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March 30, 2018
Graham Vyse
“Compassionate Conservatism” Won’t Be Back Anytime Soon
The George W. Bush mantra sparks nostalgia and comes in for reinvention as conservatives wrestle with Republican ideals in the age of Trump.
December 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why Conservatives Are Defending Al Franken
Some on the right are rallying around the disgraced liberal senator, for reasons ranging from cynical to principled.
December 7, 2017
Magazine
Steven Levitsky
,
Daniel Ziblatt
How a Democracy Dies
Donald Trump’s contempt for American political institutions is only the latest chapter in a history of opportunistic attacks against them. This has been happening for decades.
November 30, 2017
Elizabeth Drew
Sex and Power in Washington
Why the capital is ripe for sexual abuse—and why that’s unlikely to change
August 10, 2017
Brian Beutler
Is Mike Pence the “Deep State” That Trump Fears?
The vice president is clearly planning for a post-Trump presidency. But is he also trying to accelerate Trump's demise?
August 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Stop Pretending That Trump Can Be Saved From Himself
The political press is hailing Chief of Staff John Kelly's "discipline" in the White House. But you can't impose order on a chaotic president.
August 1, 2017
Alex Shephard
Why Jeff Flake’s
Conscience of a Conservative
Rings Hollow
The senator’s new book is a lucid examination of everything that’s wrong with the GOP in the Trump era. Too bad Flake is part of the problem.
July 20, 2017
Magazine
Alex Shephard
Ultimate Salesman
How Trump is helping to revive the publishing industry.
July 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
Meet the Trump-splainers
How conservative hucksters have tried to define the intellectual foundation of an administration whose primary trait is incoherence.
June 15, 2017
Brian Beutler
Note to media: Newt Gingrich has long been an opportunistic conspiracy-theory peddler.
June 14, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump and Paul Ryan responded appropriately to today’s shooting. Some of their GOP colleagues did not.
June 13, 2017
Brian Beutler
If Trump Fires Robert Mueller, He Should Be Impeached
Democrats must lay down a marker right now, to force Republicans' hands.
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Not a Builder. He’s a Destroyer.
The president only wants to sabotage and tear down what already exists—and the Republican Party is eager to let him.
April 13, 2017
Jacob Brogan
Donald Trump Is Our Most Helpless President
Even in the White House, Trump keeps playing the victim.
April 10, 2017
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John B. Judis
Opposing Everything Is the Wrong Way to Stop Trump
Progressives argue that blocking Republicans is the best way to make an electoral comeback. But Democrats need to be more clever than that.
February 8, 2017
Brian Beutler
How Republicans Can Save Themselves From Their Obamacare Trap
December 22, 2016
Jeet Heer
Newt Gingrich committed the classic mistake of telling the truth.
December 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Newt Gingrich’s fix for Trump’s ethics problem is to create a giant ethics problem.
December 15, 2016
Graham Vyse
Democrats Should Stop Talking About Bipartisanship and Start Fighting
December 13, 2016
Graham Vyse
Newt Gingrich Is Already Deifying Donald Trump
“He’s in the tradition of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR and Ronald Reagan,” the former House speaker said.
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