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Trump’s GOP Enemies Try 3 Strategies for Survival Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and Brian Kemp exhibit different ways Republican politicians are dealing with the Boss’s disdain.
the national interest
Feb. 25, 2021
american rescue plan
Feb. 5, 2021
Democrats Get Down to Writing Biden’s Stimulus Bill Now comes the hard part: writing Biden’s plans into legislation, and getting a reconciliation bill through a narrowly divided Congress.
vision 2020
July 14, 2020
Joe Biden Needs to Win Big to Avoid a Contested Election If Donald Trump is ahead on Election Night even with a majority of the vote uncounted, look out!
What Will Republicans Do If Trump Goes Down? It’s unlikely, but if it happens, Republicans better hope Mike Pence survives the scandal, because there’s no obvious party savior otherwise.
conspiracy theories
Sept. 13, 2019
McCarthy Still Repeating Bogus Conspiracy Theories About Midterm-Election Theft House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is still whitewashing his party’s terrible performance in his home state with lurid tales unsupported by evidence.
the national interest
Aug. 24, 2019
‘American Carnage’ Exposes the Republican Slide Into Trumpism A behind-the-scenes account shows, but does not explain, how Republicans abandoned their so-called principles to embrace Trump.
the national interest
Aug. 20, 2019
Republicans Sabotaged Obama’s Economy and Assume Democrats Are Doing It to Them Trump and his allies assume Democrats are trying to induce a recession. It’s classic projection.
vision 2020
Aug. 14, 2019
the national interest
July 12, 2019
Trump: Paul Ryan Was Bribed to Call Me Stupid “For him to be going out and opening his mouth is pretty incredible. But maybe he gets paid.”
Fresh Signs Trump Might Not Accept Defeat in 2020 Republicans are becoming far too accustomed to joining the president in attributing any electoral setbacks to Democratic conspiracies.
vision 2020
Mar. 13, 2019
With 2020 Election Advice, Paul Ryan Forgets Why Trump Won the Last Election In a public appearance in Florida, the former House Speaker claimed that GOP policy, not Trump’s personality, would spur a Republican victory in 2020.
the national interest
Feb. 7, 2019
New Proof the Trump Tax Cuts Are Doing the Exact Opposite of What They Promised Overseas cash is not coming in, and cost of compliance is going up. Everything Paul Ryan said is happening in reverse.
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2019
Here’s a Real Bipartisan Idea: Make Trump Leave If He Loses in 2020 Since Republicans are so excited about comity, they should agree to eject Trump from the White House if he loses in 2020 but claims “voter fraud.”
health care
Jan. 17, 2019
Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Executive Fiat Having failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
the national interest
Dec. 19, 2018
Paul Ryan’s War on the Safety Net Failed Because Democracy Worked Politics defeated Ryan, and the country is immensely better off for it.
2020 elections
Dec. 15, 2018
If Beto and Biden Got Together, Would the Age Gap Be a Problem? 30 years separate the former veep and the Texas phenom. That might not be a good thing for either of them.
Why ‘Election Night’ Is an Outdated and Dangerous Relic of the Past More and more, the traditional media-driven drama of single-day voting and vote counting is out of line with reality. And that’s bad for democracy.
house democrats
Dec. 9, 2018
Messaging or Investigating? How Should House Democrats Use Their Limited Power? Take a lesson from the GOP, Democrats, and focus on regaining power more than arguing over how it will be used.
2020 presidential election
Dec. 4, 2018
7 House Members Are Eyeing a ’20 Presidential Bid. History Says It’s a Long Shot It’s been a long time — 140 years, to be exact — since someone has gone from the House to the White House.
2018 midterms
Dec. 2, 2018
Total GOP Control in Washington Is About to End. What Did They Get Out of It? For two years Republicans have theoretically had the power to remake the federal government. How did that work out for them? It was a mixed bag.
2018 midterms
Nov. 30, 2018
Kevin McCarthy Rises to Power at Expense of His Defeated California Colleagues The new House GOP leader led his California colleagues to a slaughter in the midterms through his loyalty to Trump and his agenda.
