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Justin Amash
December 23, 2020
Matt Ford
Congress Is the Problem Child of American Democracy
If Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have the same complaint, then things must be really broken.
May 14, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Coronavirus and the Republican War on Knowledge
Despite Anthony Fauci’s best efforts, conservatives will stake an untold number of American lives on the all-in wager that ignorance is bliss.
April 29, 2020
Jason Linkins
The Democrats’ Very Revealing Angst About Justin Amash
If the would-be Libertarian candidate “spoils” the race, Joe Biden and his party will have no one to blame but themselves.
November 20, 2019
Sam Adler-Bell
Why the Hell Did Democrats Just Extend the Patriot Act?
House leadership included the measure in a government funding bill—and even members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus went along with it.
July 29, 2019
Lucy Steigerwald
Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future
Donald Trump's Republican Party was unable to change him. But can he change the Republican Party?
May 24, 2019
Matt Ford
The Democrats Are Overthinking Trump’s Impeachment. Naturally.
They're scared that trying to remove him would backfire, but they're taking the wrong lessons from the past—and ignoring voters' wishes in the present.
May 22, 2019
Alex Shephard
Impeachment Is Coming
Speaker Pelosi's plan to keep Trump's crimes and misdemeanors on the back burner has been overtaken by events—and a Michigan Republican.
February 11, 2015
Rebecca Leber
One Lonely Republican Voted Against Keystone
Here's why he did it
December 6, 2012
Timothy Noah
GOPocalypse: A Guide to Republican Purges
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