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October 19, 2017
Jeet Heer
George W. Bush joins John McCain in inadequately subtweeting Donald Trump.
October 11, 2017
MagazineNell Irvin Painter
Long Divisions
The history of racism and exclusion in the United States is the history of whiteness.
September 28, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Pathetic Truth About Trump’s Culture Wars
The president's rant against kneeling athletes is a sign of things to come.
September 27, 2017
Graham Vyse
Next year’s elections look worse for Republicans every single day.
September 21, 2017
Clio Chang
John McCain’s will-he-or-won’t-he act is getting old.
September 19, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Zombie Party
The Republicans' undying effort to repeal Obamacare is incontrovertible evidence of their political nihilism.
September 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Only one Republican senator is saying what’s obvious about Graham-Cassidy.
July 29, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why American Democracy Is Broken, and How to Fix It
The presidential system isn't working. A parliamentary one might.
July 28, 2017
Sarah Jones
The moderate Republicans who saved Obamacare aren’t heroes.
July 28, 2017
Clio Chang
John McCain saving Obamacare is proof that the system is broken.
July 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
How John McCain—John McCain!—became Obamacare’s savior.
July 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why did The New York Times paint Trump as gay-friendly?
July 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Rot of the Republican Party Is Nearly Complete
Desperate for a win, and intellectually bankrupt, Trump and the GOP might pass the most domestically destructive law in at least a generation.
July 25, 2017
Sarah Jones
John McCain just proved he is the Senate’s biggest fraud.
July 25, 2017
Clio Chang
The John McCain brain tumor drama is everything that’s wrong with the GOP’s insane health care push.
July 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
Rand Paul is leaving Trumpcare up to John McCain.
June 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republican Party’s Contempt for Truth
Senate Republicans claim their secretive health care process is no different than the Democrats' Obamacare passage. It's a lie, and they know it.
June 8, 2017
Clio Chang
What the heck was John McCain talking about?
May 17, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republicans’ Defense of Trump’s Disclosure to Russia Is Pathetic
The question isn't what Trump can legally get away with. It's what Republicans will let him do.
May 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Did John McCain just rescue a big part of Obama’s climate legacy to punish Trump for firing Comey?

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