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Brian Beutler

Brian Beutler is the author of Off Message on Substack and a former senior editor at The New Republic. Previously he led Capitol Hill coverage for Talking Points Memo, was a daily columnist for Salon, and has been a frequent commentator on television news.

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September 16, 2017
Brian Beutler
How Democrats Can Wage War on Monopolies—and Win
Elizabeth Warren and her brainchild, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, provide a roadmap for the left to make antitrust reform a reality.
September 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Won’t Play Fair Unless Democrats Make Them
The GOP's inconsistency on disaster relief is just the latest evidence of the party's procedural hypocrisy.
August 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
Are Republicans Actually Too Incompetent to Cut Taxes?
They long to be swashbuckling tax-slashers, but they're amazingly ill suited to the task.
August 29, 2017
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
As the Russia story comes roaring back, here is what we know: this presidency can never be ordinary, because it grew in toxic soil.
August 28, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Completely Own Trump’s Arpaio Pardon
If they don't hold the president accountable for this abuse of power, where will the pardons end?
August 25, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Charlottesville neo-Nazis didn’t chant, “Gary Cohn must resign!”
August 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
Will Republicans Have the Guts to Head Off a Shutdown?
If GOP lawmakers want to keep the lights on in the fall, they'll have to neutralize Trump. That means working with Democrats.
August 23, 2017
Brian Beutler
Does Paul Ryan think Trent Lott should’ve remained Senate Majority Leader?
August 23, 2017
Brian Beutler
Remember This: Paul Ryan Is Pandering to Neo-Nazis
He and Republicans will protect Trump from censure, hoping national outrage will have fizzled by the time Congress returns to Washington.
August 22, 2017
Brian Beutler
Steve Bannon Is Not Your Friend
It's entertaining to watch him skewer Trump's advisers, but his tactics and his vision are irredeemably deplorable.
August 21, 2017
Brian Beutler
Democrats should refuse supplemental Secret Service funding that Trump is just going to pocket.
August 21, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Advisers Are Nudging Us Closer to Catastrophe
They claim they're trying to save the country, but by continuing to serve, they're placing us all at incredible risk.
August 18, 2017
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Is America’s Most Irredeemable Man
And yet, he has our most important job. No wonder the nation's in crisis.
August 17, 2017
Brian Beutler
History Will Remember the Republicans Who Appeased Trump
By not condemning him directly, they're empowering his neo-Nazi followers.
August 16, 2017
Brian Beutler
Every Trump Official With a Conscience Must Resign
The president descended to his lowest point yet on Tuesday. It's time for his cabinet members and advisers to do what's right.
August 15, 2017
Brian Beutler
Where racists get their news.
August 15, 2017
Brian Beutler
We Just Might Be Stuck With Donald Trump
His critics should prepare themselves for the possibility that Robert Mueller makes the case for impeachment and the Republicans do nothing.
August 14, 2017
Brian Beutler
Did Mark Zuckerberg just lose the presidency to the CEO of GoDaddy?
August 14, 2017
Brian Beutler
These Are Donald Trump’s Racist Troops
The violent neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville wasn't an unintended consequence of the president's politics. It was the goal.
August 11, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans, Remove This Madman From Power
As Trump tweets yet more provocations at North Korea, his ruling party must act before it's too late.

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