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Republican Debates 2016
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Kasich thinks we need to learn to love our country’s homophobes.
March 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
The “release the tape” attacks on Donald Trump reveal the depths of the GOP’s pathology.
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
At tonight’s GOP debate, Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war.
March 4, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump all but admits he ran for president to spite Buzzfeed.
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Did Ted Cruz just eat something off of his face?
March 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
John Kasich acknowledges the elephant on the GOP debate stage: The only hope to stop Donald Trump is a brokered convention.
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump thrives in chaos and this Republican debate is chaos.
March 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
The GOP debate is a great lesson on the dangers of toxic masculinity.
March 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just literally made the Republican race about his penis.
March 3, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump’s most interesting opponent at tonight’s debate will be Megyn Kelly.
February 26, 2016
Brian Beutler
Marco Rubio’s Trump Attacks Expose Uncomfortable Truths for the Right
They raise the question of how a crooked demagogue managed to commandeer the Republican Party, almost without trying.
February 26, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Marco Rubio is starting to have fun with Donald Trump.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The GOP race has boiled down to two men: The con artist vs. Mr. Meltdown.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Highlights from the tenth Republican presidential debate.
February 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Bloodied But Unbowed
At Thursday's debate, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finally scored points against the front-runner. But why did they wait so long?
February 26, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Tonight’s GOP debate was just a ton of screaming.
February 26, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Has John Kasich blown his Christian cred?
February 26, 2016
Laura Reston
This is the moment Donald Trump tried to sweep months of racism under the rug.
February 26, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Here are all the weird things Ben Carson said at tonight’s GOP debate.
February 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Even Glenn Beck, a Ted Cruz supporter, thinks Marco Rubio is “killing it” at tonight’s GOP debate.

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