Breaking up is very hard to do.
Capitol Insurrection
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Altercation: Deal-Making Republican ‘Pragmatists’? Like, Who?
The ‘moderates’ who want a debt default: a case study in journalistic destruction of the meaning of words
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Samuel Beckett’s House
The lower house of Congress can neither convene nor adjourn.
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The Committee Wraps It Up
Charged with investigating the January 6th insurrection, the committee made a devastating case against Trump, regardless of what the attorney general elects to do.
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The Fish Stinks From the Head
So the January 6th Committee subpoenas Donald Trump.
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The Coming Republican Inquisition
Biden has been spared the harassment of congressional investigations. That could change for the worse in November—unless Democrats can hold the House.
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Fatwas, Foreign and Domestic
Today on TAP: There’s the Iranian brand and the Republican brand.
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Altercation: By the Usual Standards of American Politics, Most January 6th Testifiers Would Be a Disgrace
They countenanced or took part in the kinds of scandalous acts that brought more ‘normal’ presidents down.
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When Trump Finally Told His Mob to Go Home
It was only when it became clear that the January 6th coup wouldn’t succeed that Trump told his insurrectionists to stand down.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Omitted in the Electoral Count Act
Today on TAP: The bill introduced yesterday fixes many problems, but doesn’t really safeguard Americans’ right to vote.
