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  1. Turnout Will Win It for Moore or Jones, But GOP Will Have a Headache Either WayIn a strange campaign where the front-runner disappeared and the polls are all over the place, turnout patterns will matter most.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Roy Moore Hasn’t Won Just YetMoore has improved his position since being hit with sexual-misconduct allegations, but African-American turnout for Doug Jones could be crucial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. select all
    Obama Retweets Trumped Trump’s in 2017Congrats to Barack.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  4. ‘Barry & Joe: The Animated Series’ In Development with Conan […]An animated series starring a time-traveling Barack Obama and Joe Biden is currently in the works with some help from Conan O’Brien. According […]
    By Megh Wright
  5. politics
    Here’s What Barack Obama Says About Why More Women Need to Run for OfficeHmmmmm.
    By Lisa Ryan
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    Donald Trump’s Tree Lighting Looked Just Like Obama’s, Minus the CrowdsIt’s like the inauguration all over again.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Obama Studied the BladeIn Hawaii.
    By Brian Feldman
  8. politics
    Susan Sarandon Sure ‘We Would Be at War’ If ‘Very Dangerous’ Hillary ElectedAnd she’s not too fond of Obama either.
    By Halle Kiefer
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    Obama–Biden Memes Reach Meta Peak With Birthday TweetHappy birthday, Joe Biden.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  10. Obama Is Now More Popular Than Trump in Alabama, Fox News Poll FindsAlso, Democrat Doug Jones leads Roy Moore by eight points in the race for Jeff Sessions’s old Senate seat.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Racism May Have Gotten Us Into This Mess, But Identity Politics Can’t Get Us OutTa-Nehisi Coates tells us that Donald Trump’s racial appeal makes him America’s first white president. But how do we make him the last?
    By Briahna Joy Gray
  12. hot shot
    Here’s Barack Obama Reporting for Jury Duty in ChicagoJust a regular citizen in Chicago.
    By Lisa Ryan
  13. usa
    Even Former Presidents Get Jury DutyBarack Obama reportedly plans to serve in a Cook County jury.
    By Lisa Ryan
  14. No, the Extremist Fever in the GOP Is Not BreakingBoth Barack Obama and Jeff Flake have described extremism in the GOP as a “fever.” With Trump in charge, it’s now stronger than ever.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. Will the Obama Coalition Turn Out in 2018? Virginia Might Offer Some CluesNon-presidential election falloff in the base is a long-standing problem for Democrats that they haven’t clearly solved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. ex-presidents
    Obama, Bush Both Blast Trump Without Saying His NameIn separate speeches on Thursday, the two former presidents aired their grievances about the current occupant of the White House.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. As the Parties Have Polarized on Immigration Policy, Hispanic Vote Stays StableThe major parties have been rapidly separating on immigration policy in the very recent past. But other factors have kept the Hispanic vote stable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Trump Redoubles Claim That Obama Didn’t Call Gold Star FamiliesHe somehow made this story even more crass.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. harvey weinstein
    The Obamas Address Weinstein Allegations: ‘Michelle and I Have Been Disgusted’Harvey Weinstein contributed money to Obama’s political campaigns.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  20. new yorker festival 2017
    Jerry Seinfeld: Driving a Corvette With Obama Is ‘Greatest Moment’ of My LifeBut Donald Trump shouldn’t expect a ride.
    By Corinna Burford
  21. welcome to new york
    Could the Obamas Be Considering a Move to the Upper East Side?Yes, according to a report from “Page Six.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  22. the national interest
    The Berniecrats Have an Obama ProblemA small problem for the triumph of the revolution.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. party chat
    Larry David Says Obama’s Golf Game Is Very Presidential“When you play with him, you say, ‘Oh yeah, that guy, I’m glad he’s president.’”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  24. good one podcast
    What It Was Like Writing Jokes for President ObamaAnd why Donald Trump shouldn’t skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
    By Jesse David Fox
  25. Democrat Doug Jones Has a Slim — But Real — Chance of Upsetting Roy MooreIt will depend on convincing Alabamians that Moore will embarrass their state.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. dads
    Barack Obama Cried After Dropping Malia Off at Harvard“It was a little bit like open-heart surgery.”
