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Five years ago, I took a shot at trying to explain why there was so much infighting among progressives. Looking back, I was way off the mark. In the years since, I've come to learn an important lesson about politics that we often forget: elections aren't about ideas, they're about coalitions.

Feb 5, 2025, 5:54 PM

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