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Republican Primary 2016
April 25, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The great Cruz-Kasich alliance to save humanity is already dead.
April 25, 2016
Adam Peck
Donald Trump has some tips for eating good.
April 25, 2016
Kevin Mahnken
Why Do Republicans Keep Committing the “Kinsley Gaffe”?
April 25, 2016
MagazineJeet Heer
Operation Wetback Revisited
The horrifying story of the program Donald Trump wants to emulate.
April 25, 2016
Brian Beutler
Democrats Should Stop Sweating Sanders’s Attacks on Clinton
Yes, Republicans will use them against her in the general. But she'll have more powerful ammunition.
April 25, 2016
MagazineClancy Martin
The Four Liars of the 2016 Election
Hillary the Noble Liar, Donald the Bullshitter, Ted the Trickster, and Bernie the Blue-Eyed Liar—who will win the day?
April 25, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Ted Cruz and John Kasich have joined forces so they can be defeated by Donald Trump together.
April 22, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Makeover Will Fail
It is too late for a New Trump, but a streamlined Trumpism could win in the future.
April 22, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
If you think Republicans will rebel against a Trump nomination, think again.
April 21, 2016
Adam Peck
When Donald Trump finds your laws too discriminatory, you’re doing something wrong.
April 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Just how low is the bar for Donald Trump?
April 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump: Put Harriet Tubman on the $2 bill.
April 21, 2016
PodcastPrimary Concerns
Primary Concerns Episode 10: New York Votes, Trump Towers
After this week's New York primary, what's next for Trump, Cruz and the gang?
April 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
All hail John Kasich, the new (Republican) king of Manhattan.
April 20, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Donald Trump has set the bar so low that all he has to do is not drop dumb insults and reporters call him “disciplined” and “presidential.”
April 20, 2016
Steven Cohen
Ted Cruz’s campaign strategy, in one creepy women’s boxing metaphor.
April 20, 2016
Brian Beutler
The GOP Can’t Legitimately Deny Trump the Nomination
With Trump closing in on the 1,237-delegate threshold, wresting the nomination away will seem underhanded to Republican voters.
April 20, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Thanks to Donald Trump, the Empire State Building is going to look like it’s drenched in blood.
April 19, 2016
Jeet Heer
In a GOP contest for who hates Ted Cruz the most, Peter King would win gold.
April 19, 2016
Brian Beutler
Anti-Trump Conservatives Are Embracing the Liberal Critique of the Right
And they will disavow every word of it on the first day of the general election.

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