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Paul Ryan
January 4, 2016
Suzy Khimm
Paul Ryan doesn’t know what’s in Obama’s executive action on guns, but condemned it anyway.
December 30, 2015
Jeet Heer
Paul Ryan’s “Muslim beard” is only the beginning.
December 17, 2015
David Dayen
How the “Bipartisan” Budget Deal Starves the Beast
It's another boon to Republicans’ long-term project to shrink the government to a bathroom-drowning size.
December 9, 2015
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing.
December 9, 2015
David Dayen
The Only Question Clinton and Sanders Need to Answer
How would they handle our divided government better than Obama has?
December 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Paul Ryan has a beard now.
November 6, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Paul Ryan Could Learn From Pope Francis About Family Leave
The pontiff points to a model in which multiple institutions pitch in
November 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Paul Ryan's a Good Guy. So What?
Personal virtue isn’t enough to guarantee humane government policy
October 27, 2015
Brian Beutler
How Democrats Lost the Budget War
Ending the debt limit crisis is a win for America. It's also an embarrassment.
October 23, 2015
Brian Beutler
Paul Ryan Used to Think Blowing Past the Debt Limit Was No Big Deal
October 21, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Paul Ryan Won't Sacrifice Family Time for Work, But Doesn't Care If Other Americans Have To
October 21, 2015
Brian Beutler
If Paul Ryan Thinks His Demands Will Control Right-Wingers, He's Fooling Himself
October 9, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Republican Party's Dysfunction Is an Embarrassment to Us All
October 8, 2015
Brian Beutler
No Republican Is Fit, Able, and Willing to Run the House of Representatives
Kevin McCarthy’s withdrawal from the speaker races leaves a gaping void
September 22, 2015
Brian Beutler
Pope Francis's Speech to Congress Will Backfire on Republicans
May 1, 2015
Brian Beutler
Republicans Say Baltimore Proves Social Welfare Doesn't Work. How Will Hillary Respond?
April 28, 2015
Danny Vinik
Deal With It
How Patty Murray makes things happen on polarized Capitol Hill
April 13, 2015
Brian Beutler
Marco Rubio Is the Most Disingenuous Republican Running for President
He's not a reformer. He's a fraud.
March 17, 2015
Danny Vinik
Congress Shouldn't Bother Trying to Balance the Budget
March 16, 2015
Brian Beutler
Republicans Can Kiss Medicare Privatization Goodbye

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