Excellent Weed Legalization Bill Dies in New Jersey Senate
The bill would have wiped away the criminal records of low-level drug offenders and guaranteed licenses to small, minority-owned businesses.
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House Republicans Accuse Dems of Sabotaging Bipartisan Bills
Pelosi’s caucus is allegedly denying vulnerable GOP moderates the opportunity to support bipartisan bills. Let’s hope that’s true.
What Mueller’s (Apparent) Dud Means for Democrats
Trump is still a weak president. Shifting the focus of oversight away from collusion and toward corruption will make him a weaker one.
When Will We See The Mueller Report?
What to expect when you’re expecting a special counsel’s report about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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When Will We Be Able to Read the Mueller Report?
What to expect when you’re expecting a special counsel’s report about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
House Democratic Establishment Declares War on Democracy
The DCCC just announced that it will blacklist any campaign vendor that works on a primary challenge to a Democratic incumbent.
E.U. to Let Britain Drag Out Its Nervous Breakdown a Bit Longer
The European Union has extended the deadline for Brexit, allowing the United Kingdom to carry on tearing itself to pieces until at least mid-April.
Trump Economic Team: Welfare Cuts Poverty. So, Let’s Cut Welfare.
A White House report argues that the safety net has nearly eliminated poverty — so we should slash it to teach the poor “self-sufficiency.”
Intelligencer Chat: Are Democrats Too Nervous to Nominate a Woman?
The trauma of 2016 may have given rise to a cautious way of looking at 2020.
Trump Calls on U.S. to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over the Golan Heights
The president just vowed to nullify the international law prohibiting states from acquiring new territory through military conquest.
Florida GOP Readies Poll Tax to Nullify Ex-Felons’ Voting Rights
Floridians voted to re-enfranchise the formerly incarcerated last fall. Republicans want to make them pay off all court fines and fees first.
Here’s Every Defense of the Electoral College — and Why They’re All Wrong
Most of the arguments for preserving our insane system are morally odious, unsubstantiated, and/or factually incorrect.
Democrats Don’t Want to ‘Pack the Supreme Court’ — They Want to Reform It
Democrats are open to reforms that would prevent partisan majorities from dictating policy to a divided nation by fiat. That’s not “court packing.”
No, the Left Should Not ‘Learn to Love’ the Military-Industrial Complex
Giant Pentagon budgets do provide a couple million Americans with jobs and health care. But the goal is to deliver those goods to all Americans.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now
A conversation about the revived debate over reparations, the 2020 Democratic primary, and the power of pop culture to advance progressive change.
All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal
Revelations that Hollywood stars and business leaders bribed elite schools into accepting their kids is a reminder that meritocracy is a myth.
Will Black Voters Still Love Biden When They Remember Who He Was?
Joe Biden has the worst record on racial justice of any likely Democratic primary candidate. He is also the most popular among black voters.
The GOP Is Already Attacking Beto — for His White Male Privilege
The Texas congressman isn’t an official 2020 candidate. But Republicans are already attacking O’Rourke from the left on the airwaves in Iowa.
Intelligencer Chat: Is the Democratic Anti-Semitism Resolution Playing Into GOP Hands?
Debating the Merits of a Democratic Resolution Against Anti-Semitism
Democrats Are Afraid of Investigating Don Jr. Because He’s So Relatable and Well-Liked
They have convinced themselves that investigating a trust-fund kid who kills elephants — and mocks genocides — will turn the public against them.