While the military is running out of missiles, the secretary of war is fixated on whether the troops are adequately toned and testosteroned.
Mike Johnson
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The Courts and American Democracy
If the Supreme Court is going to preserve free elections, it had better stop dithering.
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Reconciling with Inaction
Republicans are unlikely to get much of anything done between now and the election.
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Trump Trips Up Trump
The continuing negative fallout from Trump’s crusades against his own party’s incumbents
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As FISA Bill Implodes, Himes Boosted Version He Called ‘Unacceptable’
The ranking Democrat of the House Intelligence Committee was encouraging his colleagues to vote for a bill that did not include warrants for spying on Americans.
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Congress Has Become Almost Totally Irrelevant
The way Republicans are managing the Department of Homeland Security budget shows that Congress is now just something to work around.
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Mike Johnson Has a FISA Fiasco on His Hands
The House Speaker’s surprise five-year extension and bogus warrant provision backfired, but it was enough to get a gaggle of Democrats to break ranks.
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You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
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The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging
As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.
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House Says No to Tariff Man
Speaker Mike Johnson can’t hold a united Republican caucus to support Trump’s unpopular and economically perverse tariffs.