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Democrats are making an old GOP line of attack their own — and it's working
“Values” Was Never Neutral: It Was Always a Power MachineThe Frame Is the TrapThe source story is about a New York Times op-ed by E.J. Dionne Jr. arguing that Democrats are building a new “values voter” coalition for the 2026 midterms. That is the surface. The real story is that American politics has spent decades pretending “values” means private morality while institutions with actual power have used the term to discipline bodies, police sexuality, and launder hierarchy as virtue.Who Actually Holds PowerThe actors with institutional power here are not the voters being flatteringly named…
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