If enough senators in the minority party follow the lead of their next likely leader, the minority may be where they stay.
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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 […]
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A Reminder About Netanyahu, Iraq, and Iran
View image | gettyimages.com Just a few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a figure with huge influence in American politics. There he was addressing Congress, with Republicans practically carrying him into the House chamber on their shoulders. He was on every American television show he wanted, delivering his dark warnings of […]
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The Insane Logic Underlying Republican Opposition to the Iran Deal
View image | gettyimages.com Republicans are, naturally, united in their opposition to the preliminary deal the Obama administration struck with Iran to restrain its nuclear program. And now, the presidential candidates in particular are going to compete with each other to see who can make their opposition more categorical. They’re all criticizing it, of course, […]
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This Is No Time for Liberals to Give Up on Israel
Because of Netanyahu’s bellicosity—and Republican support for it—it’s now possible in Washington to argue about Israel. With so much at stake, liberals must.
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Trey Gowdy’s Bad Benghazi Hand
He can’t bring himself to fold and toss his cards into the muck.
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Photo of the Day, Dogs of War Edition
View image | gettyimages.com That’s Books, a bomb-sniffer dog, enjoying some snuggle time with his Marine buddy in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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3 Trends Driving Liberal American Jews Away From Israel
Netanyahu’s re-election—and the way in which he won it—is but one touchstone of a crisis of the spirit.
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Fear Wins: Israeli Elections, the Morning After
Netanyahu sacrificed Israel’s democratic principles and its relations with the U.S. to win another term as prime minister.
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Chartsplosion: Defense Spending
Republicans are gearing up for a new push to increase military spending, one that will be justified on the basis that America’s military has been “hollowed out,” what with us spending a mere half-trillion dollars a year on wars and preparing for wars. Is there any truth to that argument? To help answer that question, […]
