Trump’s Racism Reveals The Moral Cowardice Of The GOP And Conservatives
The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.
The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.
The President is defending his racist tweets against four Democratic Congresswomen, calling them Communists who hate America.
Trump opened his mouth and, once again, racist bilge came spewing out.
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.
Not a new observation, but one that should not be forgotten.
A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?
There are children being held in what amount to internment camps on the southern border under appallingly bad conditions and the President is more concerned with falsely blaming his predecessor for the problem.
Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.
Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.
“We have to be careful in balancing big dreams and bold ideas with also recognizing that typically change happens in steps.”
Would a similarly-situated woman be getting such over-the-top coverage?
As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.
Reason’s Nick Gillespie makes an interesting case but I don’t buy it.
The President of the United States and the most-talked-about freshman Representative in ages could not be more different.
Breathless coverage of this freshman Congressman is getting tiresome.
The House of Representatives has begin the process of challenging the President’s recent declaration of a ‘national emergency’ at the southern border.
A Coast Guard officer and aspiring domestic terrorist was arrested late yesterday for plotting to kill Democratic politicians and members of the media.
Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’
Thanks mostly to political opposition that misrepresented the nature of the deal it had made, Amazon has abandoned plans to locate parts of its new headquarters in New York City.
Based on his appearance on CNN last night, Howard Schultz appears to be running a campaign about nothing.
The right has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time focusing on relatively powerless Members of Congress.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has managed to become a media star, but she has a lot to learn about politics.
In both cases, appeals to emotion are not diminished by disregard for accuracy.
A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.
As the government shutdown continues, Washington is coming to resemble a fight between toddlers. Except the toddlers have the excuse of not knowing any better.
While it has an admitted populist appeal. the idea of Congressional pay being withheld during a shutdown is a non-starter due to the Constitution.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is reportedly considering a bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2020.
With their House majority secure, Democrats must now select their leadership team for the next two years. It’s not going smoothly.
Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.
As expected, the midterm elections ended up being a split result that gives Democrats and Republicans alike reason to celebrate.
The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.
With the primaries over, we can say that it’s been quite a successful year for women in politics.
Former President Jimmy Carter is warning his party against drifting too far left as we head into the midterms and, beyond that, the 2020 campaign cycle.
With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.
Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper beat back a challenge from a ‘progressive” challenger in Thursday’s primary.
Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.
Florida voters in the Republican and Democratic parties have set up a Gubernatorial race that provides a stark choice on the table for Sunshine State voters in a race that will likely have national implications moving forward.
President Trump reportedly vetoed a plan to issue a statement lauding Senator John McCain after he died on Saturday.
Democrats have pulled the trigger and essentially eliminated the power of superdelegates except in the unlikely event that a nominating convention goes to a second ballot.
Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.
California’s Democratic Party endorsed “progressive” upstart Kevin de León over Senator Dianne Feinstein, but this is unlikely to stop Feinstein from winning election to a sixth term in office.