Intra-Party Fight Over SALT Cap

Some New York Republicans are fighting for their constituents and against the GOP leadership.

The Threat of Political Violence

Separating rhetoric from action.

On Winners, Losers, and the Debt Ceiling

Horse race coverage in all the things.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Black History Month reception, Monday, February 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Black History Month reception, Monday, February 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House.

Biden the Adult in the Room

There’s been a load of compromising.

Debt Ceiling Deal Reached ‘in Principle’

We almost wrecked the economy . . . for this?

You Wore What to the White House?

The times, they are a-changin’.

Post-Shame America

The courts can’t save us from ourselves.

Trump Isn’t Magical

The former President gets too much credit for his ability to manipulate news coverage.

Weak Parties, Part Gazillion

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

The GOP’s MTG Reality

Setting the tone.

SOTU 2023: Normal vs Crazy

The state of the union is . . . not good.

A Thought or Two on Negotiating the Debt Limit

The Biden administration has a point.

Debt Limit Will Be Reached Today!

The infuriating fight to authorize spending already-allocated money is back.

Primaries and Party Evolution

Open access to party labels has consequences.

Biden Document Probe Gets Serious

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

In Revolutions, The Worst Often Rise To The Top

The Robespierres in the House of Representatives are driving American politics in a predictably horrible direction.

A Few Thoughts on the 118th Congress

Mostly about the majority party.

Spineless Coward Elected Speaker

After 15 votes and innumerable concessions, Kevin McCarthy is nominally in charge of the House of Representatives.

GOP Clown Show Continues

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Chip Roy’s Call for Debate

He is proving the opposite of his argument.

The GOP Clown Show

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Zealots and Pluralists

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Republican ‘Hardliners’ Are Idiots

Castrating their party’s Speaker is not smart politics.

Richard Shelby and the Old Senate

“You can’t be against everything.”

McCarthy’s Road to the Speakership

He is so close.

Airman 1st Class Thadyn DuPont, an aerospace medical technician with the 137th Special Operations Medical Group, prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine for an Oklahoma National Guard soldier at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman, Okla., on Jan. 15, 2021. (Andrew LaMoreaux/U.S. Air National Guard photo) Airman 1st Class Thadyn DuPont, an aerospace medical technician with the 137th Special Operations Medical Group, prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine for an Oklahoma National Guard soldier at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman, Okla., on Jan. 15, 2021. (Andrew LaMoreaux/U.S. Air National Guard photo)

Congress Overturns Military Vaccine Mandate

A truly bizarre vote.

GOP Continues to Fail the Test

The response to extreme rhetoric from Trump is producing the some old responses.

Trump’s Rhetoric and the GOP’s Test

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

A Consensus Speaker of the House!

More centrist fantasies.

House Margin Exactly Flipped

There will be 222 Republicans and 213 Democrats in the next Congress.

The Centrist Fantasy

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

Not Both Sides

One of these things is not like the other.

Trump Hemmorhaging Donors and Backers

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

Leadership Battles in the GOP

Losing has a way of creating intraparty strife.

Trump’s Run Exasperates GOP Elite, Thrills Dems

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

Biden: MAGA Republicans Threaten Republic

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

[I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!] [I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!]

Inflation Reduction Act Doesn’t Reduce Inflation?!

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

Is Biden Hiring 87,000 New IRS Agents? Not Exactly.

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Democrats Funding MAGA Primary Candidates

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

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What’s Politics For, Anyway?

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

Defending the Constitution Against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Being Known by the Company you Keep

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

Cheney Way Behind

See is paying the price for her defense of democracy.

January 6 and the Collusion Trap

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

The Weak Case Against the January 6 Committee

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

Trump Ordered the Code Red

You’re goddamn right he did.

January 6 Committee Public Hearings: Day 1

The laying out of the case begins.

January 6 Committee Divided on Which Non-Starter Recommendations to Make

They’re taking their eye off the ball.