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  1. Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die OffSometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Red-State Teachers Just Scored a Victory That Could Transform the GOPLast night in Kentucky, teachers showed GOP lawmakers that supporting education cuts could cost them — in a Republican primary.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Points Gun at Teen in New AdBrian Kemp is in a competition with his Republican rivals to show how much he loves guns. But they could go too far.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the national interest
    Trump Handed the Agenda to Conservatives and They Blew ItIdeologues on the right will say their ideas have never been tried, but the truth is, they’re out of workable ideas.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. The Trump Tax Cuts Are Still Unpopular. That’s a Crisis for Conservatives.If the GOP can’t get Americans to enjoy the candy of its fiscal agenda, how will they ever get them to eat the vegetables?
    By Eric Levitz
  6. Congressman Lays Loaded Gun on the Table And It Doesn’t Shoot AnybodySouth Carolina’s Ralph Norman wanted to show that guns don’t shoot people without people being involved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. The Teachers’ Strikes Have Exposed the GOP’s Achilles HeelThe red-state rebellion has revealed that the GOP’s “starve the beast” agenda is deeply unpopular with the party’s own voters.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. Donald Trump Is the Most Pure Conservative President EverTrump exists not because conservatism lost, but because it won.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Guns Make Republicans Feel Safe. So America Can’t Be.The GOP would rather make conservatives feel secure in their worldview than keep Americans safe in their communities.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. Trump Wants Big Government to Decide What Poor People Get to EatHis budget would cut aid to food stamp recipients – and replace it with a box of canned goods picked out by D.C. bureaucrats.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Trump’s ‘Sh*thole Country’ Comment Is Right-wing Political Correctness Run AmokThe right doesn’t want to face the inconvenient truths of history. So it blames the poverty of ex-slave colonies on the character of their residents.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. Establishment Fave McSally Will Run for Senate As a Sharia-Hating Trump AllyIn her campaign announcement video, McSally moves to the right as fast as she possibly can.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Voters Are Starting to See Trump As a Garden-Variety ConservativeIn 2016 he benefited from many voters perceiving him as moderate or even liberal. There aren’t so many anymore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Trump: Vote for an Alleged Sexual Predator Because He’s Tough on CrimeThe president suggests that Roy Moore is preferable to Doug Jones because the latter is “soft on crime.”
    By Eric Levitz
  15. Why The Opioid Crisis Could Shatter Trump’s CoalitionRural America’s top problem can only be solved with policies that the Republican donor class will never allow.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. The Republican Roots of TrumpismJonathan Chait interviews conservative former talk-radio host Charlie Sykes on the rise of Donald Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. Hurricane Harvey and the Stunted Moral Imagination of American ConservatismWhy does the government have a responsibility to aid hurricane victims, but not the blameless victims of poverty, racism, or other social calamities?
    By Eric Levitz
  18. The Trump Budget’s Approach to Welfare Is Based on Discredited DelusionsIf Trump cared about increasing productivity and growth — rather than redistributing wealth upward — he would increase social spending, not cut it.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. Right-Wing Ideological Commissar Jim DeMint Ousted From Heritage FoundationA leading theory is that he helped screw up the Obamacare repeal-and-replace effort.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. What Would It Be Like If Ted Cruz Had Become President?In all the talk about Trump becoming “normal” or “centrist,” it is illuminating to realize how little would have changed if Ted Cruz had defeated him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. The GOP Almost Lost in Kansas Because Even Republicans Hate Their Party’s AgendaLocal issues helped make last night’s special election competitive. That’s a national problem for the Republican Party.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. ‘Small Government’ Conservatism Is Killing Republican VotersAnd they’re starting to figure that out.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. Trump Offers Conservatives the World — in Exchange for Their PrinciplesIs the mainstream right ready to replace its traditional values with pure nationalism?
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Is Trump Taking Over Conservatism, or Is Conservatism Absorbing Trump?The evidence ahead of a key right-wing conference suggests that it’s the right that’s moving.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. ACA Repeal Is Forcing Republicans to Choose Between Conservatism and CompassionThe GOP realizes it can either throw sick people off their insurance (which is cruel) or retain government mandates (which isn’t conservative).
    By Eric Levitz
  26. Ted Cruz Becomes Just Another Trump RepublicanThe senators’ diminishing role as a Trump loyalist shows the extent to which the new regime has absorbed movement conservatism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. Will Donald Trump Push the GOP Left on Health Care?He is making liberal noises on drug prices, maternity leave, and more. That might mean something — or nothing.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. The Radical Unpredictability of Donald TrumpAs everyone tries to get a fix on what his administration will be like, the most terrifying possibility is that it will follow no pattern at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. 3 Paths the Trump Administration Can TakeThe new administration could plausibly be purely disruptive, engineer a conservative policy revolution, or remake the GOP into a populist party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. alt-right
    Explaining Ben Shapiro’s Messy, Ethnic-Slur-Laden Breakup With Breitbart“If you insult the stubby fingers and Cheeto face of their orange god-king, then they lose their minds. They absolutely lose it.”
    By Jesse Singal
  31. the national interest
    It Would Be Nice If True Conservatives Were Empiricists, But Let’s Face ItSome historical Real Talk.
    By Jonathan Chait