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Election 2016
June 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Democratic primary will (probably) end not with a bang but a whimper.
June 7, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Can Donald Trump stop the bleeding?
June 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why Trump’s Attack on Gonzalo Curiel Is the Final Straw
Trump has been a racist for a long time, but he's finally picked a target that even the Republicans feel sympathy for.
June 7, 2016
Adam Peck
Republicans have been reduced to calling each other racists, thanks to Donald Trump.
June 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Here Comes Hillary the Hawk
In going after Donald Trump's recklessness, Clinton has also embraced the neoconservative critique of President Obama.
June 7, 2016
Brian Beutler
Do we need to start a Trump campaign death watch?
June 7, 2016
Alex Shephard
How does Paul Ryan feel about that Trump endorsement now?
June 7, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Hillary won the nomination in the most Hillary way possible.
June 7, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The Associated Press decides not to wait for the California primary, declares Hillary the party’s nominee.
June 6, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump knows who the real racists are.
June 6, 2016
Steven Lubet, Charles Gardner Geyh
Why Isn’t Trump Using the Law to Back Up His Mouth?
He claims Judge Gonzalo Curiel's Mexican heritage is a conflict of interest, but his lawyers haven't filed a legal motion about it—for good reason.
June 6, 2016
Joe Miller
The Most Shameless Sex Scandal in American Politics
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's extramarital shenanigans are an exquisite blend of moral hypocrisy and political corruption.
June 6, 2016
Jeet Heer
The dream of a David French presidency is dead.
June 6, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The irony is the superdelegates have become a lifeline for Bernie Sanders.
June 6, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Racism Is Coloring Every Aspect of Republican Politics
A little-noticed anti-transgender maneuver exposes the GOP's pro-Trump opportunism.
June 3, 2016
Brian Beutler
Does Donald Trump’s sister (who is a federal judge) think Mexicans can’t judge impartially?
June 3, 2016
Brian Beutler
Trump’s implying he won’t nominate Mexicans to the federal bench, and the Senate GOP thinks that’s swell.
June 3, 2016
Adam Peck
Is Bernie Sanders going to skydive into his rally tonight?
June 3, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The Twitter debate over anti-Trump violence is straight out of a Woody Allen film.
June 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and Morning Joe is daytime TV’s worst on-again, off-again romance.

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