Thugs shut down the electoral count. Pence, Pelosi evacuated. Capitol Police Overwhelmed. No plan to end the standoff.
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Warnock Wins. Ossoff-Perdue Race Tight. Democrats Are Poised to Take U.S. Senate.
Black Pastor makes history. Stunning defeat for McConnell, Trump. Democrats could control the White House and Congress for the first time in over a decade.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Democrats Close to Capturing U.S. Senate
Close Results in Georgia Runoffs. Warnock poised to be state’s first Black U.S. Senator. Ossoff has more ground to make up. Perdue, Loeffler running out of paths to victory
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Symone Sanders, Jen Psaki, and the Women Who Speak For Biden
Understanding the new “comms” team and how we, at the Washington Monthly, report on the White House
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Case for Neera Tanden
After enabling Trump and fretting about political correctness, Republicans want to cancel the OMB nominee because she was too mean on Twitter. (Some lefties want to nix her bid, too.) Oh, please.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Pardon Me: Michael Flynn’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Lands Face Up
The legal saga is over. Next stop, Trump TV?
Posted inMain, Political Animal, Politics
Janet Yellen, Tony Blinken, Ron Klain and the End of Crazy Time
Stay in Washington long enough and some of the smart folks you know become George Marshall and James Baker.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Four Days that Shook the World
In first address to nation as President-elect, Biden vows unity, salutes Harris’s history-making election
Posted inMain, Politics
Why Trump’s Efforts to Stop the Vote Count Have Failed
They have proved hapless even as his authoritarian machinations have grown.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Why Trump’s Efforts to Stop the Vote Count Have Failed
They have proved hapless even as his authoritarian fulminations have grown.
