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In Rebuke to Hogan, Maryland Statehouse Passes Ethics Bill
After Washington Monthly exposé on the governor advancing infrastructure projects near properties he owns, lawmakers unanimously vote to strengthen the state’s disclosure laws.
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McConnell to 17th Amendment: Drop Dead
In Kentucky, a new GOP-driven law denies the (Democratic) governor the ability to fill vacant Senate seats and gives it to party apparatchiks. A classic Mitch power play, it flouts the Constitution.
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Are Republicans Too Optimistic About The 2022 Midterms?
Listen to most conservatives–and a great many Democrats–and they’ll say they’re looking forward to 2022. The reasoning is simple: conventional wisdom says that conservatives are likely to win the House and retake the Senate in under two years. Predictions markets are favoring both of those outcomes, and past history suggests they will be right. The […]
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The Conservative Supreme Court Is Out of Touch with an Increasingly Secular America
It’s yet another reason to expand the high court.
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Tucker Carlson’s White Supremacy Is the Core of American Conservatism
This week, he went beyond his standard thinly-veiled rants and endorsed white replacement theory.
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Ernest Hemingway, the Darkness and the Light
The Ken Burns documentary shows the old man’s better angels and his unspeakable cruelty.
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The Biggest Threat to Ranked Choice Voting? Andrew Yang.
The unlikely presidential candidate turned leading mayoral candidate could give a bad name to the popular replacement for winner-take-all elections. Here’s how.
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Do Books Matter?
The best-seller list is dominated by volumes on race but there’s an important distinction between the works that are enduring and those that are just for putting on shelves.
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With Infrastructure, Can Biden Win Just by Going Big?
A new ruling from the Senate Parliamentarian helps avoid an infrastructure filibuster. But it’s hardly definitive. And it may not be enough to galvanize left, right and center Democrats.
