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January 8, 2021
MagazineJohn Patrick Leary
America’s Obsession With “Peaceful” Transitions Crashes Into Reality
The Capitol riot showed that our political system is just as frail and corruptible as any other.
September 10, 2020
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Dangers of the Lame Duck
A guide to the three most unpredictable months in politics
January 20, 2017
Graham Vyse
The star of the “DeploraBall” protest was a 15-foot racist elephant.
January 19, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos is such a disaster that bitter enemies are uniting against her.
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Democrats should be doing more to hammer Treasury nominee Steven Mnuchin’s “foreclosure machine.”
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump is on track to fulfill the right’s dream of eviscerating programs people like.
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Rick Perry didn’t know what the Energy Department was until about a month ago.*
January 19, 2017
Graham Vyse
This 35-Year-Old Mayor From Indiana Is Wowing National Democrats
Pete Buttigieg impressed at Wednesday's debate for DNC chair. Congressman Keith Ellison and Labor Secretary Tom Perez did not.
January 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
Barack Obama won’t promise to remain silent about President Trump.
January 18, 2017
Demi Lee
EPA nominee Scott Pruitt: I don’t “know about” the science of lead poisoning.
January 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Tom Price has already screwed up his insider trading defense.
January 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
Has the office already changed Donald Trump?
January 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Chris Christie has shifted from being Trump’s man servant to being his whipping boy.
January 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Republicans have clearly learned nothing about Donald Trump.
January 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos Got Schooled in Her Confirmation Hearing
Democrats repeatedly stumped Trump's pick for education secretary.
January 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Vladimir Putin is seizing his moment.
January 17, 2017
Graham Vyse
We now know precisely how devastating Obamacare repeal could be.
January 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s team is delivering a warning to Steven Mnuchin.
January 17, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump is trying to unskew his historic unpopularity.
January 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Tom Price is a perfect representative of Trumpian corruption.

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