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March 22, 2024
Michael Tomasky
Let’s Be Clear About the Real Reason for this Impeachment Madness
Imagining all the things that never would have happened if Fox News didn’t exist.
March 13, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump Is the Big Loser as the GOP’s Impeachment Farce Implodes
The case against Trump is based on things that actually happened, while the case against Biden is based largely on inventions.
February 16, 2024
Matt Ford
The Hilarious Collapse of a Republican Smear Job
The takedown of the GOP’s pet informant has been an extremely satisfying spectacle to watch. But it won’t chasten Trump’s minions in the least.
February 13, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans’ Star Hunter Biden Witness Has a Very Shady Past
Tony Bobulinski is a “deadly witness,” conservatives say. But past transactions—and ties to Trump World—call his credibility into question.
December 14, 2023
Michael Tomasky
This Impeachment Will Do More to Reelect Biden Than Anything Biden Could Do Himself
Republicans plan to fritter away what advantages they could claim by letting their freak flag fly.
September 29, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Impeachment Hearing Proves Even Dumb Fascists Can Be Dangerous
The House Republican effort to make a case against Joe Biden is mostly blundering—but their collective face-plant can still cause some significant damage.
August 24, 2023
Tori Otten
We Fact-Checked Republicans’ “Biden Corruption” Timeline. And It’s Bad.
The timeline is the entire basis of Republicans’ claims against Joe Biden. But a closer look reveals it’s riddled with errors.
August 9, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Please, House Republicans, Be Crazy Enough to Impeach Joe Biden
If Kevin McCarthy does what his unhinged caucus wants him to do, he may as well hand over his speakership to the Democrats.
August 7, 2023
Michael Tomasky
McCarthy, Comer, and Jordan: The All-Time Congressional Clown Show
The House GOP’s crank caucus have been historically unproductive at governing—but that doesn’t mean they’ve done nothing.
July 14, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Could James Comer Possibly Get More Embarrassing? (Um, Yes.)
If the Justice Department is right, Comer’s whistleblower behaved in exactly the way Comer accuses Biden of acting.
June 20, 2023
Matt Ford
Republicans Are Smearing the Bidens Like They Did Hillary Clinton
Their Hunter Biden probe is about muddying the president, not finding actual corruption.
June 12, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Inside the GOP’s Latest Desperate Attempt to Smear Joe Biden
How low will Republicans go?
June 2, 2023
Tori Otten
Is James Comer Lying About His Biden Probe Sources?
First it was four, then 10. So who knows? And naturally, he’s not telling the committee’s Democrats anything.
June 1, 2023
Michael Tomasky
What Happened to the Big, Bad Freedom Caucus? They Got Rolled, That’s What.
Yes, they made noise, and most of them voted against the debt deal. But they had zero influence. Biden White House, take note.
February 13, 2023
Michael Tomasky
How Right-Wing Bullshit Created the Great Balloon Caper
The media needs to get better at halting the GOP’s evidence-free assertions in their tracks.
December 14, 2022
Grace Segers
House Republicans Gear Up to Investigate the Afghanistan Withdrawal
The GOP is planning probes next year of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. Is there room for a real reckoning—or just partisan point-scoring?
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