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On New York's primary night, did the left strike back? ... Mail-in voting and fears of corruption ... Biden is up 14 in one poll, but Matt isn't ready to dance on Trump's grave ... How is it that Biden is doing better during a period of leftwing civil unrest? ... Why the odds of Warren as VP keep sinking ... Thought experiment: What if Trump goes silent? ...

How Kaiser became one of China's first rockstars ... How the American bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade helped break up the band ... Did America’s post-9/11 War on Terror have a liberalizing effect on China? ... Seeing the world from Beijing's perspective ... Some philosophical questions occasioned by China's rise ... Racism and America’s fear of China ... How should we judge China's behavior in its own neighborhood? ... Is President Xi a corruption fighter or just a power consolidator? ... Steve Bannon and his dodgy Chinese sugar daddy ... Kaiser: A huge misconception about China is that engagement failed ...

How Glenn and Carol first met ... Carol's 1993 book, Black Faces, Black Interests ... Would Stacey Abrams have won if she were pro-life? ... Carol's journey to Christianity ... Carol's prescient book on the new white nationalism ... Carol: "I have a lot of respect for Jared Taylor" ... Carol's harsh critique of identity politics on college campuses ... Are black conservatives winning, losing, or something else? ... Why Carol loves Donald Trump ...

Threats of disorder and promises of reform after George Floyd ... Mickey: “The Supreme Court is falling apart” ... The Washington Post Halloween party blackface debacle ... The not-very-shocking revelations in John Bolton’s new book ... Mickey complains to the manager and clarifies his position on welfare reform ... Bob: Yes, Covid cases are rising—but deaths are falling ... Bob attempts to strong-arm Mickey into starting a Patreon ...

Coleman's post-collegiate life (with a cameo from Glenn's wife) ... Reopening and the invisible cost of agreeing with Trump ... Thomas Sowell's thoughts on partisanship ... Glenn: Trump is "bumbling his way through" the tradeoffs of reopening ... Masks as a way of life ... Do racial disparities in Covid deaths demonstrate systemic bias? ...

Gorsuch's landmark opinion affirming LGBT workplace protections ... The failure of the conservative legal movement ... Matt: The "but Gorsuch" argument for Trump is dead ... Biden is up in all the polls, but Matt is skeptical ... Bill: The left is still seeking a big primary win ... Imagining Biden's first 100 days ...

Toby's organization, Justice Is Global ... Slow economic growth and rightwing nationalism ... Toby: The only way to deal effectively with inequality is globally ... How to solve the overcapacity problem in the steel industry ... Toby's radical idea: a global minimum wage ... Can the WTO become a vehicle for progressive policies? ... Will the GOP's "blame China" strategy work? ... Worrying about an October surprise from Trump ... Toby: Racial justice and economic justice go hand in hand ...

Looking for the truth between "Blue Lives Matter" and "ACAB" ... The rarely noted decline in police shootings ... What are the cops thinking? ... Peter: The police will never be fully demilitarized ... Aryeh: The underlying issue is widespread gun possession ... The Buffalo protester and cops who are bad at PR ... Peter: The actions of George Floyd's killer are baffling ... Peter argues that police abolition is "crazy" ... Peter lists his ideal police reforms ... The vast regional disparities in policing ...

Is liberalism being supplanted? ... Why Millennials succeeded in changing the culture of the workplace ... James Bennet's resignation and the "new samizdat" ... Mickey dismisses Bob’s fears about Trump’s authoritarian potential ... Is the New York Times now a journal of opinion? ... Mickey laments that welfare reform didn't work as well as he hoped ... Bob wants progressives to think about class, not just race ... Mickey: Conservatives should retreat on Confederate statues ... Examining conspiracy theories about the elderly Buffalo protester ... Lafayette Square revisited ...

"Lean In" feminism and the Karen meme ... What does it mean to call the cops? ... The politics of quitting your job ... Amid the protests, past microaggressions are aired online ... Brands agree that black lives matter. Hooray? ... Examining the apology of a pretty, white lifestyle influencer ...