Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria
An unlikely left-right coalition of a dozen senators just backed his proposal to end the authorized deployment.
Dec 15, 2023 / John Nichols
The GOP’s Ruling Mantra: When You Can’t Govern, Attack The GOP’s Ruling Mantra: When You Can’t Govern, Attack
Republicans are launching an impeachment inquiry against President Biden to distract voters from their abysmal congressional record.
Dec 13, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Hasn’t Kevin McCarthy Humiliated Himself Enough? Hasn’t Kevin McCarthy Humiliated Himself Enough?
Leaving Congress, he endorses Trump and says he’s even open to a cabinet job in a second Trump term.
Dec 11, 2023 / Joan Walsh
The Pentagon’s Rush to Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going to Kill Us All The Pentagon’s Rush to Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going to Kill Us All
While experts warn about the risk of human extinction, the Department of Defense plows full speed ahead.
Dec 6, 2023 / Michael T. Klare
The House of Representatives Rules That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism The House of Representatives Rules That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
After a more than four-hour hearing of the House Education and Workforce committee, the resolution passed, with only 14 votes against it.
Dec 5, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Why Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterday Why Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterday
GOP Judiciary Committee members stormed out of a committee meeting after Democrats tried to hold a vote to subpoena wealthy judicial influence-buyers.
Dec 1, 2023 / Elie Mystal
The George Santos Show Was Fun, but It’s Time for the Series Finale The George Santos Show Was Fun, but It’s Time for the Series Finale
Santos is undeniably captivating, but he is not a lovable scammer. He’s a hard-right ideologue, and we will all be better off without him.
Dec 1, 2023 / Faith Branch
Republican Border Theatrics Go Into Overdrive Republican Border Theatrics Go Into Overdrive
Senate negotiations over immigration policy have become a proxy for warmongering foreign policy rhetoric.
Nov 30, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous
Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry.
Nov 29, 2023 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies
The former House speaker is currently spouting a wildly inaccurate take on the history of American empire.
Nov 28, 2023 / John Nichols