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Election 2016
April 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is already leaving an ugly mark on the lives of American children.
April 14, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 9: Divide and Flounder
April 14, 2016
Bill Scher
Is the Republican Party Too Cowardly to Stop Trump?
Paul Ryan has taken his name out of the mix, proving the GOP isn’t serious about derailing Trump's candidacy at the convention.
April 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz’s college days as a widely hated masturbator have come back to haunt him.
April 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Trump is still feeling that time Barack Obama burned the hell out of him.
April 13, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Depriving Donald Trump of the Republican nomination will not be pretty.
April 13, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Burden of Bill Clinton’s Baggage
Why does he keep dragging Hillary Clinton back to the 1990s? It's more political than psychological.
April 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
Either Paul Ryan Means It, or He’s Lost His Mind
What all the speculation surrounding his potential nomination missed.
April 12, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The whole “C.P. time” fiasco is sure to endear Bill de Blasio to the Clintons.
April 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan as speaker makes much more sense than Paul Ryan as GOP presidential nominee.
April 12, 2016
Adam Peck
The press will believe anything Paul Ryan says, except this one thing.
April 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
Can Donald Trump Lead a Political Movement?
After he loses, his supporters may beg him to keep up the fight—and he just might have no better option.
April 12, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly discussing the problem of black unemployment is about what you’d expect.
April 11, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The Trump Bro’s lament.
April 11, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump once gave Serena Williams a picture of Serena Williams and called it charity.
April 8, 2016
Jeet Heer
Paul Ryan is not running for president, just making presidential ads.
April 8, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Paul Krugman says Bernie is “becoming a Bernie bro.”
April 8, 2016
Sam Apple
Why America Will Never Be Great in Trump’s Eyes
There's a fatal flaw in his campaign promise.
April 8, 2016
Laura Reston
New York Campaign Ads Are a Tale of Two Cities
Ahead of the April 19 primary, we're seeing a kinder, gentler side of the Big Apple.
April 7, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Hillary Clinton swiping a Metrocard is that moment when you want to scream at your parents who are visiting from out of town.

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