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5 days ago | slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias

Hakeem Jeffries joined me yesterday to talk about the Republican reconciliation bill, the Knicks playoff run, and his ideas about reintroducing the Democratic Party to the public. Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Slow Boring to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

5 days ago | slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias

I had the opportunity to speak briefly with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday. His main goal was to talk about the Republican budget reconciliation bill that will cut taxes, cut Medicaid and SNAP, and raise interest rates by increasing the deficit — though with quantities as yes unknown. But we also talked a bit about the Knicks playoff run, about midterm recruiting, and about how he wants to introduce himself and re-introduce the Democratic Party to the country.

6 days ago | slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias

After a prolonged effort to steal the seat, North Carolina Republicans have thrown in the towel and conceded defeat in the Supreme Court race against Democrat Allison Riggs. This race on its own doesn’t have huge implications, but it’s one step on the way to securing a Supreme Court majority that would force North Carolina to un-gerrymander its congressional and state legislative districts and bring a greater dose of democracy to an important state.

1 week ago | slowboring.com | Matthew Yglesias

Back on April 28, I posed a pretty straightforward question to all factions of Democrats — “What’s The Plan to Win The Senate?” — and readers have asked me since whether I’ve gotten any good responses. The answer is … not really. As Shane Goldmacher reported, Democrats currently seem focused on recruiting. And recruiting is important. If Roy Cooper is your nominee in North Carolina, that makes winning in North Carolina more plausible.

1 week ago | slowboring.com | Ben Krauss

Everyone’s going crazy over the New York Magazine story about how everyone uses ChatGPT in college now. I think the solution is in class essays, and I think a good justification for that is below…