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Back to SearchRepublicans Admitted the Deal They Killed Was a Good One, Senator Says
In an extraordinary spectacle, virtually all Senate Republicans joined together Wednesday to block a bipartisan bill that would have given Republicans much of what they wanted on border security. Why…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
How Trump’s trial-delaying scam could screw over GOP voters
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump is not immune from criminal charges stemming from his effort to steal the 2020 election. With Trump expected to take this to the Supreme Co…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
J.D. Vance’s Ugly Rant About Trump’s Coup Portends a Dark MAGA Future
This week, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio declared in an on-air rant that if he had been Trump’s vice president in the run-up to Jan. 6, 2021, he would have told states to send Congress multiple slates o…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Krugman: Trump-MAGA are in Desperate Denial About the Economy
It’s one of the strangest disconnects in our politics today: By many metrics, the economy is doing extremely well, yet President Biden’s approval numbers on the economy are in the toilet. With the la…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Trump’s Legal Mess Triggers Shocking New Levels of Right Wing Grift
This week, we learned that Donald Trump’s fundraising committees channeled an extraordinary $50 million toward bankrolling his myriad legal defenses throughout 2023. Such sordid trickery has a long h…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Alarming New Polls Show Trump Ahead. So Why do Dems Keep Winning?
A frightening new batch of polls this week showed President Biden trailing Donald Trump in all the key battleground states. And yet, as bleak as the polling has looked, Democrats racked up an impress…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
MAGA’s Ugly New “Civil War” Fantasy Should be Taken Seriously
Far-right personalities are fantasizing about “civil war” again, amid a standoff between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the feds over border enforcement. That may seem silly, but unbridgeable differe…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Meet the Lonely Republicans Who Think Trump is Disqualified from Running
Three former Republican governors—Marc Racicot of Montana, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, and Bill Weld of Massachusetts—have signed on to a legal brief to the Supreme Court arguing that Donal…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago