Trump Is Urging Republicans to Break the Law Trump Is Urging Republicans to Break the Law
He not only applauded the California GOP’s illegal use of mail-in ballot drop-boxes; he’s urging Republican officials elsewhere to do the same thing.
Oct 16, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t
In stark contrast to Trump’s desperate bravado, Biden explained, “It is the presidential responsibility to lead.”
Oct 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Tex...
Oct 16, 2020 / Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President
His paranoid fantasies are for the masses, but they are propped up by plenty of elites.
Oct 16, 2020 / Steve Fraser
Lindsey Graham Just ‘Committed a Crime in Plain Sight’ Lindsey Graham Just ‘Committed a Crime in Plain Sight’
An explicit pitch for campaign funds outside the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room has observers noting, “This is a crime.”
Oct 15, 2020 / John Nichols
‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable ‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable
Don’t believe the hot takes that say we can do without it.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Amy Coney Barrett Displays Her Twisted Views on Voting Rights Amy Coney Barrett Displays Her Twisted Views on Voting Rights
Coney Barrett offered a “virtue-based” defense of why some felons should be allowed to own guns, but not to vote.
Oct 13, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Term Limit the Supreme Court Term Limit the Supreme Court
In the midst of another confirmation circus, Representative Ro Khanna proposes to stop the madness by limiting justices to single 18-year terms.
Oct 13, 2020 / John Nichols
The Democrats Might Actually Have a Strategy to Block Amy Coney Barrett The Democrats Might Actually Have a Strategy to Block Amy Coney Barrett
Democratic senators demonstrated unusual discipline as they hammered away at Barrett’s threat to the Affordable Care Act. The problem is, it may not be enough.
Oct 13, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Trump Deploys the Strongman’s Playbook Trump Deploys the Strongman’s Playbook
There seems to be no limit to the damage he’s willing to inflict on the country’s democratic structures in his efforts to save his chances for reelection.
Oct 13, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky