The former president and the GOP don’t understand institutions such as the Justice Department. For them, it’s just about service to Trump.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Don’t Abort Local Prosecutors’ Discretion
Liberal and conservative efforts to tie the hands of local elected prosecutors are a bad idea in general. When it comes to abortion, they should be free to decide how to use their limited resources.
Posted inHealth Care
GOP Hands Big Pharma a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
The Inflation Reduction Act is being hailed for getting tough on drug companies. In fact, they’ll make out just fine.
Posted inPolitics
Voters Are Realizing Republicans Mean What They Say
The GOP benefited when voters didn’t hear the details of January 6, or think abortion rights would be abolished. Now they’ve been red-pilled.
Posted inPolitics
Why Is Merrick Garland Sticking with Donald Trump on Climate Lawsuits?
Under Trump, the Justice Department sided with Big Oil against states and cities suing over climate change. Biden’s DOJ hasn’t changed course. Why?
Posted inPolitics
The Ads That Won the Kansas Abortion Referendum
Avoiding progressive pieties, the ad makers aimed at the broad, persuadable middle of the electorate.
Posted inPolitics
Two Cheers for the New CHIPS and Science Act
A mammoth new bipartisan law will boost research and give semiconductor makers billions to build their wares in America. But it doesn’t tackle antitrust, diversification, and other woes hindering the U.S.
Posted inPolitics
What’s (Not) the Matter With Kansas
The surprising landslide victory of pro-choice forces shows the power of referendums—and how out of touch the Supreme Court was when it overturned Roe v. Wade.
Posted inPolitics
Andrew Yang’s Road Not Taken
If the puckish former presidential candidate wants to own the libs or stay semi-famous, there was a better way to go.
Posted inPolitics
It’s Time for a National Gun Buyback
The feds buying guns off the street isn’t an easy sell. But it can pass through reconciliation and survive judicial muster.
