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Election 2016
March 21, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin because of course he did.
March 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
Cambridge Analytica’s woes now extend far beyond Facebook.
March 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
Cambridge Analytica Is Shady. But Facebook Is Shadier.
A massive privacy scandal lays bare what the social network is really selling.
March 16, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Economic Trap
Going into the 2018 midterms, the Republican Party's message on the economy is dangerously similar to Hillary Clinton's 2016 platform.
March 15, 2018
Alex Shephard
Philippe Reines has a curious theory for how Democrats can win in 2020.
February 21, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump wants to know why Obama didn’t do more about Russian meddling. He should ask Mitch McConnell.
February 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
Mitt Romney will never stop being owned by Donald Trump.
February 6, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Stock Market Trap
The Dow's recent woes are a lesson for a president who has claimed credit for its historic successes.
February 2, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is the last person who can save the credibility of the Nunes memo.
February 1, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Nunes memo saga has reached its chaotic final act.
January 30, 2018
Alex Shephard
Republicans are insulating Trump in case he fires Robert Mueller.
January 29, 2018
Alex Shephard
Republicans Must Pick a Side in the Mueller Investigation
The GOP claims to support the probe, even as the party undermines it at every turn.
January 26, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Mueller investigation is still in danger.
January 26, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Case Against Facebook’s Neutrality
How the social network's laissez-faire ideology plunged it into crisis
January 25, 2018
Alex Shephard
If Trump has nothing to hide, why are Republicans undermining the Russia investigation?
January 5, 2018
Alex Shephard
The obstruction case against Donald Trump keeps growing.
January 4, 2018
Alex Shephard
The voter fraud bogeyman isn’t going anywhere.
December 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
The End of Economic Nationalism
The Alabama Senate race and the tax bill represent the death throes of what was billed as a new path for the Republican Party.
December 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
It’s weird how Trump’s campaign seems to have all these ties to WikiLeaks.
November 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Audacity of Joe Biden
In his new memoir, the former vice president suggests he could have won in 2016. Does that mean he should run in 2020?

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