Does Anyone Want to Win the Midterms?

Trump keeps handing Democrats massive opportunities ahead of the midterms. Can the party figure out what to do with them?

May 23, 20265:45 AM

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter whose authors will be responding to any and all social invitations this weekend with: “My love for the United States of America does not allow me to do so.” (More on that in a bit.)