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Matt LewisThe Daily Beast |
If you are a MAGA Republican who is hoping to remake the party in Donald Trump’s image, you might be tempted to look at Speaker Mike Johnson’s...
“You can either die as speaker and worry about them taking you out, or live every day as your last.” As Speaker Mike Johnson ponders what to do...
Donald Trump’s New York hush-money-to-a-porn-star trial has barely begun, and already, his MAGA backers are trying to rig the outcome. On Monday,...
For those of us who see Donald Trump as a cross between a tyrant and a clown, the notion that Joe Biden isn’t mopping the floor with him continues...
“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker,” Kevin McCarthy told a crowd assembled at Georgetown University this past Tuesday night....
On Monday, Donald Trump delivered a clear message to anti-abortion conservatives: The party’s over. Don’t count on getting anything else from me....
The 2024 presidential race is “the most important election of our lives.” (Again.) Countless polls indicate an extremely close race. Making...
It’s been years since I was involved in a good old-fashioned Twitter (X) spat. So imagine my surprise when I became embroiled in one on Holy...
In case you missed it, former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel was on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday. When asked why she has now...
Four years ago, Donald Trump declared that Joe Biden wants to “destroy our suburbs.” “Your home will go down in value and crime rates will...
Move over swing voters, independents, NASCAR dads, and soccer moms. So-called “double-haters” might be the most important voting bloc this year....
If Joe Biden is going to win re-election in November, he will have to accomplish several goals. The big one is obviously dispelling fears about his...
There are perfectly rational reasons why someone who supported the GOP prior to Donald Trump’s rise would consider voting for Joe Biden as the...
The state of Joe Biden’s re-election is not strong. Maybe a fiery speech making the case for another four years would help? Honestly, I can’t...
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) didn’t get the memo. Fresh off of failing to qualify for the runoff election for U.S. Senate, Porter is claiming the...
Barring some stunning turn of events, Nikki Haley is about to be—as NBC News’ Steve Kornacki warned—“buried in a delegate avalanche” by...
By now, you’ve heard that Tyler Boebert, the 18-year old scion who made Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) a 36-year-old grandmother, was arrested after...
“One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,” Sen. Minority Leader Mitch...
Are the media guilty of judging Joe Biden more harshly than Donald Trump when it comes to things like verbal gaffes and a general lack of popularity?...
“Welcome to the end of democracy.” In other words, welcome to the modern conservative movement. Yes, these words were actually uttered on stage...
“It’s a form of Navalny.” That line—in case you didn’t tune in to Laura Ingraham’s interview with Donald Trump this week—was the former...
After the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a voice in the Republican wilderness is demonstrating moral clarity; she is...
At some point in my lifetime, the Republican Party went from saying, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to effectively telling Russia’s...
Last week, Special Counsel Robert Hur dropped a bombshell report about Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, in which he described Biden as...
Resistance is futile. This week, an astonishing development became clear: You can be as conservative as it gets. You can even be a champion Donald...
In what comes as a devastating blow to his bid for re-election, Special Counsel Robert Hur effectively told President Joe Biden he won’t be charged...
The proposed border deal package looks like an obvious Republican victory to this old-school Reagan conservative. It funds our allies, Israel (against...
If you’re thinking about going into journalism, think again. In January, alone, more than 500 journalists were laid off from media outlets like NBC...
If Donald Trump doesn’t change his campaign’s trajectory, the voter gender gap will be a gender grand canyon by November, as hordes of women run...
The paranoid style of the “red-pilled” right was on full display after the Kansas City Chiefs upset the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship...
Policy be damned. It’s all about the vibes. The feels. I’m talking about the 2024 general election, which effectively began this week when Donald...
In the words of the unfortunately named Dick Tuck, “The people have spoken—the bastards.” This is the first time that a Republican non-incumbent...
For Nikki Haley, the stakes couldn’t be higher than they are in New Hampshire. If she wins Tuesday night, her campaign continues, and she contests...
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Had Ron DeSantis learned from the mistakes made by Donald Trump’s 2016 rivals, he...
With just days to go before New Hampshire’s “first-in-the-nation” primary, Donald Trump keeps getting crazier and Nikki Haley keeps getting...
After Iowa’s resounding results for Donald Trump, it’s increasingly difficult to imagine anyone wresting control of the nomination away from...
You can’t say we weren’t warned. All along, Iowans told pollsters in no uncertain terms that they wanted Donald Trump. And boy, they weren’t...
“Where there is no vision, the people perish…”—Proverbs 29:18 We’ve kicked off 2024 with the fear that the Republican presidential primary...
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis accomplished the impossible on Wednesday night: They made me miss Vivek Ramaswamy. The hope was that a one-on-one debate...
Most people break into a sprint when they spy the finish line. With the Iowa caucuses right around the corner, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are barely...
On U2’s Rattle and Hum live album, just before the band plays “Helter Skelter,” Bono says something memorable: “This is a song Charles Manson...
The state of Maine followed Colorado’s lead on Thursday by blocking Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s U.S. presidential primary ballot....
We’re just over two weeks out from the first votes being cast for the 2024 Iowa Republican primary caucuses. But instead of surging toward the...
You’ve heard the old saw, “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” A modern maxim might go like this: If you’re still not...
It’s almost like Donald Trump is intentionally saying outrageous things to throw this election. And yet, the crazier he talks, the more it seems to...
A controversial essay written by former New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet in The Economist is generating lots of buzz and criticism...
We have to impeach Joe Biden before we can find out whether he’s worthy of impeachment. That’s my interpretation, at least, of the House...
Two scary things keep happening in the current presidential showdown. First, Donald Trump keeps showing us he’s more dangerous to the cause of...
Sen. John Fetterman’s comeback has been nothing short of miraculous. Despite beginning the year as what could only be described as a tragic figure,...
Talk about leaving it all on the field. Wednesday night’s debate may very well be the last Republican presidential primary debate he qualifies for...