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Posted inEconomy
Based on Incomes, Americans Are a Lot Better Off Under Biden Than Under Trump
Despite a spurt of high inflation that has dramatically receded, Joltin’ Joe’s economy is far more robust than that of his oft-indicted predecessor.
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McDaniel, Out as RNC Chair, Learns That Loyalty to Trump is Never Returned
The Romney relative discovers that doing everything Trump asks doesn’t equal job safety. When will Elise Stefanik and others get the message?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Justices Find Trump Ballot Arguments Supremely Vexing
An observer of the Supreme Court oral argument on the 45th president’s getting kicked off the Colorado primary ballot might be forgiven for asking, “What have you done with Donald Trump’s legal team?” The argument offered by the former president’s attorney was quite different than the posturing of his lawyers in previous cases—and even in […]
Posted inPolitics
Fear of Immigrants Has Broken the Republican Party
in the past several days, we can see how the GOP’s obsession with immigration has damaged its ability to function.
Posted inPolitics
The Furies Tormenting Donald Trump
E. Jean Carroll, Cassidy Hutchinson, Nikki Haley, Tanya Chutkan—they’re just some of those who could bring down the former president who once boasted about grabbing women by their private parts.
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Can Andrew Cuomo Really Make a Political Comeback?
It’s hard to imagine, given his pugilistic tenure as governor before resigning in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. But the recent settlement between the Justice Department and the current governor’s office shouldn’t be the decisive issue if he runs for New York City mayor.
Posted inLaw and Justice
It’s Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here
Not since the meek accountant in the back of the courtroom leapt up and screamed, “Stop, Perry Mason! I did it! I killed him, and I’m GLAD!” has a suspect been quite so eager to confess his crimes as Donald J. Trump. When he proposed a Muslim ban in 2016 and then actually declared one […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
As the Supreme Court Reconsiders “Chevron Deference,” Will Its Ruling Be Monumental or “Meh”?
Last month, the Supreme Court heard two cases—Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce—each widely anticipated because the Court’s ruling on them could significantly reshape the federal judiciary’s relationship to the federal administrative bureaucracy. The issue in both is whether the Court should overrule, or at least narrow, a 40-year-old […]
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Republicans Hold a Great Hand on Immigration—and They’re Blowing It
For years, Republicans have been battering President Joe Biden over immigration and accusing him of caring about Ukraine’s territorial integrity more than America’s. The strategy has worked. In a recent ABC News-Washington Post poll, Biden scored a scant 18 percent approval on his handling of immigration—the lowest rating for any president in 20 years of […]
