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December 31, 2021
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Who Said It: Rand Paul or Dr. Leo Spaceman?
Test your knowledge of politics and “30 Rock.” Telling these quotes apart is harder than it seems...
January 28, 2021
Katelyn Burns
The Republican Retreat From Governance
The direction of conservative “thought” since Trump left office suggests that the party’s future is limited to brutal voter suppression and culture-war conflict.
November 2, 2020
Kevin Mahnken
The Libertarian Moment That Never Comes
Every four years, the party mounts a hopeless bid for president. But this year, with nominee Jo Jorgensen, there’s even less hope than usual.
May 14, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Coronavirus and the Republican War on Knowledge
Despite Anthony Fauci’s best efforts, conservatives will stake an untold number of American lives on the all-in wager that ignorance is bliss.
February 5, 2020
Matt Ford
The Senate Has Convicted Itself
The justifications offered by Republicans who acquitted Trump will have lasting ramifications for the republic.
January 10, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Ulterior Motives of the Anti-War Right
Liberal critics of Trump's Iran belligerence got bipartisan support this week, but they should watch out for their sudden allies' agendas.
July 29, 2019
Lucy Steigerwald
Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future
Donald Trump's Republican Party was unable to change him. But can he change the Republican Party?
March 21, 2019
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Alex Pareene
Nihilist in Chief
The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell
July 17, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump thanks his lone defender, Rand Paul.
October 17, 2017
Jeet Heer
The GOP is Roy Moore’s party now.
September 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
The newest plan to revive zombie Obamacare repeal is the dumbest yet.
July 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
Rand Paul is leaving Trumpcare up to John McCain.
June 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Retreat to Their Favorite Health Care Safe Space
Their attempt to take health care away from millions of people has come full circle, in the most pathetic way imaginable.
June 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Did the GOP actually promise to repeal Obamacare? Yes and no.
June 23, 2017
Graham Vyse
This lone Republican senator opposes Trumpcare for the same reasons Democrats do.
June 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republican Party’s Contempt for Truth
Senate Republicans claim their secretive health care process is no different than the Democrats' Obamacare passage. It's a lie, and they know it.
June 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Rep. Steve Scalise and four others have been shot.
May 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are plotting a dastardly scheme to gut Obamacare.
April 7, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump Doesn’t Care About Your Privacy (Just His Own)
Rand Paul smells a political opportunity in the president's wiretapping conspiracy theory about Obama. The senator is being foolish and naive.
March 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Trumpcare Already Dead?
The Republican replacement for Obamacare is such a mess that it has united people from across the political spectrum.
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