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The Republican Party Is Catastrophically Broken

The Republican Party Is Catastrophically Broken The Republican Party Is Catastrophically Broken

The humiliating failure to repeal Obamacare reveals the GOP is not a national governing party–and Trump is a failure as president.

Mar 27, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

Neil Gorsuch’s Own Testimony Clearly Disqualifies Him Neil Gorsuch’s Own Testimony Clearly Disqualifies Him

The nominee failed to outline even minimal concerns about the GOP’s judicial coup.

Mar 27, 2017 / John Nichols

Nikki Haley UN Security Council

Nikki Haley Thinks the UN Can Be ‘Fixed’—and the US Will Do the Fixing Nikki Haley Thinks the UN Can Be ‘Fixed’—and the US Will Do the Fixing

But Donald Trump may not see it that way.

Mar 27, 2017 / Barbara Crossette

The Key to Taking Back Our Country: Fortify the Front Lines of the Resistance

The Key to Taking Back Our Country: Fortify the Front Lines of the Resistance The Key to Taking Back Our Country: Fortify the Front Lines of the Resistance

17 states and 13 congressional districts on the front lines will determine the political future of this country.

Mar 27, 2017 / Steve Phillips

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Donald Trump Can’t Make a Deal Donald Trump Can’t Make a Deal

Now that the GOP's health-care bill is dead, plan B is to sabotage Obamacare.

Mar 24, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

20 Million at risk of famine

Famine Could Kill 20 Million in Africa and Yemen—Why the Deafening Silence? Famine Could Kill 20 Million in Africa and Yemen—Why the Deafening Silence?

As with the threat to kick 24 million off health care here, unchecked power is bringing humanity to a grave crisis.

Mar 24, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

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Donald Trump’s Rise Has Coincided With an Explosion of Hate Groups Donald Trump’s Rise Has Coincided With an Explosion of Hate Groups

The president’s rhetoric should sound familiar to anyone who lived through the 1990s paramilitary-style “Patriot” movements.

Mar 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen

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One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients

An interview with New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on her research into the darkest reaches of right-wing political funding.

Mar 24, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Jay Clayton SEC Confirmation

Trump’s SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem Trump’s SEC Nominee Has a Major Conflict-of-Interest Problem

Jay Clayton is tied to big banks and corporations—and that could hold up fraud enforcement.

Mar 23, 2017 / David Dayen

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Congress Needs to Stop Trump’s Escalation of the War on Syria Congress Needs to Stop Trump’s Escalation of the War on Syria

The president’s plans will only fan the country’s flames.

Mar 23, 2017 / James Carden

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