Trump enters the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.
22 Jan
Politics

Trump Moving Politics to the Center, Bringing Dems With Him

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As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s. Over the course of his political career, 25 states have voted for Trump in all three of his presidential campaigns. That’s the most states either party has won in three consecutive presidential elections since 38 states backed Reagan in 1980 and 1984, and his vice president and successor, George H.W. Bush, in 1988. Trump’s two wins (and one defeat) haven’t approached the heights Bush and especially Reagan reached in their consecutive victories: Trump has won the national popular vote only once (and has never crossed 50%), while Bush and Reagan crossed that threshold each time, with Reagan even nearing 60% in 1984. But Trump has surpassed Reagan and Bush in consolidating...
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The strange loophole that transformed Berlin from tenant’s paradise to landlord’s playground | Tim White
22 Jan
Politics

The strange loophole that transformed Berlin from tenant’s paradise to landlord’s playground | Tim White

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From London and other overpriced cities, we often look to Berlin as a beacon of progressive housing politics. Renting in the capital, as some 84% of households do, is associated with secure, unlimited, rent-controlled tenancies. Berliners have rallied behind moves to freeze rents and expropriate hundreds of thousands of apartments from corporate landlords. But in the last few years, Berlin’s housing crisis has escalated to unprecedented proportions, with median asking rents across the city rising by 21.2% in 2023 alone. Far from “poor but sexy”, as it was once dubbed by its own mayor, Berlin now has one of the most overheated property markets in the world. The reasons for Berlin’s housing crisis are complex, yet there is one simple and resolvable mechanism driving the stratospheric rent increases of recent years: the large-scale exploitation by landlords...
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PDP, LP crises, tax bills controversy, other political events that shaped 2024
09 Jan
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PDP, LP crises, tax bills controversy, other political events that shaped 2024

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After the political frenzy of 2023 – with the elections and transition period – 2024 was expected to have less of politics and more of governance. However, it still managed to bring its share of politicking. From the off-season elections in Edo and Ondo states to the Supreme Court judgement on local government autonomy, 2024 was full of political events. Many of them are expected to have long-term effects, potentially shaping the politics of 2027. In this piece, PREMIUM TIMES reviews some of the major political events of the past 12 months and their implications for Nigerian politics.1. The endless PDP crisisThis marks the third consecutive year of crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The turmoil, which began as a fallout of the presidential primary election in May 2022, shows no signs of abating.The main opposition party remains...
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Fubara shuns Wike, describes Odili as beginning, end of Rivers politics

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Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has failed to recognise his estranged godfather and predecessor, Nyesome Wike, among politicians that matter in the scheme of things in the state, describing former Governor Peter Odili as the beginning and the end of Rivers politics.Fubara’s comment stemmed from a lingering power tussle between Fubara and Wike and the recent verbal attacks between Odili and Wike. Fubara, who spoke at the 2025 New Year State Banquet in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, also said his administration would not leave any stone unturned to check anyone or group of persons attempting to stop government from delivering good governance to the people of the state. SPONSOR AD He assured that with the strong support of the frontiers of the political class and leaders, particularly those who built the foundational structures of Rivers...
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