Republicans Resort to the Same Strategy They Always Use on Health Care: Lying
Cheriss May/Sipa via AP ImagesTom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks at President Trump's press conference with members of the GOP, on the passage of legislation to roll back the...
View ArticleThe Coming Democratic Infighting Over Single-Payer Health Care
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Members of the California Nurses Association and supporters rally in the Capitol rotunda in Sacramento, California, on June 28, 2017, call for a single-payer health...
View ArticleHow Trump Is Dragging America's Image Down
(Photo: Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)Protesters march during a demonstration against the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8, 2017.While the G20 summit in Germany didn't feature...
View ArticleTrump's Always Been a Con Artist. But Now He's the Sucker.
AP Photo/Susan WalshProtesters gather outside the White House. Some of us spent a good part of 2016 arguing that Donald Trump was a con man. He had spent much of his career pulling grifts on...
View ArticleAt Last, Trump Finds His Mini-Me
(Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci answers reporters' questions during his first press briefing on July 21, 2017.Perhaps never in American...
View ArticleHe's Good Enough, He's Smart Enough, and Gosh Darn It, People Like Him
AP Photo/Carolyn KasterPresident Donald Trump waves to the crowd after speaking at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, West Virginia. In an age where our children are supposedly being made...
View ArticleThe 'Many Sides' of Trump's Moral Rot
AP Photo/Evan VucciPresident Donald Trump leaves after speaking to reporters at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Like all politicians, presidents spend a good deal of their time...
View ArticleIn Trump Country, Trump Supporters Support Trump
(AP Photo/Mel Evans)Trump supporters wave flags near Trump National golf course on July 15, 2017, in Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump was attending the Women's U.S. Open tournament.This weekend, The...
View ArticleThe Worst People
AP Photo/Angie WangFormer Sheriff Joe Arpaio leaves the federal courthouse in Phoenix. "I'm going to surround myself only with the best and most serious people," Donald Trump said when he was a...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Weakling
AP Photo/Alex BrandonPresident Donald Trump puts remarks back in his jacket pocket after speaking in the East Room of the White House. Bill Clinton, who had an exquisitely tuned radar for how ordinary...
View ArticleWhy the Elite Media Want You to Think Trump Is an Independent
AP Photo/Evan VucciPresident Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House. On Sundays, newspapers publish think pieces in which reporters step back from the week's news...
View ArticleDemocrats' Unsolvable Media Problem
AP Photo/Richard DrewFox News host Sean Hannity interviews Donald Trump, Jr. As we learn more about how Russia used social media as part of its campaign to help elect Donald Trump, what stands out is...
View ArticleDonald Trump, President of the Culture War
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FilePresident Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal airport in Morristown, New Jersey. In a world and a country beset by complex...
View ArticleIs There Any Problem Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Can't Solve?
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy speak following a closed-door GOP strategy session at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol...
View ArticleThe Personal Presidency
(Shawn Thew/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn ofthe White House on October 7, 2017.Political scientists will tell you that we spend too much time...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and the (Sometimes) Beneficial Politics of...
Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, FileProducer Harvey Weinstein participates in the War and Peace panel at the A&E 2016 Winter TCA in Pasadena, California. Let's take a moment to thank Donald Trump for...
View ArticleIn the Trump Administration, Everyone Becomes a Liar
(Sipa via AP Images/Oliver Contreras)White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks during the daily press briefing on October 19, 2017, at the White House.Of all President Trump's multitudinous...
View ArticleWith the Russia Scandal Getting Serious, the GOP Spin Machine Kicks Into High...
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, FileFox News host Sean HannityIt sometimes feels as if the Trump presidency has been one long scandal, whether it manifests itself on a particular day in private jet flights...
View ArticleThe One Thing the Democratic Party Doesn't Need
(Alexa Welch Edlund/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)Virginia Democratic candidates Justin Fairfax, Attorney General Mark Herring, and Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam join hands with former President...
View ArticleYour Guide to Where Republicans Stand on Roy Moore
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP ImagesAlabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is questioned by the media in the CapitolThe Republican Party, home of moral clarity and ideological certainty, finds...
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