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George Washington is said to have once commented to Thomas Jefferson that in Congress, the energetic House of Representatives is a cup of hot tea while the more deliberative Senate is a cooling saucer. In a tongue-in-cheek nod to this idea, this newsletter for shorter, more polemical, and more attached-to-the-news-cycle takes from our contributors has been named the Daily Saucer.
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DeSantis is Spinning His Wheels
Until we see movement in the polls, any movement, or until he notches a win in Iowa, there is no evidence that consolidating support to DeSantis will…
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Justin Stapley
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DeSantis is Still The Only Viable Trump Alternative
Gov. DeSantis' performance in his debate against Gov. Newsome demonstrates why he was the strongest contender against Donald Trump in the first place.
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Benjamin Rothove
Equal Power in Co-Equal Branches of Government
For the branches of government to be co-equal in power, Congress must, somewhat paradoxically, be the pre-eminent branch of government.
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Justin Stapley
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Black Friday Showcases Capitalism in Action
Rather than a day of crass consumerism, Black Friday is a boon for the economy and a windfall for American workers.
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Bethany Torstenson
Conciliation or Conviction
The question in the GOP primary has come down to whether conciliation or conviction is the best approach to challenging Trump's dominance.
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Justin Stapley
A Discount Plan to End Homelessness?
For the low price of $20 Billion, Representative Dean Phillips believes he could end a societal problem that preceded written history.
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Justin Stapley
No, Javier Milei isn't 'Far-Right'
The overuse of the term 'far-right' ends up legitimizing truly far-right thought by lumping it in with far broader, and far more normal, forms of…
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Benjamin Rothove
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