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2020 elections July 20, 2020

Eliot Engel Regarded Himself As a Congressman-for-LifeEngel’s resentment of colleagues who endorsed his primary challenger for his ultrasafe seat betrays a sense of aristocratic entitlement.

By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections July 17, 2020

It’s Official: Jamaal Bowman Has Defeated Eliot EngelAOC is going to have quite a bit of hometown company in the next Congress.

By Ed Kilgore
donald trump Mar. 8, 2019

Trump’s Claim That Democrats Are an ‘Anti-Jewish Party’ Is AbsurdHis reaction to the Ilhan Omar controversy ignores a century of strongly pro-Democratic Jewish sentiment, which continues today.

By Ed Kilgore
ilhan omar Feb. 11, 2019

The Christian Right, Not AIPAC, Drives the GOP’s Pro-Israel StanceWhether or not Ilhan Omar’s claim of vast AIPAC power has anything to do with anti-Semitism, it’s just not accurate, and helps her enemies.

By Ed Kilgore
Mar. 21, 2016

Donald Trump Gives Kosher Speech to AIPAC ConferenceTrump assumes the role of very serious Israel supporter at AIPAC’s annual confab. But it probably won’t solve his problem with Jewish voters.

By Eric Levitz
early and often Sept. 9, 2015

Sheldon Adelson Is Ready to Buy the PresidencyHe just hasn’t decided which Republican candidate to back. Care to make a pitch?

By Jason Zengerle