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  1. student loans
    The War on Student-Debt Forgiveness BeginsRepublican-led states sue over Biden’s plan to free millions of people.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. early and often
    Freedom Caucus Won’t Let Kevin McCarthy Forget Who Owns HimMembers are already making demands that would limit McCarthy’s power if he becomes Speaker. In a closely divided House, he’ll have to bow to them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. early and often
    Impeaching Biden Will Be Job One If Republicans Win the HouseSpeaker McCarthy will face intense pressure from the party’s MAGA wing to impeach Biden, setting up a performative Senate trial heading into 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. vision 2024
    Please Shut Up About Liz Cheney or Larry Hogan in 2024The media should quit indulging what is almost disinformation about their White House aspirations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    Mitch McConnell’s Terrible Candidates Are His Own FaultThis happened because the GOP decided not to confront Trump’s election lies.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. books
    Trump’s FathersTwo recent books demonstrate the GOP’s long descent from reason and a country in serious danger.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. early and often
    Why Republicans Stopped Talking to the Press“I just don’t see the point,” said an adviser to a GOP presidential aspirant.
    By David Freedlander
  8. life after roe
    Will Dobbs Change the Way We Feel About ‘Good’ Republicans?It’s time to reconsider whether to keep lionizing people like Mike Pence and Liz Cheney.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. life after roe
    Why the Post-Roe GOP Will Only Get More RadicalDecades after partnering with the anti-abortion movement, the Republican Party has finally delivered. But ending Roe is just the start.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Republicans Will Do It AgainThey have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. early and often
    California Republicans Downplay Their Toxic Brand to SurviveRick Caruso, Anne Marie Schubert, and Lanhee Chen are distancing themselves from the GOP even as they run on conservative themes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. life after roe
    How the GOP Abandoned Pro-choice RepublicansOver decades, the Republican Party became uniformly anti-abortion, leaving many pro-choice GOP voters stranded. They could be a problem for the party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. life after roe
    When Could Republicans Ban Abortion Nationwide?If Republicans win the White House and Congress in 2024, which is plausible, they’ll be under intense pressure to end abortion even in blue states.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. life after roe
    Republicans Too Upset About Leak to Celebrate Abortion WinConservatives can’t talk about the Supreme Court ending reproductive rights right now, but please ask again after the midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. 2022 midterms
    Republicans Can Still Fumble Away the SenateThe GOP is favored to retake the Senate in 2022, but they’ve screwed up similar situations through a combination of extremism, gaffes, and bad luck.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. 2022 midterms
    Rick Scott’s Ultra-MAGA Agenda Gives Democrats a Midterm LifelineDemocrats are eager to campaign against a party that, according to Scott, wants to raise taxes and sunset Medicare and Social Security.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. 2022 midterms
    Why Republicans Are Turning an Easy Election Into a Culture WarRepublicans are complicating an election they’re already likely to win because the base wants a fight and Trumpism tells them to never retreat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. u.s. supreme court
    GOP’s Antics at Jackson Hearings Weren’t Just an Appeal to QAnonExtremist dog whistling aside, Republicans senators’ primary goal was to paint Democrats as soft on crime and hostile to parents and children.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. politics
    ‘RINO’ Just Means ‘Disloyal to Trump’ NowWhat was once an ideological insult for GOP moderates and liberals is now mostly applied to Republicans who won’t buy Trump’s stolen-election myth.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. politics
    Republicans’ Attack Plan for the Ketanji Brown Jackson HearingsInstead of getting nasty in a fight they can’t win, Republicans will use the hearings to reinforce their midterm message against Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. 2022 midterms
    Post-Recall, California Republicans Are Running on EmptyHaving lost their best shot at a statewide win in 2021, the Golden State GOP looks incapable of challenging Gavin Newsom’s reelection.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. politics
    Do Republicans Know What Communism Is?Some members of the GOP have taken to calling Democrats “communists.” It betrays a willful historical ignorance.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. politics
    Why New York Republicans Are Dreaming of a Banner YearThe state GOP hopes to expand on its 2021 wins, take further advantage of Democrats’ distraction, and ride the national red wave.
