College-educated white women are turning away from Trump.
Republicans
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The Role of Political Parties
Angry voters often don’t realize that parties are supposed to be coalitions.
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Kansas’ Experiment in Right-Wing Economics Is Still Failing Miserably
Every few weeks I feel it’s important to return to the ongoing disaster in Sam Brownback’s Kansas. It doesn’t get nearly as much play as it should in the media, which is unfortunate because Kansas’ experience is definitive proof of the failure of supply-side, Laffer-curve-based economic theory. Under the leadership of Brownback and one of […]
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Operating Without the Weight of Evidence
“The Supreme Court looked at the evidence and concluded that right-wing legislators are passing laws with the sole purpose of driving abortion-providing clinics out of business. That wasn’t some aesthetic call.”
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Civic Virtues, Not Guns, Nurture the Republic
A good guy with a gun isn’t the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun
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Why Republican Kneecapping of Trump Won’t Work
Vulnerable downballot Republicans can’t count on distancing themselves for survival.
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Benghazi Report: Prepare for Incoming
Prepare for even more coverage as the Benghazi committee releases its final reports.
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House Democrats Launch Sit-In to Force Gun Votes
Civil Rights Era hero Rep. John Lewis of Georgia instigated a new sit-in, this time in the well of the House of Representatives in an attempt to force votes on gun violence control legislation. After Lewis gave that stirring speech, “dozens of Democrats” sat down and refused to budge. Speaker Ryan soon told CSPAN to […]
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How Donald Trump Could Help Democrats Reclaim the Suburbs
Suburban voters turning away from Trump are giving Democrats their shot at reclaiming the House.
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Cantaloupe King Loses Bid to Block Tubman Twenties
Iowa Rep. Steve King might be the worst person in the House of Representatives.
