House Passes Laddered CR with Democratic Support

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

Who The Hell is Dean Phillips?

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

Mike Johnson is Very Religious

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Scalise Drops Out of Speaker Race. What Now?

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

McCarthy Won’t Run For Speaker. Now What?

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

Laphonza Butler Tapped to Replace Feinstein

The Emily’s list leader will be the first Black lesbian in the Senate.

Trump Meets The Press

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

McConnell Freezes During Press Conference

The 81-year-old Republican leader seems to still suffering from his fall.

Trump’s Town Hall

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

Age, Illness, and American Politics

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine about the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel. President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine about the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel.

SVC, Bank Contagion, and Government Action

The Biden administration had little choice but to act.

Weak Parties, Part Gazillion

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

The Paul Pelosi Video

Why was it released to the public?

Japan’s Shift to Robust Military Ally

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

Zealots and Pluralists

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Omnibus Bill Has Everything But the Kitchen Sink

A 4155-page, $1.65 trillion dollar budget deal has been reached.

Congress to Make Trump’s Taxes Public

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

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.

Laptop News

One of these laptops is more important than the other.

Pelosi Attacker an Illegal Alien

They’re not sending their best people.

The Nationalization of American Politics

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

Pelosi Attack a Turning Point?

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Craziness, Disconnectedness, and a Toxic Political Climate Equals Violence

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

Biden Doubles Down on Defending Taiwan

What once seemed to be ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is now administration policy.

Dems in Midterms: You’re Saying There’s a Chance?

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

Pelosi’s Ill-Advised Taiwan Visit

The Speaker’s trip was reckless, needlessly escalating an already tense situation.

China’s Worrisome Behavior

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

White House Rudderless, Aimless, and Hopeless?

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The Weak Case Against the January 6 Committee

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

Democrats in Disarray, Abortion Edition

Here we go again . . . .

Watergate at 50

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

Time for a New Generation to Lead?

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

January 6 Committee Subpoenas Republican Leaders

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Feinstein is Declining But What About Tuberville

A twist on an evergreen debate.

COVID Normalcy and the American Gerontocracy

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

Republican Congresspeople Can’t Define ‘Woman’ Either

Hoisted by their own petard.

America’s Four Parties

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Normalizing Political Violence

In their censure of Cheney and Kinzinger the GOP wants to rewrite history.

The Olympic Spirit and Authoritarian Regimes

There’s no keeping politics out of these Games.

SCOTUS Rejects House Republican Challenge to Proxy Voting

The court wisely deferred to Congress in setting its own rules.

Harry Reid, 1939-2021

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

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Vigilante Politics

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Military Justice Reform Watered Down

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

Disparate Sentencing of Capitol Rioters

A pattern is emerging.

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Infrastructure Bill Passes! Dems in Array?

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the passing of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the passing of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

President Charlie Brown

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

President Joe Biden drives a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon during a clean cars event, Thursday, August 5, 2021, on the South Lawn Driveway of the White House. President Joe Biden drives a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon during a clean cars event, Thursday, August 5, 2021, on the South Lawn Driveway of the White House.

Biden Settling for Smaller Spending Package

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

Biden’s Polls and Magical Thinking

The President’s approval has plummeted, largely because of factors outside his control.