The Mayorkas Impeachment Is Just the Latest GOP Stunt The Mayorkas Impeachment Is Just the Latest GOP Stunt
The inquisition of the secretary of Homeland Security, without any evidence to speak of, does little other than rile up the MAGA base—and its leader.
Feb 15, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up
A bad candidate and a bumbling GOP hand the Democrats another House seat. The biggest loser? House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Feb 14, 2024 / Joan Walsh
“I Will Be Damned if I’m Going to Give Another Nickel to the Netanyahu Government” “I Will Be Damned if I’m Going to Give Another Nickel to the Netanyahu Government”
Bernie Sanders and two Senate colleagues defined a new standard for foreign aid packages: No more complicity with Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Feb 13, 2024 / John Nichols
The Race to Take Over George Santos’s Seat Heats Up The Race to Take Over George Santos’s Seat Heats Up
Polls show Democrat Tom Suozzi up by four points over Republican Mazi Pilip, which is not a great sign for the former incumbent. But Suozzi has the money to take over the airwaves.
Feb 9, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda? Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda?
Be scared, be very scared.
Feb 8, 2024 / Comment / Robert L. Borosage
Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits” Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits”
The Vermont senator denounces the wealth concentration fueling global wars at the expense of everyday people.
Feb 8, 2024 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
The Democrats’ Hard-Right Turn on Immigration Is a Disaster In Every Way The Democrats’ Hard-Right Turn on Immigration Is a Disaster In Every Way
It’s amoral. It’s desperate. It’s politically reckless. It’s wrong no matter how you look at it.
Feb 8, 2024 / Adam Johnson
What the F^&$ Happened to the Border-Security Bill? What the F^&$ Happened to the Border-Security Bill?
The immigration bill was terrible—but the way it cratered is worrying.
Feb 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Republicans Got the Border Deal They Wanted. Why Are They Disowning It? Republicans Got the Border Deal They Wanted. Why Are They Disowning It?
The Senate agreement is a historic win for the anti-immigration GOP. But Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has pronounced it “dead on arrival.”
Feb 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann