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the moral minority
Apr. 1, 2021
The GOP (Rightly) Fears America’s Churchless Majority As the American public grows historically secular, the Christian right is trying to take democracy down with it.
By Eric Levitz
republicans
Mar. 31, 2021
The Rotten Core of Republican Appeals to the Working Class Republicans are embracing the perilous tradition of producerism, offering working-class voters a mix of nativism, protectionism, and culture war.
By Ed Kilgore
republican party
Mar. 20, 2021
Conservative George W. Bush Is Now Too Liberal for His Party George W. and Jeb Bush once defined not just Republicanism, but movement conservatism. Both have changed decisively after Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
republican party
Mar. 19, 2021
Is ‘Anti-Wokeness’ the New Ideology of the Republican Party? The sudden GOP obsession with “cancellation” suggests old-school conservatism may be displaced by cultural extremism that goes beyond Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
The Biden Agenda Could Reverse the Democrats’ Losses With Working-Class Voters Voters say Biden’s stimulus helps workers, not the wealthy. If they start saying the same about Biden himself, the GOP could be in trouble.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Mar. 12, 2021
Rubio Endorses Labor Unions (As a Punishment for ‘Woke’ Companies) Rubio’s endorsement of the union drive at Amazon is an ultimatum to capital: If you want the GOP to help you crush labor, don’t go “woke.”
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Mar. 12, 2021
What Can Republicans Do to Make ‘Conservative Populism’ More Popular? From identifying a few ways to re-redistribute resources to their constituencies to restricting the franchise, Republicans are battling the future.
By Ed Kilgore
conservatism
Mar. 10, 2021
GOP Decides Equal Representation Is an ‘Assault on Democracy’ In making the case against Democratic election reforms, conservatives are arguing that “states’ rights” are more important than equal citizenship.
By Eric Levitz
The Right Would Rather Debate Kids’ Books Than Biden’s Bills As Democrats ready a major expansion of Obamacare and child welfare, GOP lawmakers are whining about Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Feb. 26, 2021
The $15 Minimum-Wage Debate Clarifies the Partisan Economic Divide Republican “populists” oppose a $15 minimum wage because they stand for predatory small-business owners, not working people.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Feb. 24, 2021
Trump’s Reconquest of the GOP May Have an Upside for Democracy Averting minority rule requires radicalizing Senate Democrats. The GOP renewing its vows of fealty to Trump facilitates that task.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Feb. 22, 2021
CPAC Cancels Speaker at Conference With the Theme ‘America Uncanceled’ The conference was right to nix an anti-Semitic panelist for his “reprehensible views.” But where does that leave its keynote speaker, Donald Trump?
By Matt Stieb
the republican party
Feb. 10, 2021
Capitol Riot Took Toll on GOP Approval, Registrations Nearly 140,000 Republican voters quit the party in January, while Democrats opened up a double-digit advantage in approval.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Feb. 9, 2021
5 Flaws in the Conservative Case Against Biden’s Child Allowance The American Enterprise Institute warns that if we rescue millions of kids from poverty, single moms will work one less hour a week.
By Eric Levitz
president trump
Jan. 19, 2021
We’re Lucky the Trump Presidency Wasn’t Worse Electing an authoritarian reality star brought us mass death and insurrection. But it’s also left us with a fighting chance to fortify our democracy.
By Eric Levitz
republican party
Jan. 14, 2021
Post-Capitol Hill Riot Polls Reveal Big Problem for GOP Even as Trump’s overall popularity hits all-time lows, a large portion of the Republican base sees him as their champion.
By Eric Levitz
republican party
Jan. 13, 2021
Can Republicans Bounce Back Like They Did After Nixon? The last GOP president to be impeached and disgraced shattered his party.
By Ed Kilgore
conservatism
Jan. 12, 2021
As ‘Woke Capital’ Turns on Trump, the GOP Turns on ‘Small Government’ The movement for “small government” is starting to realize that it has more influence over the state than it does over the corporate sector.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Jan. 4, 2021
House GOP Admits It Opposes Democracy, Not Voter Fraud House Republicans claimed that they object to affirming Biden’s victory out of concern for voter fraud. A colleague just called their bluff.
By Eric Levitz
the economy
Dec. 11, 2020
GOP Admits That Handing Out Free Money Creates Jobs “By sending out checks, we’re putting money into the economy for people,” Steve Mnuchin said Wednesday, “which will have the impact of creating jobs.”
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Dec. 10, 2020
Trump Is Growing the GOP’s ‘Anti-Rule of Law’ Wing GOP lawmakers are trying to nullify the 2020 election, while activists intimidate officials with threats of violence and far-right cops break the law.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Dec. 9, 2020
Why the Right’s Principled Populists Will Lose The vanguard of “pro-worker conservatism” has a clear-eyed view of the Trump era’s lessons — but little hope of making the GOP learn them.
By Eric Levitz
coronavirus stimulus
Dec. 4, 2020
The GOP Is Fighting to Block Red-State Bailouts Six of the seven states that are suffering the biggest revenue losses from COVID voted for Trump. Republicans are trying to block fiscal aid anyway.
