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Tom Cotton

  1. ideas
    The Nerd Trying to Turn the GOP PopulistOren Cass’s quest to make Republicans heed the interests of their working-class base.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. the national interest
    Progressive America Needs a GlasnostStop being afraid to speak out against the madness.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. politics
    Tom Cotton Touts (Sanitized) Andrew Jackson as GOP HeroThe Arkansas senator presented Jackson as the hero Reagan and Trump had in common. But he failed to acknowledge Old Hickory’s violent racism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the national interest
    Republican Senator Tom Cotton Admits Trump, Not Biden, Caused InflationOops.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. vision 2024
    Has Trump Spoiled the GOP for More Rational Leaders?If Trump doesn’t run in 2024, other Republican presidential contenders will have a hard time rivaling his unique demagogic appeal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. the national interest
    How the Liberal Media Dismissed the Lab-Leak Theory and Smeared Its SupportersReporters turned an ambiguous story into “moral clarity.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. impeachment trial
    Senate Republicans Split on Trump’s Culpability for Capitol RiotMitch McConnell wasn’t the only senator who combined a vote to acquit Trump with criticism of his conduct. But most won’t have trouble crawling back.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. capitol riot
    Impeachment Could Ban Trump From Running in 2024It’s too late for Congress to remove Trump before Inauguration Day. But a post-presidential impeachment and conviction could prevent a Trump comeback.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. contested election
    Tom Cotton Breaks With Trump on Coup Attempt in CongressThe Arkansan split with other presidential wannabes in warning that Trump is undermining an Electoral College that has served Republicans well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. congress
    Congress and Trump Will Keep Bickering Through the HolidaysEndless 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
  11. vision 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
  12. supreme court
    Trump Adds Cotton, Cruz, and Hawley to His Supreme Court Prospect ListIf you think a Justice Kavanaugh is bad, consider Justice Cotton, Justice Cruz, or Justice Hawley.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. republicans
    The Future of the Republican Party Isn’t in the Dead CenterDon’t expect moderate heretics like Charlie Baker and Larry Hogan to inherit the GOP from Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. portland
    Cotton Compares Portland’s Graffiti Artists to the ConfederacyEven more than Trump, Tom Cotton has never seen an incident of civil unrest that he wouldn’t like to escalate into civil war.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. republicans
    Actually, D.C. Is Full of ‘Real People’GOP senators are sounding some old-fashioned dog whistles while arguing against statehood for Washington, D.C.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. the national interest
    Tom Cotton’s Oh-So-Principled Case for Denying D.C. RepresentationD.C. statehood would leave the government defenseless if there’s another civil war! Really.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the national interest
    The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical AgeDoes the revolution need to involve quite so much canceling?
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. media digest
    New York Times’ Opinion Editor Resigns After Tom Cotton ControversyEffective immediately.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. policing
    Protests Might Spread the Coronavirus. Curfews and Crackdowns Definitely Will.Curfew orders are getting legal authority from the pandemic, but their enforcement will make the virus spread further.
    By Irin Carmon
  20. insurrection act
    Tom Cotton Is Wrong About the Insurrection ActThere’s really no recent precedent for presidents’ sending in the troops without the consent of governors who aren’t in open rebellion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With Revenge on China for the Coronavirus?Tom Cotton: “We will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world.” By … creating our own pandemic?
