Yes, immigration reform is probably dead for now. But it was probably dead yesterday, even before Cantor was vanquished.
Paul Waldman
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Republican Rhetoric and Right-Wing Terrorism: 10 Troubling Incidents
Is there a connection? The answer is, it’s complicated.Â
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Why the GOP Is the Party of Creative Thinking
They may not have a lot of policy ideas, but when it comes to innovative procedural thinking, they leave the Democrats in the dust.
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Twelve Years Later, Hillary Clinton Still Struggles to Explain Her Iraq War Vote
Why she said what she did, and what she could have said instead.
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Have Republicans Moved So Far Right They Left Their Own Voters Behind?
On at least a couple of issues, one poll suggests they have.
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Bring On the Stupid
The inspiring festival of feigned outrage and inane controversies that is the modern American electoral campaign.
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The Inexorable March of Big Government Health Care
Nearly two in five Americans now get their health coverage through the federal government, and there’s almost nothing conservatives can do about it.
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Maureen Dowd Gets Way Too High
The New York Times columnist demonstrates the dangers of extrapolating from your personal experience, especially when you did something really stupid.
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The Bowe Bergdahl Situation Is Complicated. Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise.
We should acknowledge both the benefits and the risks of the deal to obtain his release. But conservatives keep talking like it’s 2002.
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Facial Recognition and the Loss of Anonymity
The latest Snowden revelation says the NSA is increasingly relying on facial recognition, as are lots of law enforcement agencies. Before long, the right to anonymity in public could be gone.
