The multibillionaire should quit attacking Trump and aim his fire at the president’s “disgusting abomination” of a bill.
Newt Gingrich
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The Balance of Powers Demands a Strong Congressional Research Service
Right now, we don’t have it, but the once mighty arm of Congress can be revived. Here’s how.
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Why Are Democrats Unified and Republicans in Chaos?
Taking control of the House chamber used to be fun. Your party installed its leadership after toiling in the minority. You celebrated. Ranking members became chairs, and their pet projects, like the Widget Protection Act and that new Museum of Trucking and Industry, got closer to passage. You got to run the “People’s House.” Since […]
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The Day After the McCarthy Ouster
After the shock wears off, remember that this cannibalism started in the 1990s and won’t go away.
Posted inBooks
American Terrorism: From Timothy McVeigh to January 6
Jeffrey Toobin offers a grim portrayal of the growth of the radical right since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2023
Ted Kennedy’s Lonely Liberalism
Liberalism is under assault. Already having suffered decades of reputational damage after Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan battered the word into oblivion, it is now rare to ever hear it with a positive connotation. The right wing continues to equate it with moral decadence and fiscal recklessness, while the hard left of the Democratic Socialists […]
Posted inMagazine
Do Prisons Need to Be Hellholes?
Thanks to bipartisan efforts, the number of incarcerated Americans has shrunk dramatically. The next step for reform is to treat inmates more humanely.
Posted inMagazine
Trumpism Before Trump
How a small group of reactionaries hijacked the Republican Party—decades before the 2016 election.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Conservatives Have No Plan To Win the Culture War. They Intend to Rule Anyway.
Republicans would have to make changes to win the hearts and minds of the young. They have no intention of doing that. They intend to kill democracy, instead.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Trump’s Enablers Are Sabotaging the Georgia Senate Runoff Election–and Helping Democrats
There’s a weird, right-wing push to boycott January’s pivotal U.S. Senate runoffs. Is Trump angry enough to join it?
