Ten retiring senators and representatives: Here's what would surprise Americans about Congress. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Vern Buchanan, Rep. Dan Newhouse, Rep. Sam Graves, Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, Sen. Gary Peters, Rep. Troy E. Nehls, Rep. Neal P. Dunn, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Sen. Dick Du...

A whole party has given up its constitutional authority, Rep. Chuy Garcia writes for @notusperspectives.bsky.social.
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Ten retiring senators and representatives: Here's what would surprise Americans about Congress. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Vern Buchanan, Rep. Dan Newhouse, Rep. Sam Graves, Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, Sen. Gary Peters, Rep. Troy E. Nehls, Rep. Neal P. Dunn, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Sen. Dick Du...

It’s almost impossible to work together now, writes Rep. @schakowsky.house.gov. But it won’t be that way forever.
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Ten retiring senators and representatives: Here's what would surprise Americans about Congress. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Vern Buchanan, Rep. Dan Newhouse, Rep. Sam Graves, Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, Sen. Gary Peters, Rep. Troy E. Nehls, Rep. Neal P. Dunn, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Sen. Dick Du...

One thing that might surprise people is how much of the work we do in Congress starts with conversations back home, says Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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Ten retiring senators and representatives: Here's what would surprise Americans about Congress. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Vern Buchanan, Rep. Dan Newhouse, Rep. Sam Graves, Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, Sen. Gary Peters, Rep. Troy E. Nehls, Rep. Neal P. Dunn, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Sen. Dick Du...

What would surprise Americans about Congress?

Too many performative members, argues Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

We’re not in it for the money, writes Rep. Dan Newhouse.
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I’m a Maine Reporter Who Went to High School With Graham Platner. Here’s What Explains His Success. In 2002, my classmate Graham Platner ran for student-body president of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. I remember watching him in our auditorium debate his fellow candidates. He was ...

Graham Platner isn’t running a campaign so much as seeking to build a mass movement against the status quo, writes @joshkeefe.bsky.social of @themainemonitor.org.
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I’m a Maine Reporter Who Went to High School With Graham Platner. Here’s What Explains His Success. In 2002, my classmate Graham Platner ran for student-body president of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. I remember watching him in our auditorium debate his fellow candidates. He was ...

The Democratic primary for Maine’s Senate seat has turned into a referendum on how Democrats should be responding to Trumpism, writes @themainemonitor.org reporter @joshkeefe.bsky.social, who attended high school with candidate Graham Platner.
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Join @notusperspectives.bsky.social editor Richard Just for a virtual discussion with Gen Z writers on “What Washington Doesn’t Get About Young Americans.”

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I’m a Maine Reporter Who Went to High School With Graham Platner. Here’s What Explains His Success. In 2002, my classmate Graham Platner ran for student-body president of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. I remember watching him in our auditorium debate his fellow candidates. He was ...

I’m a Maine Reporter Who Went to High School With Graham Platner. Here’s What Explains His Success.

@joshkeefe.bsky.social of @themainemonitor.org shares his insights:
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What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads. Emma Rowland, Samuel Valencia, Jade Tran, Madelyn Rowley, Ashton Pack, Monte E. White, Griffin Uribe Brown, Yasmeen Khan, Jack Salaki, Cooper Gant, Erica Stavnem, Sean Scholz, Denzel Massaley, Seyi Arogundade, Fox Perez, Emma Souza, Matthew Ali, Geneva ...

Older generations point at screen time and assume fruitlessness. Erica Stavnem argues that they’re wrong.
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Washington must ground itself in a deeper sense of collective responsibility, says Imam Khalid Latif.
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Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026?

Your own conscience, argues @katecohen.bsky.social.
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Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

Washington should get its facts from the people closest to the frontier of AI, says Matt Shumer, and its moral authority from the people who will have to live with the consequences.
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Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

"As an American and the leader of the global Church, Pope Leo brings a distinctive perspective to the moral challenges we face. He’s called us to serve the poor, to work for peace, to build bridges, not walls, and to stand in solidarity with those in need." @notusperspectives.bsky.social

Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

People across the nation and around the world are looking to Minnesotans for not only moral authority, but for moral inspiration. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us weighs in:
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Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

To recalibrate, argues Robin Givhan, our government needs to look beyond itself and turn to a group of people who neither have power nor are in pursuit of it: comedians.
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Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

. @notusperspectives.bsky.social asked several of us the question “Where should Washington look for moral authority. Here’s what we said:
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Where should Washington look for moral authority in 2026? Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Robin Givhan, Danielle Allen, Eboo Patel, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Kim Daniels, Kate Cohen, Keith Ellison, Bill McKibben, Sarah Yager, Imam Khalid Latif, Hilary Bra...

