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The Republican Ghost That Won’t Stop Haunting MAGA Dreams

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...

19.04.2024 20

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Mike Johnson Should Tell Marjorie Taylor Greene to Bring the Smoke

“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...

18.04.2024 10

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It’s Day 1 of the Trump Trial and MAGA Is Already Losing Its Mind

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,...

16.04.2024 30

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Biden’s 3 Most Politically Incompetent Mistakes as President

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...

13.04.2024 5

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Matt Gaetz’s Ability to Survive Scandal Is Truly Trumpian

“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker,” Kevin McCarthy told a crowd assembled at Georgetown University this past Tuesday night....

12.04.2024 9

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Anti-Abortion Voters Should Have Dumped Trump When They Had the Chance

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....

08.04.2024 7

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Biden Can Either Reach Out to Never Trumpers or Lose

The 2024 presidential race is “the most important election of our lives.” (Again.) Countless polls indicate an extremely close race. Making...

30.03.2024 9

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Trump Needs His MAGA Followers to Believe America Is Screwed

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...

29.03.2024 30

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Ronna McDaniel Was a MAGA Toadie Who Betrayed the GOP

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...

25.03.2024 6

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Biden’s Plan to Lower Housing Costs Is a Campaign Gamble

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...

22.03.2024 30

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Who Will Win the Biden-Trump Double-Haters?

Move over swing voters, independents, NASCAR dads, and soccer moms. So-called “double-haters” might be the most important voting bloc this year....

18.03.2024 10

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To Win, Biden Must Make Trump Own the Chaos of 2020

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...

15.03.2024 10

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Trump’s Doing Nothing to Win Over Anti-Trump GOP Voters

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...

12.03.2024 10

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Biden’s SOTU Easily Cleared the Very Low Bar Set for Him by the GOP

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...

08.03.2024 10

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Katie Porter’s Ridiculous ‘Rigged’ Election Sour Grapes

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...

07.03.2024 7

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Here’s What Nikki Haley Should Say to the American People

Barring some stunning turn of events, Nikki Haley is about to be—as NBC News’ Steve Kornacki warned—“buried in a delegate avalanche” by...

05.03.2024 6

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Lauren Boebert Just Realized She Lives in a Glass House

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...

02.03.2024 50

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Mitch McConnell Could Have Been One of the Greats, But Trump Beat Him

“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...

29.02.2024 20

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Trump’s ‘Dominance’ of the GOP Primary Is an Illusion

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?...

27.02.2024 20

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CPAC’s a Joke, but It’s a Useful Window Into the Deep MAGA Fringe

“Welcome to the end of democracy.” In other words, welcome to the modern conservative movement. Yes, these words were actually uttered on stage...

24.02.2024 8

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Trump Comparing Himself to Alexei Navalny Is Ghoulish BS

“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...

23.02.2024 10

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Nikki Haley Finally Hits Trump Right in the Putin

After the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a voice in the Republican wilderness is demonstrating moral clarity; she is...

17.02.2024 30

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Today’s GOP Would’ve Rooted for Drago in ‘Rocky IV’

At some point in my lifetime, the Republican Party went from saying, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” to effectively telling Russia’s...

16.02.2024 10

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Biden Had His Worst Week, Then Trump Made Him Look Competent

Last week, Special Counsel Robert Hur dropped a bombshell report about Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, in which he described Biden as...

13.02.2024 20

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Trump’s GOP Doctrine Is ‘Obey or Be Crushed’

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...

10.02.2024 50

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Biden’s Too Old and Forgetful to Be Prosecuted

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...

09.02.2024 10

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The GOP Fears Working With Biden More Than It Cares About Fixing the Border Crisis

The proposed border deal package looks like an obvious Republican victory to this old-school Reagan conservative. It funds our allies, Israel (against...

06.02.2024 70

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Why the Right Is Wrong to Celebrate the Gutting of Newsrooms

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...

03.02.2024 4

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Trump Is Botching His Already Dismal Shot With Women Voters

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...

02.02.2024 10

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Far-Right Snowflakes Are Terrified of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift

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...

29.01.2024 5

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Trump Proved GOP Voters Care More About Vibes Than Policy

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...

27.01.2024 20

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New Hampshire Primary Takeaway: We Are Not a Serious Country

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...

24.01.2024 5

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Nikki Haley Has Gotten a Lot Wrong. Here’s How She Could Still Win

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...

23.01.2024 10

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7 Reasons Ron DeSantis’ Campaign Was Dead on Arrival

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...

20.01.2024 30

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Donald Trump’s Running for Dictator. What’s Nikki Haley Running for?

With just days to go before New Hampshire’s “first-in-the-nation” primary, Donald Trump keeps getting crazier and Nikki Haley keeps getting...

19.01.2024 9

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Iowa Exit Polls Prove the GOP Is Truly the Big Lie Party

After Iowa’s resounding results for Donald Trump, it’s increasingly difficult to imagine anyone wresting control of the nomination away from...

16.01.2024 7

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Trump’s Huge Iowa Win Is the Beginning of the End of the Fake Primary

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...

16.01.2024 6

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Biden Needs to Act Like His House Is on Fire, Because It Is

“Where there is no vision, the people perish…”—Proverbs 29:18 We’ve kicked off 2024 with the fear that the Republican presidential primary...

13.01.2024 10

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The DeSantis vs. Haley Debate Didn’t Give Us a Single Human Moment

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...

11.01.2024 3

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Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis Say They’ll Pardon Trump. Why Are They Even Bothering to Run?

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...

03.01.2024 10

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Trump’s Fake Conservatism Won’t Make Me a ‘Political Orphan’

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...

31.12.2023 20

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Stop Trying to Eject Trump From the Ballot. It Won’t Work.

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....

29.12.2023 9

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Nikki Haley’s Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans

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...

28.12.2023 8

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Trump’s 2020 Bullying of Michigan Election Officials Is Blatant Authoritarianism

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...

23.12.2023 60

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Democrats Must Do What the GOP Won’t in Battling Trump’s Racism

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...

19.12.2023 10

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Liberals Should Be Disturbed By James Bennet’s New York Times Revelations

A controversial essay written by former New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet in The Economist is generating lots of buzz and criticism...

16.12.2023 10

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The GOP’s Impeachment Inquiry Into Joe Biden Is a Cynical Gamble

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...

14.12.2023 6

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Trump Says He’ll Be a Dictator and Also ‘Save Democracy’ from Democrats

Two scary things keep happening in the current presidential showdown. First, Donald Trump keeps showing us he’s more dangerous to the cause of...

12.12.2023 10

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We Need More John Fettermans in the Senate

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,...

09.12.2023 5

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Chris Christie Had His Best GOP Debate and May Have Saved Nikki Haley

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...

07.12.2023 20

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