Republicans have gone along with Trump in return for tax cuts and deregulatory gifts—never mind their supposed philosophical principles.
Adele M. Stan
Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect. She is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a winner of the Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
GOP: The Party of Death
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The State of the Union Is Unknown
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Freaked Out Are Republicans About Mueller? Ask the Russian Bots.
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
America in the Age of Shitholiness
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bannon’s Breitbart Exit Changes Nothing
The people who bankrolled Bannon have the president’s ear and a ton of cash. The toxic force that propelled Trump’s victory lives on.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A Hostile Foreign Power and the End of the Republic
It’s getting late to stop the march of authoritarianism.
Posted inEconomic Policy
On the Road to Kleptocracy
There’s nothing subtle in the Republican tax bill. Just a naked grab for the commons.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Doug Jones’s Alabama Surprise Could Change Everything
In the brutal contest for an open Senate seat, the question of identity politics should be settled once and for all.