The GOP’s turn to a balanced budget amendment demonstrates an unlimited contempt for the intelligence of the American voter.
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John Kasich Will Run in 2020–His Mouth, That Is
One would have to be a king-sized fool to think he’ll actually do it. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, appearing alongside former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he mulls a primary challenge to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Republican Party has “never been my master” and that “all of my options are on the […]
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March Madness: Right-Wing Media Will Take Aim at Youth Opposed to Gun Violence
They can’t help themselves. If you’ve ever doubted the fundamental foolishness and ghoulishness of the American right, just watch—if you can bear it—the right’s reaction to today’s March for Our Lives. If you think the rhetorical assaults on anti-gun-violence American youth in the days leading up to this march were bad, as Bachman-Turner Overdrive famously […]
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Millennials Really Hate the Republicans
Millennial women prefer the Democrats by a 70-23 percent margin.
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GOP Candidates Can’t Rely on Trump’s Base
Trump’s base won’t turn out for GOP candidates, so why kowtow to them?
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Sometimes, You Just Have to Try Something Else
The establishment is so broken that the people will try almost anything as an alternative
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It’s Always Foolish for Progressives and Democrats to Fall for “Bipartisanship”
It has to be considered one of the biggest “WTF” stories of the young year: Teamsters Local 25, the powerful [labor] union that represents more than 11,500 Massachusetts workers and that backed the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014, endorsed Republican Governor Charlie Baker for reelection Thursday. “He’s proven to be a great steward for […]
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Does California Need an Alternative to the GOP?
Republican registrations are about to fall below ‘no party preference’ in the Golden State.
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Democrats Play Hardball in Pennsylvania
They’ve used their majority on the Supreme Court to force a revision of the congressional maps. But will they really get much out of it?
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David Brooks Thinks He Can Solve All Our Problems
It’s simple. All we need to do is stop fighting each other and adopt a European-style multiparty parliamentary system.
