike Pence.

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President Trump can learn a lot from Mike Pence

President Trump.

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Trump's illness is reinforcing his central political problem

President Trump.

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4 plausible election scenarios after Trump's coronavirus diagnosis

President Trump.

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Opinion

Why Trump's alpha debate strategy will backfire

President Trump.

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Opinion

This is what an American coup looks like

Mitch McConnell.

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Opinion

Mitch McConnell's most savage move is to back off

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Opinion

Why Democrats shouldn't panic about RBG's death

President Trump.

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Opinion

The staggering consequences of Trump's coronavirus lies

President Trump.

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Trump's RNC role is a much bigger mistake than Republicans realize

People painting a map.

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Opinion

How the Electoral College made America's pandemic response worse