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February 24, 2018
Emily Atkin
Can Republicans “Win Women” by Opposing Paid Family Leave?
Conservatives at CPAC offered some curious advice for improving the party's standing with female voters.
February 23, 2018
Alex Shephard
Trump’s CPAC speech was his new campaign slogan: “All I’ve done is keep my promises.”
February 23, 2018
Emily Atkin
Rick Perry was asked at CPAC if Trump can really save coal. Perry dodged.
February 23, 2018
Emily Atkin
The CPAC Kids Are Alright (on Guns)
Teenagers at the conservative conference seem willing to compromise on gun control, in defiance of the NRA and speakers like Senator Ted Cruz.
May 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Will the “Liberal CPAC” Kick Off the 2020 Race?
The Center for American Progress hopes to show anxious liberals that Democrats have the ideas and the leadership to take on Donald Trump.
February 23, 2017
Emily Atkin
Air pollution doesn’t kill people, and other revelations from the Conservative Political Action Conference.
This climate denier panel might actually be the most insane thing that happened at CPAC.
February 21, 2017
Eric Kleefeld
Why are conservatives drawing the line at Milo Yiannopoulos?
March 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Ben Carson thinks Donald Trump is “actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America.”
March 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
Glenn Beck just gave a really weird CPAC keynote address.
February 28, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Can Republicans Finally Accept Gay Conservatives?
February 27, 2015
Rebecca Leber
"Tom Steyer Is the Devil"
A dispatch from CPAC, a conference of climate change deniers
February 27, 2015
Danny Vinik
Rick Perry Is an Unemployment-Rate Denier
February 27, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Rick Perry: I Care About "Real" Pollution, Not Climate Change
February 26, 2015
Danny Vinik
Conservatives Don't Have an Obamacare Replacement Because They're Too Busy Complaining About Obamacare
A dispatch from CPAC
March 12, 2014
Allen McDuffee
All the Immigrants in the World, in One Addictive Interactive Map
March 6, 2014
Alec MacGillis
The Loneliest Man in the Room
Chris Christie came to CPAC with nothing to offer conservatives
March 18, 2013
Lydia DePillis
Not Dead Yet
At CPAC, conservatives consider opposing capital punishment
March 16, 2013
Julia Ioffe
CPAC's Women Problem
One of November's glaring lessons still hasn't set in
March 15, 2013
Molly Redden
CPAC Panel on Racism Proves That CPAC Needs a Panel on Anger Management
March 15, 2013
Julia Ioffe
A Striver's Guide to CPAC
How to get your conservative dream job

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