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Bill Cassidy
February 11, 2021
Walter Shapiro
The Entire Republican Party Is on Trial
During the impeachment proceedings, the GOP is revealing just how soulless and spineless it really is.
February 10, 2021
Matt Ford
The Worst Impeachment Defense in American History
President Trump’s lawyers swung wildly between incompetence and malevolence in an embarrassing presentation.
September 22, 2017
Clio Chang
Bernie Sanders’s Big Obamacare Gamble
He has agreed to a primetime health care debate days before the Senate is set to vote on repealing the ACA. Will he do more harm than good?
July 10, 2017
Brian Beutler
How Trumpcare Dies
Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz. Here's what it'll take to grind it to a halt indefinitely.
July 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
The GOP Needs Trump’s Tweets
Republicans say the president should step away from the smartphone. But his Twitter habit is a useful foil for a discredited party.
June 26, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Democrats’ Last Best Chance to Rescue Obamacare
It isn't strident opposition, but backchannel negotiations with persuadable Republican senators.
January 25, 2017
Brian Beutler
Democrats Should Seriously Consider This GOP Alternative to Obamacare
It could save health care reform—or at least delay the repeal effort.
December 17, 2010
Jonathan Cohn
The GOP's Strange Ideas About Helping the Poor
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