Yesterday, the Tea Party had its first big win of the season. Ben Sasse, who rallied with Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin while vying for the Republican Senate nomination in Nebraska, carried away a comfortable victory against two other contenders. Ted Cruz took to Facebook to express his delight. “Ben Sasse’s decisive victory in Nebraska […]
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Michael Boggs, an Unacceptable Judicial Nominee
However horrible Boggs is, the primary villains here, as is so often the case, reside in the World’s Worst Deliberative Body.
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Daily Meme: Paging Doctor Rove
In a move reminiscent of the Terry Schiavo episode-in which Senator Bill Frist, the Tennessee Republican, assumed the power to diagnose people via television-right-wing strategist Karl Rove is spending his time on the speaker circuit telling people Hillary Clinton might have brain damage. Why, pray tell? After suffering from a blood clot in 2012 that […]
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A Question About Southern Culture and the Confederate Flag
Why is this the part of southern culture so many people spend so much effort honoring?
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Hating Hillary
Karl Rove suggests she’s brain damaged, then pulls back. But just you wait for the ugliness to come.
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Daily Meme: Is the Obamacare Tantrum Finally Over?
Sometimes, the best thing to do with a child throwing a tantrum is to let them have it and wait for them to wear themselves out. Could the GOP-after voting to repeal Obamacare more than 50 times-have finally grown tired of its own screams? For the first time in quite some time, Republicans’ congressional calendar […]
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Tracing the Republican Evolution on Climate Change
Nearly all the 2016 GOP contenders are climate deniers. But things aren’t so clear in the Republican electorate, and they’ve changed over time.
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The Politics of Polarization: Not as Simple as They Seem
Too often, journalists talk about this phenomenon as though it were symmetrical, with Republicans and Democrats moving away from the center at roughly the same rate. But that’s just not true.
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Daily Meme: It Ain’t Easy Being a Koch
Pity the poor Koch brothers. All Charles and David want to do is make America safe for good, old-fashioned, Wild West capitalism. But somehow, they seem to be teeing everybody off-left and right. Plus, it’s so doggone pricey to buy control of the federal government these days! The K-Bros dished out $400 million to defeat […]
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Koch Brothers Struggle Against Misconception That They Care About the Wealthy
It’s hard to convince voters your policies are all about helping the less fortunate if you’re simultaneously heaping contempt on them.
