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covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 18, 2020
Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second Check Trump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
contested election
Dec. 17, 2020
Will Two Alabama Extremists Force a Vote on Overturning the Election? Mo Brooks and Tommy Tuberville are two peas in a pod from the same right-wing patch and may make every Republican go on record about Trump’s claims.
By Ed Kilgore
Congress and Trump Will Keep Bickering Through the Holidays Endless wrangling over spending and stimulus and a likely Trump veto of a defense-policy bill are casting a pall over a holiday-decorated Capitol.
By Ed Kilgore
Ted Cruz Offers to Argue Insane Texas Election Lawsuit at the Supreme Court Texas is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the election results of four other states.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 18, 2020
Who Could Lead Trumpism Without Trump? There are several paths Republicans could take to maintain Trump’s political appeal without all the baggage.
By Ed Kilgore
u.s. supreme court
Oct. 15, 2020
Senate’s Uselessness On Display As Judiciary Rubber-stamps Barrett Confirmation The body’s high regard for itself was never less earned than in this sham of a hearing.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Oct. 3, 2020
Could the White House COVID-19 Outbreak Screw Up Barrett’s Confirmation? That depends on how many Republicans can show up for key committee and floor votes.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Sept. 9, 2020
Trump Adds Cotton, Cruz, and Hawley to His Supreme Court Prospect List If you think a Justice Kavanaugh is bad, consider Justice Cotton, Justice Cruz, or Justice Hawley.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Sept. 8, 2020
Republican ‘Skinny Stimulus’ Bill Just a Feeble Gesture Once this effort to get all Senate Republicans on board with a partisan proposal is past, maybe real negotiations can resume.
By Ed Kilgore
abortion rights
Sept. 3, 2020
The ‘Pro-Life’ Movement Doesn’t Care That Mothers Are Dying Ted Cruz wants to ban the abortion pill because pregnancy “is not a life-threatening illness.” Maternal deaths in the U.S. are shockingly high.
By Amanda Arnold
coronavirus stimulus
July 30, 2020
Stimulus Talks Hit Impasse With Republicans in Disarray At the moment, Democrats hold all the cards as Trump calls for stopgap deal on unemployment insurance and evictions.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
July 25, 2020
The GOP’s Procrastination on COVID Relief Is Inexcusable Republicans had four months to prepare the next stimulus bill. Instead, they’re racing against the clock — and their own economic delusions.
By Eric Levitz
republican party
July 18, 2020
The GOP Coalition Is Getting More Working-Class. Its Agenda Isn’t. A post-Trump, putatively “populist” GOP may make gains with working people. But there’s no sign it will serve their interests.
By Eric Levitz
Ted Cruz Challenges 70-Year-Old Actor to Wrestling Match (Against Someone Else) On the list of Ted Cruz’s embarrassing public moments, this one ranks near the top.
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump’s Ego Makes Him Willing to Run the Risk of an In-Person GOP Convention Unless he’s lucky with coronavirus trends, the traditional in-person convention he clearly craves could create real problems.
By Ed Kilgore
Ted Cruz to Self-Quarantine After Coronavirus Exposure at CPAC The Texas Republican will spend four days in his home after shaking the hand of a CPAC attendee 10 days ago, who later tested positive for COVID-19,
By Matt Stieb
vision 2020
Feb. 20, 2020
Debate Infighting Won’t Kill Democrats’ Chances in November Until Democrats argue about their genitals, there’s a long way down to the behavior Republicans modeled before winning everything in 2016.
By Ed Kilgore
senate impeachment trial
Jan. 22, 2020
By Madeleine Aggeler
impeachment
Dec. 16, 2019
Schumer and McConnell Play Chess Over Impeachment Trial Rules Both parties want witnesses the other side opposes. Despite the posturing, a short trial with no testimony from John Bolton or the Bidens is likely.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 22, 2019
Getting Hot Late Is Usually the Key to Winning Iowa A good organization and momentum are both key to an Iowa caucus win, but this year there are signs of potential late shifts.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 13, 2019
How Early Is Too Early to Think About a Veep? Speculation about a Warren–Gillum ticket may be premature, but it’s a good excuse to think about the factors influencing the choice of a running mate.
By Ed Kilgore
What Will Republicans Do If Trump Goes Down? It’s unlikely, but if it happens, Republicans better hope Mike Pence survives the scandal, because there’s no obvious party savior otherwise.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 13, 2019
Bernie’s Plan to Thwart the Filibuster Is Needlessly Complicated At the debate, Sanders described a dubious strategy for circumventing the filibuster, borrowed from Ted Cruz. Warren has a simpler idea: abolish it.