    By Errol Louis
  24. politics
    RNC Claims It’s Merely Defending Fake Electors, Not RiotersRonna McDaniel says “legitimate political discourse” referred to “alternate” electors … who were also part of Trump’s election-coup plot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. politics
    Democrats’ Control of Senate Iffy As Luján Recovers From StrokeThankfully, the New Mexico senator is expected to recover fully. But during his absence, some big Democratic initiatives must be put on hold.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. gerrymandering
    Another State Says to Hell With GerrymanderingAfter the Supreme Court punted on the issue, state constitutions like Ohio’s may hold the key to reform.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. politics
    The GOP Has Adopted an Anti-Voting-Rights Case It Once RejectedToday’s Republicans are using the same arguments southern Democrats once used to oppose the original Voting Rights Act.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. january 6
    What Will It Take to Stop a 2024 Election Coup?A warning from election-law expert Rick Hasen suggests options for stopping state legislatures from stealing electoral votes may be limited.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. politics
    Ted Cruz (Mistakenly) Touts His 2024 Presidential OddsThe senator noted that “historically the runner-up is almost always the next nominee.” It’s a common but untrue hypothesis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. joe manchin
    Could Joe Manchin Really Switch Parties?The senator may become a Republican one day, but giving up the enormous leverage he holds over Democrats right now makes little sense.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. republicans
    Will the ‘Post-Trump Era’ Ever Begin?Considering a potential retirement over Senate leadership, Republican John Thune may be realizing that politics after Trump is actually far away.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. politics
    Despite Iowa-Caucus Debacle, 2024 Process Probably Won’t ChangeThe earlier impetus for change among Democrats angry at the 2020 Iowa-caucus meltdown seems to be fading as the party has bigger problems to address.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. politics
    Could Trump Really Depose Mitch McConnell?It’s hard to imagine Republicans denying Donald Trump anything he demanded, but ousting Mitch McConnell as GOP leader won’t be easy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. voting rights
    Democrats Are Cruising for a Bruising on Voting RightsIf Biden and his party raise expectations on voting rights legislation that they cannot fulfill, the repercussions could be serious in 2022.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. 2024 vision
    Democrats Need a Three-Year Plan to Save DemocracyThat means largely abandoning hope for 2022 and preparing to do battle at Armageddon with Trump in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. debt limit
    McConnell Strikes Convoluted Deal to Let Democrats Avoid a Debt DefaultLeave it to Mitch to devise a phony mechanism to get Republican votes for a measure that will saddle Democrats wrongly with blame for debt increase.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. 2022 midterms
    McConnell Signals GOP Will Run on Pure Obstruction in the MidtermsThey disagree on a lot of things, but Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump both believe in the pursuit of power as an end in itself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. abortion
    If Roe Is Reversed, Democrats Need to Be ReadyAt a time when their party has convinced itself to avoid social issues, they should prepare for a culture-war battle they can win.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. government shutdown
    Will Republicans Force a Government Shutdown to Fight Biden’s Vaccine Mandates?A small group of conservatives can gum up the works and force at least a brief shutdown. But with Omicron looming, the timing is strange.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. 2022 midterms
    Republicans Can’t Bet on Finding Perfectly Trumpy CandidatesThe GOP thinks candidates who embrace Trump without going full MAGA are the key to winning the midterms. Good luck finding them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. 2022 midterms
    Louie Gohmert Joins Wild Texas Attorney General RaceThe MAGA representative will challenge Trump-endorsed Ken Paxton and George P. Bush in a race that shows the importance of state offices.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. politics
    Kevin McCarthy Determined Not to Go the Way of Cantor and BoehnerAfter witnessing the fate of former House GOP leaders, McCarthy is not about to annoy extremists in the House by bashing Paul Gosar.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. past is prologue
    American Politics Is Back to the FutureCrime, inflation, parental rights in schools aren’t new issues at all, but a blast from the Republican revival of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. third parties
    Why There Is No Centrist Third PartyAs a new Pew typology shows, there aren’t enough actual centrists, and they aren’t very interested in voting, either.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. 2022 midterms
    Will the Fate of Biden’s Agenda Really Affect the 2022 Midterms?Democrats should stop trying to win the midterms with legislation, and get some big things right without worrying about elections they cannot control.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. republicans
    A Short History of Conservative TrollingOn the laughing emptiness at the center of the Republican Party.
    By Rick Perlstein
  47. politics
    Is It Time for Democrats to Panic About Virginia — and the Midterms?Here’s some reassurance even for Democrats who are worried Glenn Youngkin’s defeat of Terry McAuliffe for governor would foretell a 2022 disaster.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. republicans
    Tim Scott Knows What He’s DoingWhy Republican donors are so excited about the South Carolina senator.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  49. january 6
    Trump Doesn’t Care How Ashli Babbitt DiedThe grim reality behind the ex-president’s “happy birthday” message to the slain Capitol rioter.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  50. politics
    Why Republicans May Go All In on Parental RightsVirginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin thinks defending parents’ rights to dictate what happens in schools appeals to swing and base voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
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