And what might move them to register their misgivings at the polls
Conservatism
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Scott Walker and the Failure of Trickle Down
In Minnesota, progressive taxes and social spending have created more and better-paying jobs than next-door neighbor Wisconsin has created through tax and spending cuts.
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Look What You Made Them Do
From to neo-Nazism and white nationalism to Trump’s election, conservative writers are blaming—who else?—liberals who call out racism.
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Republicans Are Hard at Work to Turn Staten Island Blue
The Trump faithful in the only GOP quadrant of New York City may go for an ex-con Steve Bannon guy in June’s Republican primary.
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Kevin McCarthy: Trickle Downer of The Week
The House majority leader is the front-runner to succeed Paul Ryan atop the House Republicans. He’d also be a fitting heir to Ryan’s trickle-down legacy.
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Our Media Problem Is Bigger Than Sean Hannity
From Fox News to Sinclair and Breitbart.com, the reach of disinformation used to attack Trump’s enemies imperils the republic.
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Trump Moves to Gut the Post Office
His war on Amazon expands to include the right wing’s campaign to abolish America’s oldest—and still successful—public service.
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What’s the Matter with Oklahoma?
Oklahoma was once a center of left-populism. Could it be that again?
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Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Versus the Blue Wave
The anti-democratic governor accustomed to getting his way finally accepted his losses in the courts last week. What does Walker’s electoral overreach mean for the Badger State?
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The Scalia Problem: It Wasn’t Originalism or Textualism — It Was Trumpism
A review of Richard L. Hasen’s The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
