Elections

Rachel Maddow

The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate

Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”

Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Robert Mueller sworn in

RIP, Russiagate RIP, Russiagate

The implosion of the collusion theory is a humiliation for everyone who promoted it.

Mar 26, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Unquestionable Exoneration of Donald Trump The Unquestionable Exoneration of Donald Trump

Maybe the real collusion was the friends we made along the way.

Mar 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Sanders and Clinton in 2016 presidential debate

Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left

Nobody should fight in the gutter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a vigorous debate about policy. 

Mar 25, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Mueller Capitol

No, the Media Didn’t Over-Hype ‘Russiagate’ No, the Media Didn’t Over-Hype ‘Russiagate’

No human being on Earth has done more to keep the Trump-Russia narrative in the news than Donald Trump.

Mar 25, 2019 / Joshua Holland

Voters in Minneapolis, Minnesota-ap-img

In Defense of Fusion Voting In Defense of Fusion Voting

It’s the antidote to the winner-take-all electoral system, solves the “wasted vote” or “spoiler” dilemmas that otherwise plague third parties and allows citizens who identify as in...

Mar 22, 2019 / Maurice Mitchell and Dan Cantor

A Wisconsin Judge Upends the GOP Power Grab and Restores the Authority of the Democratic Governor

A Wisconsin Judge Upends the GOP Power Grab and Restores the Authority of the Democratic Governor A Wisconsin Judge Upends the GOP Power Grab and Restores the Authority of the Democratic Governor

Governor Tony Evers immediately withdraws Wisconsin from the Republican-led lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act.

Mar 21, 2019 / John Nichols

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right

She says it would steer candidates to states that aren’t now considered political “battlegrounds,” such as Mississippi.

Mar 19, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand Has Led the Fight to Maintain Civilian Control of the Military Kirsten Gillibrand Has Led the Fight to Maintain Civilian Control of the Military

As a presidential contender, the New York senator can and should highlight her vital struggles for Pentagon accountability.

Mar 18, 2019 / John Nichols

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