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Gabriel Debenedetti

National Correspondent, New York Magazine

Gabriel Debenedetti joined New York as its national correspondent in 2018. Before that, he covered politics for Politico and Reuters. He is the author of The Long Alliance, about Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

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    Brian Schatz Doesn’t Know What Went WrongA Democratic senator makes the case that his colleagues’ postmortems of 2024 are premature.
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    Who Will Fill the Democratic Vacuum?When Trump is sworn in, he will face an opposition without clear leadership for the first time in 20 years.
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    Why the Kamala Harris Campaign Feels ‘Nauseously Optimistic’What they see in early voting, especially an overlooked slice of women, and how the map could shake out.
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    The Other Running MateJosh Shapiro might be more important to Kamala Harris off the ticket than on.
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    ‘I Would Rather Be Kamala Harris Than I Would Donald Trump’What Jim Messina, who guided Obama’s re-election, sees with two weeks left.
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    The WhatsApp CampaignKamala Harris’s team is looking for hard-to-find voters just about everywhere, including one platform favored by Latinos.
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    David Plouffe on Harris vs. Trump: ‘Too Close for Comfort’The veteran strategist on the state of play for his boss, Kamala Harris, and what he thinks of the bed-wetters.”
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    How Tim Walz Saved HimselfAt first, he looked overmatched by J.D. Vance. Then came abortion, health care, and, above all, January 6.
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    How Kamala Knocks Out TrumpMark Robinson’s Nazi-and-porn scandal ignites an all-out push to win North Carolina.
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    Kamala Harris Scrambled Trump’s Brain at the DebateHer plan worked even better than she seemed to imagine.
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    Why Kamala Isn’t Preparing to Knock Out Trump at the DebateTo her campaign, something else is more important.
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    Donald Who?Kamala Harris leaves the Democratic convention having upended political gravity.
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    President Joe Biden Affordable Care Act
    The Obama-Kamala MergerLong compared to each other but never close, he’s now giving her advice and she’s hiring his people.
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    Kamala Is a (Border) CopHow the Harris campaign plans to deal with the most common Republican line of attack.
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    VP Kamala Harris Campaign
    How Team Kamala Will Pick a Running MateA new inner circle is calling the shots.
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    But Can She Win?Kamala Harris takes over a losing campaign, full of Biden loyalists, with barely 100 days to turn it around and beat Trump. So far, so good.
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    Joe Biden
    The Biden Presidency’s Tragedy and Remaining HopeHe has not yet escaped Trump.
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    The Obama Fantasy and the Biden RealitySurrounded by a fortress of advisers, the president is walled off from critics — who are desperate for the former one to intervene.
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    Mike Pence And Kamala Harris Take Part In Vice Presidential Debate
    What Kamala World Is ThinkingAs they wait for a sign, the vice-president’s allies are furious at the talk of her being passed over.
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    President Biden Delivers Remarks On Supreme Court's Immunity Ruling
    The Democratic Panic Over Biden Is Getting WorseAnxious lawmakers can’t reach him. Donors are fighting over replacements. All of them are asking: When will it end?
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    Democrats Ask Who Can Make Biden Step AsideDemocrats watched the debate and stared into the abyss. Now they ask if he’s a lost cause.
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    What Obama Is Whispering to BidenThe presidents’ plan to save their legacy from Trump.
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    President Biden Holds Campaign Rally In Philadelphia
    Does Trump’s Conviction Mean This Is a New Campaign?Down in the polls, Biden’s team hopes Trump’s felony conviction will kick off a month of contrasts that could reframe the race.
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    When Joe Biden Plays PunditA close reading of what the president really thinks about 2024—at least what he’s telling his donors.
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    It’s Not 1968 to Joe BidenThe president isn’t worried about campus protests sinking the youth vote. Should he be?
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    Independent presidential candidate Kennedy holds a rally in Raleigh
    Democrats Are Starting to Take the RFK Jr. Threat SeriouslyAfter months of focus on No Labels, pro-Biden forces turn to the man they consider the biggest third-party threat.
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    Can Democrats Make 2024 the Abortion Election?J.B. Pritzker and his fortune are going to try.
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    The Return of the ClintonsBill talks economics with Biden. Hillary gives pointers to Harris. The former First Couple is as deep in politics as they have been since Trump won.
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    Too Old? Biden World Thinks Pundits Just Don’t Get Joe.The president’s friends and aides play media critic amid a political mess.
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    Bernie Sanders’s Pressure Campaign on Democrats Over IsraelHe’s getting louder about America’s role in Israel’s war, pushing his own party to act before it’s too late.
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    Biden World Hopes Voters Are Waking Up to TrumpThe president’s reelection campaign needs voters to understand: The other guy is seriously back.
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    Biden Will Keep Talking About Democracy to Beat TrumpIt’s not only the move his campaign has been waiting to make, it’s also personal.
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    Why Are We Still Watching the Jets in Week 15?Two miserable fans return to commiserate about a lost season.
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    The Alarming Calm of the Biden CampaignThe campaign to reelect the extremely old man dragged down by inflation and war and trailing his criminally indicted opponent is going great.
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    Donald Trump Has Met His Match in Fellow Queens Native Arthur EngoronThe judge overseeing Trump’s civil fraud trial is a fiery Queens native, too.
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    The Impeachment Prosecutor Turned DefenderDan Goldman went after Trump but says there’s no comparison to the ‘bald-faced lies’ against Biden.
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    The Strike From Hell for ‘Union Joe’The UAW doesn’t want his help, but he will need theirs against Trump, who sees an opportunity.
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    Why Are We Still Watching the Jets?Two miserable fans recap week two and try to process their grief.
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    ‘The Party of Cuckoo, Wacko, and Weirdo’Biden world watched the non-Trump debate with a mixture of boredom, disgust, and glee.
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    Biden’s Hollywood Debut Is on HoldThe strike has forced him to avoid some of his biggest donors, except the one helping run his campaign.
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    J. B. Pritzker Is a New Democratic Power BrokerThe governor of Illinois is rich and powerful, making him both an ally to Joe Biden and his own center of influence.
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    Joe Biden vs. Tommy Tuberville: How the President Picks His EnemiesTommy Tuberville is just the latest Republican foil.
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    America Has Never Seen a Spectacle Like MessiIf he stays in Miami long enough, he could supercharge a sport that’s already having its moment.
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    The Guerrilla War to Stop No Labels From Electing TrumpD.C.’s centrists used to be friends, until a few inexplicably went rogue.
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    The Two Bidens Are Fighting Each Other Over the Debt CeilingThe president started the debt-ceiling fight by saying he’d never negotiate, but he can’t seem to resist cutting deals.
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    Old Beats CrazyBiden was always going to run again, and a longtime adviser explains how he might argue that age is but a number.
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    Gavin Newsom Isn’t Supposed to Be Doing ThisThe Feinstein dilemma looms over the wannabe face of Democrats.
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    How Democrats Started Winning in Wisconsin AgainAfter years of being crushed by Republicans, liberals have clawed their way back into power with more cash, better organizing, and abortion politics.
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    5 Clues That Joe Biden Is Already RunningIt’s time to stop pretending he isn’t.
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    The One Big Question Bernie Sanders Won’t AnswerThe progressive hero has more power than ever. He has to decide whether to try and keep it ’til he’s 89.
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