    By Lisa Ryan
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    Obama Warned Mark Zuckerberg About His Platform’s ProblemsPresident Obama could see what Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t.
    By Brian Feldman
  28. Obama Blasts GOP’s ‘50th or 60th’ Attempt to Repeal the Affordable Care ActEach time Obama comments on efforts to “repeal and replace,” he sounds a little more annoyed.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  29. Talking Comedy and Politics with Former Obama Speechwriter David Litt Not many people can claim that they landed their first post-college job as a 24-year-old speechwriter and joke writer for the President of […]
    By Megh Wright
  30. Trump’s Immigration Flip-FlopHis astonishing (if shaky) deal with Democrats is a miniature version of the immigration reform efforts that divided the GOP in the recent past.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. buddies
    George Clooney Is Casual Texting Buddies With President ObamaThe Suburbicon director says the texts aren’t “Scaramucci-racy.”
    By Hunter Harris
  32. Judge Kills Obama Overtime Rule That Would Have Benefited 4 Million WorkersThe same Obama-appointed judge who froze implementation of a more generous rule for overtime pay last year struck it down for real today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Trump May End DACA — and Still Hold Dreamers HostageA reported go-slow approach to rescinding DACA is compatible with a strategy of making Dreamers part of a broader immigration deal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. documentaries
    Ken Burns Wants to Make an Obama Documentary“It would just be him. And then, in ten years, we’d add all the other things.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. the national interest
    The Obama-Era Deficit Scolds Want Big Tax Cuts NowFix the Debt is now fixin’ to get paid.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Birther Friends Forever: Why Trump and Sheriff Joe Arpaio Are BFFsA look back at a friendship forged in the fires of a racist conspiracy theory.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  37. freshman
    Looks Like Malia Obama Is All Moved In at HarvardShe was spotted with her parents, Barack and Michelle, on campus.
    By Lisa Ryan
  38. How the Indiana GOP Skewed Early Voting Opportunities to Benefit ThemselvesRepublicans block early voting opportunities in areas favoring Democrats, while expanding them on their own turf.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Republicans Fall Back in Love With Crony CapitalismA central tenet of Obama-era conservatism dies a quiet, lonely death.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. Jesus, Trump, and Guns: Luther Strange’s Ultimate Alabama GOP AdIn a race marred by negative ads, Senator Luther Strange has a positive spot that’s got more shout-outs to conservative icons than you can count.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. RNC Makes Kayleigh McEnany Its National SpokespersonMcEnany once mocked Barack Obama for having a brother who lives “in a hut in Kenya,” and expressed support for the birther movement.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. There May Not Be As Many ‘Trump Democrats’ As Previously ImaginedThe obsession with “Obama-Trump voters” showing the fatal Democratic weakness in 2016 may be based on imaginary party-switchers voting GOP as usual.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. July Jobs Report: 2017 Looking Exactly Like 2016It’s becoming monotonous to report, but it’s true: the slow but steady recovery continues, which could help Trump stabilize his shaky popularity.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Trump Is Proving That Obama’s Legacy Will SurviveQuite by mistake, a failing presidency reveals the true scale of its predecessor’s achievements.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. Ejected by Voters, ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Could Wind Up in PrisonIt’s been a long way down for Joe Arpaio since he lost reelection last year. And now he’s been convicted of contempt of court, and could be jailed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    How ‘Neoliberalism’ Became the Left’s Favorite Insult of LiberalsThe rise and meaning of an ubiquitous term of abuse.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. White House: The Real Story of Don Jr.’s Emails Is That Democrats Are BadThe administration is already brainstorming how they can spin this into a “conversation” about Clinton’s mishandling of “sensitive intelligence.”
    By Eric Levitz
  48. The U.S. Economy Doesn’t Care Who’s PresidentIn June, there were an impressive 222,000 new jobs created. How much does Trump’s agenda have to do with it?
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national interest
    Trump: Obama Should Have Punished Putin, Who Might Be InnocentThe president displays his signature alt-arguments on the international stage.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Trump Rejected Military’s ISIS Strategy Because It Was Too Similar to Obama’sThe White House reportedly asked the military for a new anti-ISIS plan because its first one was hard to “brand” as a break from Obama.
    By Eric Levitz
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