By Ed Kilgore
Ted Cruz’s Dishonest Rhetoric About Chicago The senator’s attempt to use Chicago to make a point about gun control is the conservative tradition of using the city as a political football.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
How Would We Deal With Bill Clinton If Hillary Had Won? On the 42nd president’s 73rd birthday, he’s probably chafing at being forgotten, but as First Gentlemen, he could have been experiencing a nightmare.
By Ed Kilgore
conspiracy theories
Aug. 12, 2019
The Conspiracist-in-Chief Trump gravitates toward outlandish conspiracy theories to explain a fairly straightforward phenomenon: People don’t like him.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
a little much
July 1, 2019
Ted Cruz’s Lawyers Compare Campaign Inconvenience to Experience of Rosa Parks The Texas senator’s loss of $10,000 in personal funds to his campaign doesn’t quite match up to the experience of the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
By Matt Stieb
lgbtq rights
May 21, 2019
Texas Republicans Fighting to Protect Chick-fil-A’s Right to Discriminate In a mostly symbolic fight between equality and “religious liberty,” Republicans stand up for the Evangelical chicken purveyor.
By Ed Kilgore
Jason Alexander Is Angry at Ted Cruz Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
By Adam K. Raymond
mueller time
Mar. 26, 2019
The End of Mueller’s Probe Renewed the Right’s Hillary Clinton Obsession Trump supporters can’t let go of their hatred of his 2016 opponent, though they ought to be focused on 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Mar. 22, 2019
4 Reasons Democrats Will Have a Front-runner Soon — and 3 They Won’t More than likely someone will eventually stroll to the nomination in 2020. But maybe not so fast and maybe not at all.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Mar. 14, 2019
Beto’s Cool, But Can He Win a Presidential Nomination? If O’Rourke can pass some early tests, his fundraising chops and his ability to mobilize young and Latino voters could make him formidable.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Jan. 13, 2019
What ‘Lanes’ Will the 2020 Democratic Candidates Run In? In a field this large and complicated, it will be tempting to imagine sub-primaries to winnow the numbers. But it may not work out that way.
By Ed Kilgore
facial hair
Jan. 11, 2019
By Lisa Ryan
2020 elections
Jan. 7, 2019
Trump Planning a Real Coronation for His 2020 Convention Republicans don’t want to repeat the sloppy disunity of 2016’s convention. In 2020, Democrats may be the party that’s all over the place.
By Ed Kilgore
Ted Cruz’s Beard Is Only Growing Stronger Two weeks in, the Senator’s facial hair is beginning to take shape.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
2020 election
Dec. 5, 2018
When Barack Met Beto The flirtation of ObamaWorld with Beto O’Rourke’s presidential ambitions is worth its weight in gold to the Texan.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Dec. 4, 2018
Did Trump’s Win Mean Anybody Can Be President? The huge Democratic 2020 field that’s taking shape is an alarming sign that all standards of presidential viability have been eliminated.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Nov. 26, 2018
Beto Is No Longer Ruling Out a 2020 Presidential Run The Texas political phenom removes one obstacle to an increasingly feasible challenge to Donald Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
Beto O’Rourke and the Limits of Charisma In his attempt to unseat Ted Cruz, the Texas congressman earned the “rock star” label. It wasn’t enough.
By Andrew Rice
Seems Like Everyone Is Thirsty for More Beto He lost to Ted Cruz but his fans are ready for more.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Reports Live From the Beto-Cruz Midterms Race “You can’t ignore me, Ted! I’m not overwhelming scientific evidence of global warming!”
By Megh Wright
Beto O’Rourke Still Believes Hours before polls open, O’Rourke is arguing that unexpected things can happen on Election Day.
By Andrew Rice
Beto O’Rourke Is Not Afraid of the Border President Trump’s hysteria about the southern border could provide a boost to the would-be senator who was born there.
By Andrew Rice
Beto O’Rourke’s Case for Irrational Optimism He’s behind in the polls, and the experts have written off his chances. But the crowds are still turning out.
By Andrew Rice
The Best Halloween Costume Was Sweaty Beto Supporters of the Texas Senate candidate wore their dampest blue shirts.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
soup is ghoul food
Oct. 31, 2018
By Kelly Conaboy
2018 midterms
Oct. 29, 2018
Polling Update: Every Day Brings Conflicting Evidence of Midterm Trends Eight days out and counting, Democrats remain on the cusp of a pretty solid midterm win — but it’s close.
By Ed Kilgore
last night on late night
Oct. 23, 2018
Colbert Imagines What JFK Conspiracy Trump Can Spread About ‘Beautiful’ Ted Cruz Nothing can top Trump suggesting Cruz’s dad helped plan a presidential assassin, but it’s worth a shot.
By Halle Kiefer
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