Following the Alabama special election, McConnell is pressing his advantage in the Republican Party’s civil war.
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Roy Moore Ran into Some Alabama History
African American turnout was especially high in the Black Belt, where slave plantations were concentrated in the state.
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The National Review Blames Bannon, Not Trump, for the Alabama Loss
In seven separate hot takes on the Roy Moore fiasco, no one was willing to blame Trump.
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The Unimaginable Just Happened in Alabama
A Democrat took Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’s Senate seat.
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The Question on the Table in Alabama’s Special Election
Both Alabama and the nation are at a crossroads to determine whether or not we’ll come down on the right side of history.
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I Didn’t Want to Care About Doug Jones
I wanted to avoid any emotional investment in the Alabama special election, but now I’ll be very disappointed if Doug Jones doesn’t win.
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Listening to the Women Means Conducting Investigations
Those who came forward with stories about Franken deserve that—as does the senator.
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Will Anyone Really Be Surprised if Roy Moore Wins?
In an infamously bloody scene in The Untouchables (1987), Robert De Niro declared, “I get nowhere unless the team wins.” Three decades later, De Niro’s line is, in effect, Donald Trump’s motto–and if that motto is shared by a majority of the Alabama electorate, then Roy Moore is guaranteed to win the state’s special US […]
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Zero Tolerance Is Never the Answer
Drawing a line and implementing harsh consequences for anyone who crosses it is overly simplistic.
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The Sexual Abuse Scandals Make Asymmetric Polarization Harder to Deny
This is the single most powerful force reshaping American politics and policy.