Washington’s moral authority can be found where it has always been: in leaders whose work is rooted in integrity, dignity and a commitment to the common good, writes Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
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Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session Lauren Leader, Mary Guenther, Maya MacGuineas, Heather Boushey, Josh Freed, Darrell M. West, Matthew P. Funaiole, Margaret Spellings

Stop Medicare from paying more because a procedure is done in a hospital instead of a doctor’s office, writes Maya MacGuineas.
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Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session Lauren Leader, Mary Guenther, Maya MacGuineas, Heather Boushey, Josh Freed, Darrell M. West, Matthew P. Funaiole, Margaret Spellings

A broad housing package that increases supply and lowers costs is well within reach this Congress, says Margaret Spellings.
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Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session Lauren Leader, Mary Guenther, Maya MacGuineas, Heather Boushey, Josh Freed, Darrell M. West, Matthew P. Funaiole, Margaret Spellings

Darrell West of @brookings.edu argues that momentum is building for congressional passage of a bipartisan children’s online safety bill.
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What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads. Emma Rowland, Samuel Valencia, Jade Tran, Madelyn Rowley, Ashton Pack, Monte E. White, Griffin Uribe Brown, Yasmeen Khan, Jack Salaki, Cooper Gant, Erica Stavnem, Sean Scholz, Denzel Massaley, Seyi Ar...

Young people aren’t “indifferent to politics; they’re indifferent to monotony dressed up as outreach that ignores how they actually engage,” writes Monte E. White.
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A Crude Ad About a Banana — And a Primary That Could Predict the GOP’s Future Is the Republican base finally tired of the culture wars? Or just getting started? Oklahoma may reveal the answer.

At a moment when no one knows exactly what the post-Trump Republican Party will look like nationwide in 2028 and beyond, Oklahoma’s June 16 primary has become an under-the-radar test case.
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Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session Lauren Leader, Mary Guenther, Maya MacGuineas, Heather Boushey, Josh Freed, Darrell M. West, Matthew P. Funaiole, Margaret Spellings

Congress should mitigate the risks of China’s shipbuilding dominance, writes Matthew Funaiole.
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Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session Lauren Leader, Mary Guenther, Maya MacGuineas, Heather Boushey, Josh Freed, Darrell M. West, Matthew P. Funaiole, Margaret Spellings

Allow victims of sexualized deepfakes to sue the creators and distributors, argues @laurenleaderait.bsky.social.
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A Crude Ad About a Banana — And a Primary That Could Predict the GOP’s Future Is the Republican base finally tired of the culture wars? Or just getting started? Oklahoma may reveal the answer.

Is the Republican base finally tired of the culture wars? Or just getting started? Oklahoma may reveal the answer. @keatonross.bsky.social at @oklahomawatch.bsky.social dives in.
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What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads. Emma Rowland, Samuel Valencia, Jade Tran, Madelyn Rowley, Ashton Pack, Monte E. White, Griffin Uribe Brown, Yasmeen Khan, Jack Salaki, Cooper Gant, Erica Stavnem, Sean Scholz, Denzel Massaley, Seyi Ar...

Young people aren’t “indifferent to politics; they’re indifferent to monotony dressed up as outreach that ignores how they actually engage,” writes Monte E. White.
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Eight bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session Lauren Leader, Mary Guenther, Maya MacGuineas, Heather Boushey, Josh Freed, Darrell M. West, Matthew P. Funaiole, Margaret Spellings

We asked contributors for bipartisan ideas that Congress could act on this session:

Demand better antitrust enforcement, argues Heather Boushey.

Reform the permitting process for energy infrastructure, says Josh Freed.

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What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads. Emma Rowland, Samuel Valencia, Jade Tran, Madelyn Rowley, Ashton Pack, Monte E. White, Griffin Uribe Brown, Yasmeen Khan, Jack Salaki, Cooper Gant, Erica Stavnem, Sean Scholz, Denzel Massaley, Seyi Ar...

Washington politicians and journalists alike should work to repair young people’s relationship with the news, says AJ Whited.
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What Washington doesn’t get about young Americans — according to 22 college students and recent grads. Emma Rowland, Samuel Valencia, Jade Tran, Madelyn Rowley, Ashton Pack, Monte E. White, Griffin Uribe Brown, Yasmeen Khan, Jack Salaki, Cooper Gant, Erica Stavnem, Sean Scholz, Denzel Massaley, Seyi Ar...

“Of course I appreciate legislative efforts that seek, in good faith, to correct histories of verbal and systemic injustice,” writes Madelyn Rowley.

“But inclusive rhetoric overlaid on imperialism is no more than a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.”
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