# The Biden legacy: A ranking of failures

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2026-06-25T07:00:00+00:00
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The Bidens are back in the news, thanks to Jill Biden’s new book and Joe’s apparent difficulties raising money for his presidential library. So Jerusalem Demsas and Matthew Yglesias do the thing the party keeps avoiding: they rank the worst parts of Joe Biden's presidency, from the economy and inflation to immigration, Israel and Gaza, the Kamala Harris pick, and the decision to run for reelection at all. Plus a peer review of a new paper on why marriage is collapsing for non-college Am...

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