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Brian Beutler

Brian Beutler is a senior editor at the New Republic. He covers domestic policy, politics, and political movements. 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. He is the host of Primary Concerns, a podcast about politics.

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January 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
The logistics of “taking” ISIS’s oil seem pretty hard.
January 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s new ad echoes the anti-immigrant campaign that doomed the California GOP.
December 23, 2015
Brian Beutler
According to Republicans, the people trying to secure voting rights for minorities are the real racists.
December 23, 2015
Brian Beutler
Hillary Clinton has an amazing plan to close every public school in America.
December 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
You say “tomato,” I say “racism.”
December 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
People really don’t like the Bushes.
December 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court just won the Upworthy moment of the year.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
Byron York is old enough to remember that Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have remarkably different immigration records.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
It’s almost as if many people in America harbor deep antipathy to minorities.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
Great news for Wall Street, polluters, and people who don’t like the poor to have insurance.
December 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
An impossible bind.
December 20, 2015
Brian Beutler
Democrats Get Trump Better Than Republicans Do
In Saturday's debate, the candidates made clear they don't share the GOP establishment's wishful thinking that the Donald will fade away.
December 18, 2015
Brian Beutler
BREAKING: I agree with @mfcannon.
December 18, 2015
Brian Beutler
Democrats Should Squash the Ginned-Up Right-Wing Panic
Saturday's debate is a chance for Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley to deflate the Republicans' politics of paranoia.
December 17, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Rubio-Cruz Clash Has Donald Trump Laughing All the Way to the Bank
December 16, 2015
Brian Beutler
There’s Nothing Radical About Republicans’ Foreign Policy
Only xenophobia and blustering rhetoric set their ideas apart from Hillary Clinton's.
December 15, 2015
Brian Beutler
Will CNN Break Donald Trump’s Grip on the Republican Debate?
Republicans should be desperate for a more wide-ranging exchange that goes beyond xenophobia and Islamophobia.
December 14, 2015
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Is Making Ted Cruz Look Like a Uniter
Even if most Republicans can't stand the guy.
December 11, 2015
Brian Beutler
I don’t think this is the main problem with Trumpism.
December 11, 2015
Brian Beutler
(Extrajudicial) murder by numbers, Donald Trump edition.

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