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#EndorseThis: Moronic GOP Candidate Builds Trump's Wall...In Tennessee

By Kurt Boyer
Obama Easily Outpolls Trump In Rating Of Presidents

By Cody Fenwick
GOP Strategist Fired For Criticizing Racist Immigration Policies

By Tommy Christopher
#EndorseThis: Borat Returns To Troll Dick Cheney And Pro-Torture Republicans

By Kurt Boyer
He's The George Wallace Of The 21st Century

By Cynthia Tucker

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#EndorseThis: Moronic GOP Candidate Builds Trump's Wall...In Tennessee
By Kurt Boyer
Obama Easily Outpolls Trump In Rating Of Presidents
"More than four-in-ten (44%) say Obama is the best or second best president of their lifetimes, compared with about a third who mention Bill Clinton (33%) or Ronald Reagan (32%)."
By Cody Fenwick
GOP Strategist Fired For Criticizing Racist Immigration Policies
Far-right conservative strategist Rick Tyler criticized Trump's 'disgusting' family separation policy, and promptly lost his job with Mississippi Senate candidate Chris McDaniel.
By Tommy Christopher
#EndorseThis: Borat Returns To Troll Dick Cheney And Pro-Torture Republicans
By Kurt Boyer
He's The George Wallace Of The 21st Century
"In speech after speech, Wallace knit together the strands of racism with those of a deeply rooted xenophobic 'plain folk' cultural outlook which equated social change with moral corruption.
By Cynthia Tucker
After Report, Northrop Grumman Fires Violent Neo-Nazi Engineer
The CEO of Northrop Grumman told employees he was saddened by ProPublica and Frontline’s report concerning Michael Miselis, an aerospace engineer who took part in the violence in Charlottesville last year.
By A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston

Billionaires Hiring 'Regular Joes' To Kill Public Unions
It was that fee that the Supreme Court said government workers had a free speech right not to pay.
By Leo W. Gerard
The New York Times Strikes Out
For more than a century, The New York Times has unabashedly bragged in a banner slogan that it publishes "All the News That's Fit to Print."
By Jim Hightower
As NPR Tweets Declaration Of Independence, Trumpsters Freak Out
Donald Trump supporters accuse National Public Radio of inciting a treasonous uprising against the president by tweeting out the Declaration of Independence.
By Elizabeth Preza
White House Watch

Obama Easily Outpolls Trump In Rating Of Presidents
"More than four-in-ten (44%) say Obama is the best or second best president of their lifetimes, compared with about a third who mention Bill Clinton (33%) or Ronald Reagan (32%)."
By Cody Fenwick
He's The George Wallace Of The 21st Century
"In speech after speech, Wallace knit together the strands of racism with those of a deeply rooted xenophobic 'plain folk' cultural outlook which equated social change with moral corruption.
By Cynthia Tucker
As NPR Tweets Declaration Of Independence, Trumpsters Freak Out
Donald Trump supporters accuse National Public Radio of inciting a treasonous uprising against the president by tweeting out the Declaration of Independence.
By Elizabeth Preza
Trump Pal Dershowitz Whines About Snubs By Vineyard Liberals
Famed lawyer and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz has come under fire for his frequent defenses of President Donald Trump — and now he's complaining that it is hurting his social life.
By Cody Fenwick
Sad! Spicy's White House Memoir Tanking With Trump Endorsement
Trump's former flack is still struggling to find an audience.
By Eric Boehlert
Poll: Americans' Pride In Country Declining Under Trump
Is this what MAGA looks like?
By Caroline Orr
Presidential Election

Judge In Voter Suppression Case Orders Kobach Return To Law School. Really.
Even more embarrassing than the loss, though, is that the judge thought Kobach's performance in defending the policy was so bad that he literally has to go back to school.
By Cody Fenwick
Danziger: Elephant In The Gloom
Some are enthused, some are craven, but Republican officials all know by now that their once grand party is merely a vehicle for this autocrat.
By Jeff Danziger
Why Political Reform Is So Difficult — And So Necessary
The system, which was instituted in 2010 and backed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, was promoted as elevating more moderate candidates.
By Steven Rosenfeld
When Politics Was Fun
Hard as it might be to believe in the midst of today's poisonous and personally destructive political warfare, campaigns once brimmed with rascals and laughs.
By Mark Shields
For Comey, Hard Questions About Rudy Giuliani And The FBI
Openly voicing threats to leak internal FBI complaints about the Clinton probe were former prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani and James Kallstrom, a former head of the New York FBI office.
By Joe Conason
Danziger: Bad Moon Risen
By Jeff Danziger
Capitol Hill

How Mitch McConnell Made Donald Trump
The president owes both his election and his long-term impact to the Senate majority leader, who not only engineered the strategy that will let Trump make two Supreme Court appointments, but also created the circumstances that facilitated his rise.
By Alec MacGillis
Where Is The Republican Gene McCarthy?
Twice in this campaign year, I have heard candidates publicly disparaging their opponents for, not unlike McCarthy, acting on conscience.
By Mark Shields
Democrats Regain Midterm Lead In New Polls
A new round of polls has given Democrats a major advantage once again in any predictions for the midterms, and it's causing some conservative pundits to reevaluate their optimism.
By Cody Fenwick
Why Political Reform Is So Difficult — And So Necessary
The system, which was instituted in 2010 and backed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, was promoted as elevating more moderate candidates.
By Steven Rosenfeld
GOP Fails To 'Lock Out' Democrats In Key California House Races
Republicans had hoped to lock out Democrats from key races in the California primaries, but they failed — and now the chance for Democrats to retake the House is that much stronger.
By Matthew Chapman
The Long Nightmare Of The Dreamers
That was the day the Dream Act, to protect young immigrants brought here illegally as children, was first introduced in Congress. Seventeen years later, they are still waiting for protection.
By Steve Chapman
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