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Susan Collins
July 28, 2020
Kevin Mahnken
It’s Shaping Up to Be a Horrific Election Season for Republican Women
Trump’s reelection is coinciding with trends that might leave the GOP with its least gender-balanced legislature in years.
March 16, 2020
Magazine
Meredith Shiner
How the Media Created the “Moderate” Susan Collins
The Maine senator was never an independent force in Washington, but reporters concocted that myth to justify their phony narratives.
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.
July 15, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump and His Deplorables
The president's racist attack on four Democratic congresswomen warrants universal condemnation, yet his supporters and party largely stand by him.
November 8, 2018
Jeet Heer
Senators offer vague warnings to Trump about the Mueller probe.
October 6, 2018
Emily Atkin
Why Republican Women Defend Brett Kavanaugh
Liberals are baffled about the conservative female support for an alleged sexual assaulter. Social scientists are not.
October 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Brett Kavanaugh will be a Supreme Court justice.
October 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Kavanaugh narrowly wins procedural vote but his final fate is uncertain.
October 4, 2018
Matt Ford
This Is Not the Last Kavanaugh Report
The Republicans didn't pursue the truth about the allegations against the nominee. The Democrats will.
October 4, 2018
Jeet Heer
Kavanaugh’s strategy pays off as reaction to FBI probe breaks down along partisan lines.
September 28, 2018
Jeet Heer
What the hell just happened on Capitol Hill?
September 28, 2018
Jeet Heer
Senate Republicans, pumped up by Kavanaugh’s testimony, hurry to vote.
September 12, 2018
Matt Ford
The Wall Street Journal
just realized that America’s campaign-finance laws allow bribery.
June 28, 2018
Emma Scornavacchi
Will Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski save
Roe v. Wade
? Don’t count on it.
April 16, 2018
Matt Ford
How Not to Remove a President
Democrats who want to impeach Trump can learn a lot from the Republicans' failed effort to oust Bill Clinton two decades ago.
December 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Republican Opposition Goes Out With a Whimper
There are many elected Republicans who claim to stand against Donald Trump. But they have all quietly submitted to the president anyway.
December 14, 2017
Sarah Jones
Does Susan Collins care if the tax bill is bad?
July 28, 2017
Sarah Jones
The moderate Republicans who saved Obamacare aren’t heroes.
July 28, 2017
Clio Chang
John McCain saving Obamacare is proof that the system is broken.
July 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
How John McCain—John McCain!—became Obamacare’s savior.
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