A big swing left from Latino voters may signal a blue wave coming in November.
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Another Way Republicans Are Overplaying Their Hand on Immigration
Now they’re going after Americans who are also citizens of another country—like me, and Melania and Barron Trump.
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Conservatism or Radicalism: Unpacking Today’s GOP
Conservative doesn’t accurately describe MAGA, and epithets like “fascist” are less than precise. A modest proposal for a new label.
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Budget Reconciliation Could Be the Beginning of the End of the Republican Party
Prioritizing extreme deficit reduction is forcing Republicans to take positions that threaten the bonds of their coalition.
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Who Is Batya Ungar-Sargon?
A Berkeley-educated leftist who couldn’t bear drinking at a bar with Trump voters is now MAGA’s top defender. A tale for our times.
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Don’t Listen to Steve Bannon. Trump Will Be a Lame Duck, not a Third-Termer
The MAGA movement podcaster nurses the fiction that Trump can be president-for-life because he’s afraid congressional Republicans will start disobeying Trump’s demands.
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No Furor Over the Führer
Trump has this weird thing for Hitler. It is not exaggerated. Will we take note before it’s too late?
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Joe Conason on How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked Conservatism
Joe Conason on How Grifters, Swindlers. and Frauds Hijacked Conservatism. In his new book, the journalist explains how cons from Trump University to the Build-the-Wall ripoff became central to the MAGA creed. A conversation.
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Day Six of the Trump Trial: A Bench Slap and Pecker on the Stand
The court hears the first details of the Trump Tower Conspiracy
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How Trump Survived January 6
After the insurrection, everyone was disavowing him. But thanks to his old buddy Steve Bannon and a coterie of strategists, Donald Trump regained dominance over the Republican Party.
