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The Voting Rights Act Is in Brett Kavanaugh’s Hands. God Help Us.

Jim Newell

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Welcome to the Resistance

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Democrats’ Shutdown Strategy Might Actually Work Out

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The Shutdown Is Here. Will Democrats Be Blamed for It?

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The Comey Indictment Is Just the Beginning

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If the FCC Chairman Is the Story of the Week, Something Has Gone Really Wrong

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Who Showed Up to Lead in a Dark, Tense Week?

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RFK Jr. May Be Reaching the Limit of Trump’s Patience

Jim Newell

Which California Dem Did Trump More Successfully Bait This Week, Newsom or Padilla?

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Two World-Historical Narcissists Finally Have Their Falling-Out

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Elon Musk Learns a Lesson About Washington

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Mike Johnson Used Trump to His Full Advantage This Week

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Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Is in Turmoil, but at Least He’s Getting a New Ride

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A Republican Senator Puts on His Big-Boy Pants

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The Time for Republicans’ Most Contentious Policy Has Arrived. They Better Brace Themselves.

Jim Newell

The DOJ Says Trump Has Saved 258 Million Lives. I Asked Them What That’s Based On.

Jim Newell

Now Is a Good Time for the Democrats to Stop Overthinking This

Jim Newell

The Republicans Are Considering Something Truly Shocking: Raising Taxes on the Rich

Jim Newell

The One Thing That Brought Trump Close to Reality This Week

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Congress Is Starting to Think It Could Do Something About Trump After All

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Why House GOP Leadership Pulled Out All the Stops to Kill This Vote–and It Backfired

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Congress Could Stop Trump’s Tariffs if It Wanted To

Jim Newell

So Is Trump Actually Firing Any of These Signal Jokers?

Jim Newell

The Trump Administration Never Admits Fault. Why Is It Doing It on Signalgate?

Jim Newell

Donald Trump Is Making His Judge-Induced Temper Tantrums Everyone’s Problem

Jim Newell

Democrats Get a Say in Policymaking, Promptly Melt Down

Jim Newell

Are We Sure Trump’s Speech to Congress Is Over?

Jim Newell

Trump’s Variety Show Papered Over What He’s Really Done

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That Oval Office Shouting Match Was a Setup

Jim Newell

The Republican Party’s Constituency Has Changed. They Aren’t Acting Like It.

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Why Trump’s Russian Bearhug Is So Dire

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Republicans Are Begging for Their Funding Back. Trump Has Got Them Where He Wants Them.

Jim Newell

An Absolute Doozy of a Scandal in Washington and New York

Jim Newell

Democrats in Congress Will Soon Be Able to Actually Do Something to Pressure Trump

Jim Newell

It’s Clear What’s Driving Trump’s Presidency Now—or Rather, Who Is

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The Most Ridiculous “Scandal” Yet of the New Trump Era

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The GOP Senators Who Caved on RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard

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The Republican Who Could Sink RFK Jr.’s Nomination

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RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Could Be in Danger. A Republican’s Question Showed Why.