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How the Republican Fringe Became the Mainstream

by Jacob Heilbrunn October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

Conspiracy theorists and far-right fanatics have long been present in the GOP. Now, they’re running it.

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Is Virginia Headed for a New Charlottesville?

by Martin Longman January 10, 2020January 9, 2022

Gun rights activists will be joined by white nationalists on January 20 in Richmond to protest proposed gun violence bills in the new Democratically-controlled legislature.

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Trump’s Reelection Strategy Makes a Gun Bill Unlikely

by Martin Longman August 9, 2019January 9, 2022

If he acts to stop mass shootings, he’ll alienate the people he’s depending on to support him.

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Unicorns. Fairies. Dragons. Moderate Republicans. What Do These All Have in Common?

by D.R. Tucker September 23, 2018January 9, 2022

Anyone who was surprised wasn’t paying attention. The endorsement of Donald Trump ally Geoff Diehl —the character who’s trying to unseat Senator Elizabeth Warren—by alleged moderate Republican and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was as predictable as the outcome of former UFC star Ronda Rousey’s WWE matches. Party loyalty is thicker than water, and the idea […]

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Trumpsters on Parade

by D.R. Tucker August 12, 2018January 9, 2022

The racists marching today will embarrass themselves and the country.

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One Republican Calls It a Career. Another Should, Too.

by D.R. Tucker August 11, 2018January 9, 2022

Indicted Rep. Chris Collins just dropped out of his reelection bid. But Trump is just as fundamentally corrupt.

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March for the Ocean on June 9. Vote for the Ocean on November 6.

by D.R. Tucker May 19, 2018January 9, 2022

At the end of the day, the most important march is the one that ends at the ballot box. No disrespect to Bill McKibben and David Helvarg, who are calling upon Americans to head to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 9, to protest the Trump administration’s offshore drilling schemes. As both men note, there’s plenty […]

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Bush and Trump: The Inevitable Occurs

by D.R. Tucker March 10, 2018January 9, 2022

You had to know it was going to happen: Former President George W. Bush often jokes that President Trump’s administration makes his own former White House team look “pretty good,” according to a Republican source. The former Republican president regularly knocks the current administration, a source close to the Trump administration told National Journal, unable […]

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Even More Nonsense from John Kasich

by D.R. Tucker December 18, 2017January 9, 2022

Does anybody buy the good-guy act at this point? America’s favorite fake-moderate was dragged on to NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday, and again tried to promote the dubious idea that Donald Trump and Roy Moore are anomalies in the GOP, as opposed to being an accurate representation of what his party thinks and believes: Ohio […]