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Mitch McConnell
July 31, 2019
Alex Pareene
The Simple, Odious Reason Mitch McConnell Opposes Election Integrity
The sinister influence on the Senate majority leader is not the Kremlin, but a Republican Party that seeks to keep certain Americans from voting.
July 15, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump and His Deplorables
The president's racist attack on four Democratic congresswomen warrants universal condemnation, yet his supporters and party largely stand by him.
July 11, 2019
Alex Shephard
Nancy Pelosi Has Power—She Just Doesn’t Want to Use It
The Speaker's feud with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals a great deal about her approach to leadership.
June 27, 2019
Alex Shephard
Pelosi Bows to Conservatives on Border Funding
In the name of party unity, the Speaker again sells out the Progressive Caucus—and stiff-arms the Democratic base.
June 20, 2019
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Alex Pareene
Give War a Chance
In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit
June 20, 2019
Alex Shephard
America, We Need to Talk
In a rebuttal to Mitch McConnell—and possibly Joe Biden—Ta-Nehisi Coates helped House Democrats start a conversation on slavery, racism, and reparations.
June 12, 2019
Matt Ford
Someone Please Tell Joe Biden That Bipartisanship Is Dead
Does anyone else believe that Republicans will come to their senses after Trump leaves office?
June 11, 2019
Alex Shephard
Corruption Is the Tie that Binds for Trump-Era Republicans
Though they threaten defections over personnel and policy, members of the president's party are truer than ever to the man.
June 6, 2019
Alex Shephard
Is There a Right Way to Cover the Trump White House?
In "Siege," his followup to "Fire and Fury," Michael Wolff struts and frets his way through another chaotic year, but does it signify more than nothing?
May 24, 2019
Alex Shephard
The Do-Nothing President
Trump accuses Pelosi of choosing investigation over legislation, but compared to the president, Democrats are masters at multitasking.
May 17, 2019
Matt Ford
The House of Roberts
If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.
May 10, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump Declares War—on Accountability
The administration's moves to extend executive privilege, rebuff subpoenas, and challenge the courts are more than a rivalry between government branches.
March 22, 2019
Matt Ford
Conservatives’ Disingenuous Attacks on Democratic Reforms
What are they afraid of? A truly representative democracy.
March 21, 2019
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Alex Pareene
Nihilist in Chief
The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell
March 21, 2019
Alex Pareene
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Jay Mather
Mitch McConnell, Young and . . . Moderate?
A blast from a now-unimaginable past
March 12, 2019
Matt Ford
The Weak Case for Packing the Supreme Court
American democracy can't afford for yet another critical institution to be crippled by partisan warfare.
February 15, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump Is the Real National Emergency
The president is using his executive power not to address a legitimate crisis, but to satisfy a political goal.
January 22, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump’s Cruel Proposal to End the Shutdown
His plan would codify the misery his administration has already created for thousands of immigrants.
January 22, 2019
Matt Ford
Want to Pass Medicare for All? Fix American Democracy First.
Nothing is in greater need of reform than the political system itself.
January 11, 2019
Alex Shephard
Republicans Have Learned Nothing From the Midterms
They stood with Trump as he demonized undocumented immigrants, and got clobbered for it. They're doing it again—and will get clobbered again.
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