Why Democrats Don't Need to Fear the Socialist Revolution in Their Midst
AP Photo/Seth WenigDemocratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez greets a reporter near Rockefeller Center in New York. Imagine this scenario: Republicans, after viewing dozens of polls...
View ArticleWill Voters Believe Trump's Economic Bluster?
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Trump boards Air Force One en route to Washington on July 29, 2018, after visiting Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.Absurd hyperbole has gotten Donald Trump...
View ArticleIf You Think Trump's Racism Is Bad Now, Just Wait Until 2020
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Trump speaks during a rally on August 2, 2018, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.If you're a white person who angers Donald Trump, you never know what particular insult he'll...
View ArticleTrump's Cabinet of Con Artists
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Trump speaks during a meeting with members of his cabinet on July 18, 2018.During the 2016 campaign, and from time to time afterward, Donald Trump would regale his...
View Article'Trump 2020: Truth Isn't Truth'
AP Photo/Andrew HarnikPresident Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White HouseDonald Trump is many things, but subtle is not one of them. So at at an event with the...
View ArticleWhat John McCain Wasn't, and What He Was
AP Photo/Cliff OwenSenator John McCain speaks to reporters on Capitol HillSenator John McCain occupies a larger space in the American political landscape than you could possibly expect for a politician...
View ArticleTrump Doesn't Want to Take Down the Elite. He Wants Their Acceptance.
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)President Trump on June 6, 2018President Trump was not in attendance at John McCain's memorial service on Saturday, but nearly everyone else in official Washington was, from...
View ArticleWill Those Who Work for Trump Ever Face Accountability?
AP Photo/Andrew HarnikAttorney General Jeff Sessions, second from right, and Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, right, speak together during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House.The...
View ArticleAll of Our Fears About Trump Are Coming True
AP Photo/Susan WalshPresident Donald Trump walks off of the stage after speaking at a fundraiser in Fargo, North Dakota.Every once in a while, amid the relentless assault on one's psychological well...
View ArticleWhy Republicans Are Fighting so Hard for Brett Kavanaugh
AP Photo/Alex BrandonPresident Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, listens to a question as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.In an alternate...
View ArticleThe Best Explanation for Ford's and Kavanaugh's Conflicting Stories
(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)Christine Blasey FordAs soon as allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett Kavanaugh began circulating, Republicans knew they had a problem, even if they were...
View ArticleEverything Is Backlash
Emily Molli/NurPhoto/Sipa USA via AP ImagesProtesters gather to demonstrate against Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington. The battle over Brett...
View ArticleIf Democrats Take the House in November, They Need a Plan for What Comes Next
AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill.Mitch McConnell was right.When he said in 2010 that "The single most important thing we want to...
View ArticleThe First Family of Fraud
(Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Images)Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr. at a press conference in New York City on January 11, 2017.When Donald Trump was wondering what...
View ArticleRepublicans Undertake Last-Minute Wave of Voter Suppression
(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)People cast their ballots ahead on October 27, 2018, in Marietta, Georgia.If voting weren't important, it's been said, Republicans wouldn't work so hard to keep people,...
View ArticleThe Midterms Showed that the Real America Is Democratic
AP Photo/John BazemoreFormer President Barack Obama stands with Georgia Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor Sarah Riggs Amico, left, gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and congressional...
View ArticleDonald Trump Will Never Change His Strategy
AP Photo/Evan VucciPresident Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House. Failure is a great teacher, but only if you actually understand you've failed and are willing to admit it. And...
View ArticleDon't Mess with Nancy Pelosi
AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. Politics, Albert Einstein supposedly said, is more difficult than...
View ArticleRepublicans Against Democracy
Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via APWisconsin State Senator Scott Fitzgerald, right, smiles after being elected to the post of Senate Majority Leader during a meeting of the Senate Republican...
View ArticleThe Trump Scandals Were Inevitable
AP Photo/Julie JacobsonMichael Cohen walks out of federal court in New York.In a sentencing memo explaining why they believe Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen should get substantial jail...
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