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. vision 2020
    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
  23. criminal justice reform
    Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal-Justice ReformCongressman Ralph Abraham is so committed to law-and-order politics that he voted against the modest criminal-justice-reform bill Trump signed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. immigration
    Cotton Gets to the Right of the Trump Administration on ImmigrationThe administration is more generous about temporary guest-worker visas — like those used at some Trump properties — than about immigrants generally.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. criminal justice
    Tom Cotton’s America Is Not a Free AmericaThe First Step Act’s most vocal opponent in the Senate has a bleak and all-too-familiar vision for what American criminal justice should look like.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  26. criminal justice reform
    It Looks Like Trump Will Let McConnell Kill the Criminal-Justice Reform BillWith time running out, Trump’s not doing much to pressure the Senate leader to bring a bipartisan prison and sentencing-reform bill to the floor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. criminal justice reform
    Trump Finally Supports Kushner’s Compromise Criminal-Justice Reform BillIt’s not a done deal just yet, but Jared Kushner did get his father-in-law across the line after more than two years of delays.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. criminal justice reform
    Trump Overrules Kushner, Puts Hold on Criminal-Justice Reform BillIn the end, Trump listened to crime demagogues like Tom Cotton instead of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — or his own son-in-law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. criminal justice reform
    Criminal-Justice-Reform Deal Facing Opposition From Left and RightTrump’s support is crucial to a deal that would add sentencing reforms to a House-passed prison-reform bill. But Cotton and Booker aren’t on board.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. Can Kushner’s Patchy Prison-Reform Bill Survive the Senate?A House-passed bill backed by the Trump administration at the behest of Jared Kushner could succumb to bipartisan crossfire in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Trump’s Choice to Lead CIA Oversaw ‘Black Site’ Interrogation ProgramGina Haspel reportedly oversaw the waterboarding of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and the destruction of interrogation tapes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Will Trump Make or Break an Immigration Deal?The odds of any legislation making it through the abattoir of both houses of Congress is limited at best — unless Trump gives Republicans cover.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. The Dispute Dividing the GOP in the Debate Over ImmigrationSenate Republicans are resisting the House–Trump effort to force restrictions in legal immigration into a deal with Democrats. But maybe not for long.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Tom Cotton Doesn’t Oppose Mass Immigration for Economic ReasonsThe senator says we need to cut immigration to tighten labor markets — but he opposes all other policies that would tighten labor markets.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. How Trump’s Immigration Proposal Could Be Trouble for DemocratsTurns out Americans are much more open to restrictions on legal immigration than they are to deporting Dreamers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Marco Rubio’s Endless Drift to the Right on Immigration Policy ContinuesEver since he was wrong-footed by conservative opposition to the Gang of Eight bill, Rubio has fought to look “strong” on immigration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. 5 Reasons an Immigration Deal Will Be Crazy Hard to AchieveWhat might be America’s thorniest domestic policy issue just keeps getting more complicated.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Leaked Memo Shows White House Doesn’t Really Want a Dreamer DealStaffers at the Justice Department and Homeland Security blasted last week’s bipartisan proposal as a plan to “cripple border security.”
    By Eric Levitz
  39. select all
    Tom Cotton Would Love to Make Tech Companies an Unofficial Part of the CIAPrivate industry becomes part of the surveillance state.
    By Brian Feldman
  40. Trump to Put ‘Quartet of Warriors’ in Charge of Foreign PolicyRex Tillerson’s dismissal will be no surprise. But the military-heavy character of the new team that will ascend to power in his absence is ominous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. The Uncertain Future of Trumpism Without TrumpRepublicans thought Ed Gillespie had found a way to appeal to Trump supporters without alienating suburbanites. Turns out it’s not so easy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. News of the Weird: Ted Cruz Stands Up for Coastal Elites in Tax Bill TalksHe took aim at a key provision in the GOP’s tax bill which would mostly affect well-to-do blue-staters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. Susan Rice Becomes the Face of the Trump Counter-Narrative on RussiaTrump defenders no longer have to charge shadowy “deep state” operatives with conspiring against the 45th president.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. GOP Senator Says Republican Bill Would Make Health Care ‘Probably Worse’Tom Cotton tells CNN that Paul Ryan’s bill “would not solve the problems of our health-care system” — and would make things “probably worse.”
    By Eric Levitz
  45. Here Comes the GOP Attack on Legal ImmigrationIn the wake of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, plans are already underway to restrict the legal form, long the great dream of nativists.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Republicans May Not Have the Senate Votes to Repeal ObamacareSix GOP senators have expressed varying degrees of opposition to the “repeal and delay” strategy. Will they support the first step in that direction?
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Tom Cotton Is Positioning Himself to Thrive in Both a Trump and Post-Trump GOPSomehow he’s managing to keep all factions of the party on his side.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. congress
    Cotton Only Senator to Vote Against Iran BillThe bill is expected to easily pass in the House next week.
    By Jaime Fuller
  49. the national interest
    Conservative Thinkers Point Out Obvious Similarity Between Iran and Indiana NewsA confluence of news stories exposes a devastating flaw in the liberal worldview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. the national interest
    The Republican Iran Letter Is the Perfect Neoconservative FiascoA thoroughly Bill Kristol operation, right down to the utterly botched planning.
    By Jonathan Chait
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