David Atkins

Lindsey Graham is making headlines today by promising to be the latest Senator to support a “bipartisan” infrastructure deal in the Senate. There is no reason to believe he–or any other Republicans involved in these supposed “negotiations”–is acting in good faith. There is every reason to think that, just as happened with the Affordable Care […]

It may require new answers.

Joe Manchin is once again playing the role of the Grinch who stole the chance to save democracy. In a op-ed today in the Charleston Mail-Gazette, Manchin reiterated his position that he will not vote to pass a voting rights bill without Republican support, and will not vote to weaken the filibuster. His stated reason, ironically, […]

If current trends hold, the already toxic political conversation around COVID-19 is likely to get much, much worse. Among the most problematic trends in public health is the politicization of COVID vaccination. Put simply, communities that lean Democratic are rapidly getting vaccinated while communities that lean Republican are lagging far behind: All but one of […]

For most of its existence, the left “netroots” (or “blogosphere” or whatever you want to call it) has been focused on media criticism as much or more than partisan politics itself. From the earliest days of Eschaton, MyDD and DailyKos, as much as writers and activists took aim at Republicans and centrist Democrats, the primary objective was to shame […]

The former president isn’t a leader. He’s a troll.