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Election 2016
March 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Ben Carson thinks Donald Trump is “actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America.”
March 11, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
How to be a soulless Beltway pundit.
March 11, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Why Donald Trump Is Hillary Clinton’s Dream Opponent
Trump vs. Clinton will be the boys vs. girls election—and that's scary news for the GOP frontrunner.
March 11, 2016
David Dayen
The Most Important 2016 Issue You Don’t Know About
Antitrust regulation may sound dull. It's also the root of our economic evils.
March 11, 2016
Clancy Martin
Beyond Good and Evil
How Ted Cruz learned to lose friends and influence people.
March 11, 2016
Brian Beutler
Republicans Have Forgotten How to Call Trump a Con Man
They will remember again when he loses the general election.
March 11, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Highlights from the twelfth Republican debate.
March 11, 2016
Steven Cohen
Donald Trump: It’s wrong to beat up protesters, unless of course they’re “bad dudes.”
March 11, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Marco Rubio finally got to make a joke—and seem smarter than Donald Trump.
March 11, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Donald Trump, who brags he said “don’t do Iraq,” says he wants a quick ground war against ISIS.
March 11, 2016
Steven Cohen
Where did Ted Cruz get the idea that Republican voters want to move “beyond rhetoric”?
March 11, 2016
Jeet Heer
Ted Cruz mangled the history of the Great Depression.
March 11, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump claims to be the monster who can destroy the other monsters.
March 11, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
How nervous is Marco Rubio tonight? Just look at this smile.
March 10, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Everyone wants Jeb’s campaign merch now that it’s free.
March 10, 2016
Clio Chang
A black protester was punched at a Trump rally, then handcuffed and thrown out.
A black protester was punched at a Trump rally, then handcuffed and thrown out.
March 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
President Obama privately railed against Hillary Clinton for being part of the “pro-stupid sh*t” caucus.
March 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Even Marco Rubio’s kids are embarrassed by him.
March 10, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 5: Conservatism’s Crossroads
Will Party consensus shift in a way that makes it more electable and amenable to compromise?
March 10, 2016
Scott Lemieux
David Brooks and the Depths of the GOP’s Delusions
Lost in the fiasco surrounding Donald Trump is that the so-called moderate Republican candidates are almost as bad.

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