By Eric Levitz
supreme court
Oct. 21, 2020
The Supreme Court Is Waging War on Democracy — and Voters Approve A 6-to-3 conservative court would work to entrench minority rule. Polls suggest it could have majority support while doing so.
By Eric Levitz
supreme court
Oct. 14, 2020
Republicans Oppose Court Packing (Except When They Support It) In Georgia and Arizona, conservatives have already done what they denounce Democrats for even contemplating.
By Eric Levitz
supreme court
Oct. 12, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett’s Judicial Neutrality Is a Political Fiction When Barrett says that she interprets “the laws as written,” she is really asserting that right-wing jurisprudence is objective truth.
By Eric Levitz
authoritarianism
Oct. 8, 2020
Mike Lee Opposes Democracy — But Supports Rule by ‘The People’ Like other Republicans, Lee’s view on whether “government by the people” is desirable depends on who counts as “the people.”
By Eric Levitz
The GOP Is Sabotaging Trump’s Economy a Month Before Election Day. Here’s Why. McConnell can afford to walk away from COVID relief because the Senate’s partisan skew tightly limits how many seats his party can lose.
By Eric Levitz
QAnon Is Madness. But Believing In It Can Be Rational. For those who lack the resources to understand or influence political reality, conspiracy theories are more useful than the truth.
By Eric Levitz
supreme court
Sept. 22, 2020
If the McConnell Rule Is Dead, Court-Packing Is Permitted Trump has a right to appoint RBG’s replacement. And Biden will have a right to award himself a 7-6 Supreme Court majority.
By Eric Levitz
the republican party
Sept. 10, 2020
The GOP Is No Longer the Pro-Business Party The right’s contempt for climate science and Keynesianism makes it incapable of governing in capital’s long-term interests.
By Eric Levitz
The Conservative Case for Organized Labor A dissident conservative think tank — and Marco Rubio — is calling on the GOP to embrace collective-bargaining rights.
By Eric Levitz
authoritarianism
Sept. 2, 2020
Many GOP Voters Value America’s Whiteness More Than Its Democracy A new study found that anti-democratic sentiments have broad support among GOP voters — especially those who resent nonwhites’ political power.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Aug. 25, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
The Populist Case for Trump Is Now 100 Percent Policy Free In an op-ed, GOP senator Josh Hawley argues that Trump has fought Wall Street to aid working people, citing no examples.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Aug. 10, 2020
‘Working Class’ Conservatism Doesn’t Work Without Unions Self-styled “populist” Republicans — who oppose pro-labor policies — are just Reaganites in different clothes.
By Eric Levitz
2020 elections
Aug. 6, 2020
Trump’s Candidate Bill Hagerty Wins Wild Tennessee Senate Primary A primary in which both candidates kept trying to outflank each other on the right was won by the original front-runner and Trump endorsee.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Aug. 3, 2020
Two GOP Senators Oppose Filling Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020 Meanwhile, Democrats threaten to expand the court if McConnell doesn’t honor the rule he set in 2016.
By Eric Levitz
sometimes trump
Aug. 1, 2020
Trump and the GOP Establishment Are Falling Out of Love As his odds of reelection dwindle, the marriage of convenience between Trump and the conservative old guard is starting to fray.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
July 29, 2020
The Big Tech Hearing Showed That Anti-Monopoly Is a Partisan Issue With token exceptions, Republicans don’t want Silicon Valley’s giants to be less powerful, only more conservative.
By Eric Levitz
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
conservatism
May 16, 2020
Polarization Isn’t the Problem, But Human Identity Politics May Be the Solution Ezra Klein’s new book on polarization alerts liberals and conservatives to their species’ unifying affinity for identity-based divisiveness.
By Eric Levitz
The GOP Isn’t Cynical Enough to Save Us From a Depression For Republicans, some things are more important than winning an election — and denying aid to vulnerable workers is one of them.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Apr. 15, 2020
It’s Insane That Federal Aid to States Is a Partisan Issue The GOP is effectively treating “let’s make sure Oklahoma can afford to pay police officers” as an outrageous Democratic demand.
By Eric Levitz
Trump’s Labor Department Fights to Protect Workers From Benefits Eugene Scalia is working hard to shield Uber drivers from the threat of income support.
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Apr. 7, 2020
Coronavirus Is Forcing the GOP to Admit Its Ideology Is Delusional Trump’s DHS declares undocumented workers “essential,” while Steve Mnuchin scrambles to reconstruct the “administrative state.”
By Eric Levitz
conservatism
Apr. 2, 2020
No, Theocracy and Progressivism Aren’t Equally Authoritarian A Harvard Law professor called for turning the U.S. into a Catholic theocracy. Conservatives offered an interesting defense.
By Eric Levitz
Coronavirus Exposes the Virulence of American Conservatism As British conservatives push historic aid to keep workers employed, the GOP is fighting to let bailed-out corporations cut staff.
By Eric Levitz
coronavirus
Mar. 13, 2020
The GOP’s Ideological Sickness Is Going to Get People Killed Republicans are too obsessed with fighting imaginary crises to deal with the actual one that coronavirus presents.
By Eric Levitz
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