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Brian Beutler

Brian Beutler is a senior editor at the New Republic. He covers domestic policy, politics, and political movements. Previously he led Capitol Hill coverage for Talking Points Memo, was a daily columnist for Salon, and has been a frequent commentator on television news. He is the host of Primary Concerns, a podcast about politics.

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February 13, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Team of Weaklings
He promised that his administration would be tough. Instead, it is weak, rudderless, incompetent, and plagued by backbiting.
February 9, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republicans Are Off to a Pitiful Start
They control the government, but their Faustian bargain with Trump has been a miserable failure thus far.
February 8, 2017
Brian Beutler
How Republicans Can Save Themselves From Their Obamacare Trap
February 7, 2017
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Dangerous End Game
Why the president is accusing journalists and judges of enabling terrorists.
February 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Never Believe the Republicans’ B.S. Ever Again
Their silence on Trump reveals that their Obama-era sanctimony was fake.
February 3, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Promised White Supremacy. Now He’s Delivering It.
He's implementing his campaign platform—and he's only getting started.
February 1, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Left Needs to Get Real—and Get Ready to Lose Many Fights
Only then can progressives and liberals fight Trump effectively.
January 31, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Ignored All of Obama’s Advice—and Now He’s in a World of Trouble
There's no need for Obama to hold his tongue anymore.
January 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Case for Pessimism
What will America look like after four years of Donald Trump? The emerging picture is ugly.
January 27, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump and the Republicans Are on a Suicide Mission Together
And we'll all have to live with the fallout.
January 25, 2017
Brian Beutler
Democrats Should Seriously Consider This GOP Alternative to Obamacare
It could save health care reform—or at least delay the repeal effort.
January 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Media Failed to Prepare Americans for the Trump Whiplash
The policy stakes of this election were never adequately conveyed by the political press.
January 23, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Trump Administration’s Lies Have Already Ruined Its Credibility
The president has made the wrong bet, and it will sink him.
January 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Dark, Narrow Inauguration
In the midst of an economy near full employment, the president made a dystopian pitch to his followers.
January 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
Welcome to the Trump Dark Age
Either his presidency is an aberration or the dawn of a intolerant, regressive era. Obama's legacy depends on the outcome.
January 18, 2017
Brian Beutler
Obamacare Just Had a Very Good Week. That Doesn’t Mean the Law Is Any Safer.
January 17, 2017
Brian Beutler
A Plea to President Obama: Pardon Edward Snowden
The choice is simple: pardon him, or abandon him to the mercy of Trump.
January 13, 2017
Brian Beutler
Who’s the Illegitimate President Now, Mr. Birtherism?
Trump spent five years trying to delegitimize Obama. Now he's taking office under a cloud of suspicion, and only has himself to blame.
January 12, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Is Exactly the Monster We Feared, and Republicans Are Enabling Him
GOP congressmen will abide his abuses as long as they get what they want.
January 10, 2017
Brian Beutler
Obamacare Repeal Is Going Very Poorly
Republicans said the 2012 election was their last chance to repeal health care reform. They were right.

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