Government

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

The Reasons Republicans Are Still Backing Trump The Reasons Republicans Are Still Backing Trump

The party Trump has inherited is hell-bent on continuing America’s long tradition of racism and imperialism.

Dec 6, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment

Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment

Reasserting Congress as a check and balance on the presidency, she says, “If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic.”

Dec 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Jonathan Turley

The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack

Jonathan Turley’s testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment.

Dec 5, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump Cabinet meeting

Who Is Making US Foreign Policy? Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?

An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.

Dec 5, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable

Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable

Constitutional scholars tell the House Judiciary Committee that obstructing the impeachment inquiry is totally impeachable.

Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols

If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out

If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out

The California senator suspends her presidential campaign, as Bloomberg buys his way in.

Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols

What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020?

What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020? What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020?

Since the 1980s, Democratic candidates have proven that they can win elections while losing whites without a college degree by a significant margin.

Dec 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland

Nate McMurray Wants To Un-Trump Upstate New York

Nate McMurray Wants To Un-Trump Upstate New York Nate McMurray Wants To Un-Trump Upstate New York

With Chris Collins out of office on insider trading charges, Democrats are hoping to turn one of America’s reddest districts blue in an upcoming special election.  

Dec 4, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

MAGA-Vision Goggles! MAGA-Vision Goggles!

They’re the only protection against the persuasive power of reality.

Dec 3, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Bloomberg

Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives? Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives?

The real threats are Trump and the GOP.

Dec 3, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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