View image | gettyimages.com Ask a Republican about the elaborate conspiracy theories that are so popular with many on the far right, and she’s likely to respond that, sure, those people are there, but liberals have their wackos, too. But there is a difference, in not just how far to the center of Republican power […]
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Pity the Purist in the GOP Primaries (A Tear for Bobby Jindal)
To win the presidential election will require selective dissents and little blasphemies.
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Maybe Unity Is the Last Thing Republicans Need
View image | gettyimages.com It’s the season for pandering to the base, which is as good a time as any to ask whether the glorious, fascinating mess that is today’s Republican Party can ever unify enough to win back the White House-or whether unity is something they should even be after. Because it may well […]
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First in the Nation: New Abortion Restrictions in Kansas
The ban of a common medical procedure is giving the state a dubious distinction.
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How the Decline of Southern White Evangelicals Fuels the Passage of ‘Religious Freedom’ Laws
They’ve been the driving force behind anti-LGBT legislation. But now their numbers are falling off.
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No Cost for Extremism
Why the GOP hasn’t (yet) paid for its march to the right.Â
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The Remarkable Persistence of Crackpot Economics in the GOP
The most horrifying article you can read today is not about Ayatollah Khamenei’s troubling comments on the Iran nuclear deal, it’s this piece from Jim Tankersley of The Washington Post about how all the GOP presidential candidates are lining up to receive the wisdom of Arthur Laffer as they formulate their economic plans. This is […]
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Today’s GOP: The Party of Jefferson Davis — Not Lincoln
If you think the Civil War is over, think again.
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The Opportunity Dodge
It’s an empty promise—because the chance to thrive will never be good amid great inequalities.
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Rand Paul’s Millennial Outreach, Now with Flip-Flops
Posted by guest-blogger Amanda Teuscher With the news that presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz’s affiliated super-PACs have raked in $31 million in less than a week, it looks like Senator Rand Paul is going to have to sell a lot of beer koozies. Paul, who announced his candidacy on Tuesday, is already facing skepticism from […]