2018 midterms
Nov. 29, 2018
The New Republican Myth of California Voter Fraud Paul Ryan and other Republicans are implying that California’s slow vote counts disguise fraud. It’s important to debunk these myths before 2020.
the national interest
Nov. 29, 2018
Paul Ryan Departing Washington in a Blaze of Fraudulence Speaker who spent career increasing deficits lauded for “working to solve” problem he created.
republicans
Nov. 14, 2018
Kevin McCarthy Easily Wins Bid to Lead Diminished House Republicans The congressman from California finally won the job he nearly got in 2015 — though thanks to the midterms, it did not come with the Speaker’s gavel.
government shutdown
Sept. 20, 2018
Congressional Republicans Ignoring Trump Government Shutdown Threats Trump is again threatening to shut down the federal government over border wall funding. His congressional allies are strangely sure he’s bluffing.
puerto rico
Sept. 13, 2018
Florida Republicans Scramble to Repudiate Trump Tweets on Maria Death Toll The president has thrown a stink bomb into Florida politics at the worst possible moment.
medicare for all
Sept. 7, 2018
GOP’s Latest Mediscare Tactic Is Deeply Cynical Attacking Medicare for All as a threat to Medicare is pretty bald-faced.
the national interest
Aug. 22, 2018
Every Single House Republican Is Actively Covering Up Trump’s Guilt Republican now says the party needs to control Congress to help “hold Trump accountable.” What?
house republicans
Aug. 20, 2018
Will Losing the House Bring Down Kevin McCarthy’s Bid for Leadership? Ryan’s designated successor has no choice but to get out there on the campaign trail. But anything other than a GOP win could be dangerous for him.
2018 elections
Aug. 15, 2018
Leah Vukmir’s Victory in Wisconsin Is a Rare Win for Republican Women The veteran conservative state legislator will now face incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin in another uphill race in Wisconsin.
easy mistakes
Aug. 7, 2018
Campaign on Taxes or Culture War? GOP, Trump Divided on Midterm Message Republicans are vulnerable in different kinds of districts, some where Trump’s rhetoric is attractive and others where it’s toxic.
President Trump Is Threatening to Shut Down the Government Over Immigration POTUS again rattling his saber over the border wall and legal immigration restrictions just after his allies assured us he’d be “patient.”
Amid Sex-Abuse Scandal, Jim Jordan Announces Run for Speaker The Ohio congressman is accused of knowing about sexual abuse while he was a coach at Ohio State and doing nothing to stop it.
Paul Ryan Admits That the President of the United States Is an Internet Troll The House Speaker dismissed the White House’s threat to revoke security clearances of former intel officials as “trolling.”
the national interest
July 12, 2018
Paul Ryan Unaware Constitution Lets Congress Override Presidential Veto “You would have to pass a law saying ‘don’t raise those tariffs’ and the president would have to sign that law,” says Ryan. Not true!
House Republicans Still Stuck on Doomed Immigration Bills They are making one final, and probably futile, effort to pass a “compromise” measure. But it’d die in the Senate anyway.
last night on late night
June 23, 2018
Trump’s Big Immigration Meeting With House Republicans Fixed Nothing Trump did clear up the confusion over immigration bills he created last week, but did not explain how to resolve the family separation emergency.
Trump Blows Up ‘Compromise’ House Immigration Bill The president has now positioned himself to the right of his hard-core immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, which is difficult to do.
Ryan Offers to ‘Fix’ Family Separations on Border in His Doomed Immigration Bill Since Ryan can’t actually enact immigration legislation, he might as well use it to offer cover to Trump on the nasty situation on the border.
GOP Moderates’ Push to Force Bipartisan Dreamer Vote Flops With the discharge petition stalled, Paul Ryan said the House will vote on two GOP-only immigrations bills, which are unlikely to go anywhere.
The House GOP Still Can’t Figure Out What It Wants on Immigration Another day, another meeting, and another failure to achieve intraparty consensus on immigration, even as a forced vote looms.
Paul Ryan Boldly Rejects Trump’s War on the FBI, Which He Enabled His mild criticism of Spygate and Trump’s self-pardon incensed conservatives, just as he’s attempting to unite the party on immigration.
Freedom Caucus’s Cunning Plan Could Hand the House to Democrats To subdue rebellious moderates, just take campaign funds from some of the most vulnerable GOP members. What could go wrong?
House GOP Factions Playing Chicken With Immigration, Farm Bill Paul Ryan is caught in the middle as the House Freedom Caucus and key GOP moderates push conflicting paths on immigration bills.
the national interest
May 22, 2018
Paul Ryan: ‘Oversight of the Executive Branch’ Means Kneecapping Mueller An insanely dishonest rationale for the House Speaker to help Trump subvert the law.
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