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Republican National Convention 2016
July 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just entered the RNC like it was WWE Raw.
July 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
The first night of the RNC is the logical, inevitable conclusion of four years of Republican exploitation of the Benghazi attacks.
July 19, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Today’s RNC theme is actually “Make America Scared Again.”
July 19, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump-loving congressman Steve King boldly declares that white people are the greatest.
July 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
What do the RNC delegates pushing for a roll call vote really want?
July 18, 2016
Jared Yates Sexton
The cops just love these open-carry clowns.
July 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
#NeverTrump ended with a whimper, but is this just the beginning of GOP convention chaos?
July 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
How long can Hillary Clinton walk the tight rope of racial justice politics?
July 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
It only took three hours for the RNC to devolve into chaos.
July 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
It’s not like Ohio’s an important state for a presidential candidate to win or anything.
July 18, 2016
Clio Chang
Day one of the RNC is full of scandalmongers who believe Hillary belongs in prison and Obama’s a Muslim.
July 18, 2016
Jared Yates Sexton
A man came to the RNC today wearing a shirt that read “CUCK HUNT” and an assault rifle strapped to his back.
July 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
The Trump campaign is a disorganized mess so brace yourself for four days of #Eastwooding.
July 18, 2016
Kyle Swenson
Cleveland on the Edge of Trumpocalypse
The first protest of the RNC offered a silent, ominous warning.
July 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
Trump Has Made America More Racist. Republicans Are OK With That.
July 18, 2016
Laura Reston, Alex Shephard
The Republican Party Blew It
Trump's rise was an opportunity to broaden the GOP's appeal. Instead, party insiders drafted a toxic platform designed to lose the White House—again.
July 18, 2016
Rick Perlstein
A Tale of Two Delegates—and Two GOPs
A Trump newbie, an establishment Kasich guy, and the culture clash that’s coming to Cleveland.
July 14, 2016
Kyle Swenson
Cleveland’s Blame Game Before the Trumpocalypse
Instead of planning properly for a raucous RNC, the city and its police are bracing for catastrophe—and fighting over who will shoulder the blame.
June 21, 2016
Jeet Heer
Why Republicans Should Resist the Urge to Dump Trump
Trumpism has to be thrashed at the ballot box if we want to detoxify American culture.
June 15, 2016
MagazineMichael Eric Dyson
We Must March on Cleveland
The moral obligation to protest the Republican convention.

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