For as much as some of Trump’s and Musk’s moves were anticipated in Project 2025, the fact of the matter is that marginal Trump voters — the voters who gave him his victory — did not vote for any of this. They voted specifically to lower the cost of living. They did not vote, in Musk’s words, for economic “hardship.” Nor did they vote to make Musk... See more

On Sunday, I wrote about a remarkable CBS/YouGov poll that helped me understand why Trump is both politically resilient and politically vulnerable. In short, a majority of Americans like many of Trump’s objectives, but they don’t like his methods. Democrats win when they contest Trump’s methods, but they lose when they contest at least some of his... See more

It may be too early for an election retrospective. It's still election night, and technically things haven't been called. It's a good time to speak candidly, though: There is not a single moment this election that I felt heard or represented by Kamala Harris. Not one. But—people, and... See more