Jamie Metzl

Centrist Democrats won back Congress by earning the votes of independents and Republicans. Democratic leaders should use their power over committee assignments to keep DSA radicals from turning Congress into their bullhorn to undermine our party and nation. My new @Newsweek op-ed.

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The Army sentinel who shouted, “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times,” after laughter broke out among Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s group at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier deserves our highest praise. Hegseth should have shown the respect that Veterans Day and that hallowed place demand. In standing up for our fallen heroes, this soldier reminded us of who we can be at our best.

Joe Biden, my former boss, told People magazine his disastrous 2024 debate performance “was not very consequential.” That’s beyond delusional. Americans could clearly see that night that President Biden obviously wasn’t up to serving another four years as president.

Biden fought tooth and nail to stay in the race for nearly another month despite many of our entreaties for him to drop out immediately. When he finally did drop out, he anointed Kamala Harris and effectively shut down the competitive process Democrats desperately needed to put forward our strongest candidate. In all of this, he betrayed the Democratic Party and our country.

After a lifetime of service, Joe Biden‘s most consequential legacy is Donald Trump’s second term.

The White House’s claim that aggressive congressional oversight could be criminal is 💯 wrong. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to fully investigate legitimate allegations of any illegal and/or unconstitutional conduct by President Trump and his administration.

Last week, NPR put Hasan Piker on Morning Edition to weigh in on the midterms. Piker had previously said “America deserved 9/11,” called Orthodox Jews “inbred,” and expressed his support for Hamas. NPR told listeners he was a progressive campaign surrogate and left out any mention of his anti-American bigotry.

Imagine NPR bringing on a Klansman or a neo-Nazi to size up an election and introducing them simply as a campaign advocate. The editorial failure would be obvious.

The editor who approved this segment should be fired.