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March 16, 2023
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Alex Shephard
Republicans Are Starting to Regret Cultivating a Base of Extremist Voters
The party wants to move on from Trump and his preferred MAGA candidates. They haven’t convinced their base to go along.
November 9, 2022
Alex Shephard
Democrats John Fetterman’s and Josh Shapiro’s Path to Victory, in Photos
The passions of Pennsylvania were on full display in the last week of the campaign in the battleground state. Photographer Mark Peterson was there to capture the action.
October 27, 2022
Katherine Stewart
Why Are Some Christian Nationalist Leaders Opposed to Being Called Christian Nationalists?
Marjorie Taylor Greene says it proudly. But other leaders say there’s no such thing as Christian nationalism. It’s not liberals they’re trying to bamboozle—it’s their own supporters.
September 30, 2022
Daniel Strauss
January 6 Was a Dark Day for America. But Can Democrats Win by Running on It?
Some Democrats are hitting their GOP opponents with tough January 6 ads. Will they work? Control of the Senate could depend on it.
September 28, 2022
Alex Thomas
Is Trump or DeSantis the Weaker Nominee? The Democrats Will Not Pick Their Poison.
The party may have spent the midterms meddling in GOP primaries to boost its preferred opponents, but it’s not planning on playing that game in the 2024 presidential race.
September 6, 2022
Michael Tomasky
Donald Trump May Destroy the GOP Before He Can Wreck Democracy
As the forever-embattled former president hits the campaign trail, Republicans fret that he might end up pumping the brakes on what was supposed to be a runaway victory.
August 23, 2022
Elle Hardy
The Right-Wing Christian Sect Plotting a Political Takeover
The New Apostolic Reformation doesn’t always admit its own existence, but it’s growing in influence in the Republican Party.
July 25, 2022
Sarah Posner
How Did Maryland Republicans Nominate Two Extremist Screwballs for Statewide Office?
The gubernatorial nominee was at the Capitol on January 6. The attorney general pick says public schools belong to Hitler. What is going on?
June 21, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Fools for Boosting Trumpist Republicans
The party is spending big to help some of the most extremist candidates in the country win their GOP primaries. It’s a mistake.
May 20, 2022
Daniel Strauss
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Grace Segers
January 6 Recap: An Aggressive (!) Move by the Justice Department
The request for House select committee transcripts could mean something really big is happening at DOJ.
May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
Did Democrats Make a Mistake by Hyping a Trumpy Insurrectionist in Pennsylvania?
The party believed Doug Mastriano would be the easiest candidate to beat in November, so they followed the same risky strategy that backfired tremendously in 2016.
May 17, 2022
Grace Segers
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Daniel Strauss
Pennsylvania May Be Democrats’ Best Hope for a Senate Pickup in 2022
The GOP candidates vying for the Keystone State’s seat in the upper house are wildly out of the mainstream. That doesn’t mean Democrats can beat them.
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