Was the Problem Joe Biden's Record or Was It Just Joe Biden? | Opinion
President Joe Biden's abrupt Sunday announcement that he would abandon his re-election campaign instantly blew apart the dynamics of the 2024 campaign.
Trump Assassination Attempt: How We Got Here and What's Next | Opinion
In the aftermath of Saturday's dreadful assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the United States is palpably tense.
It's the Polls, Stupid. Democrats Must Dump Joe Biden or Lose | Opinion
Widespread concerns about his age, unpopularity, and inability to forcefully defend his own administration's policy record have been causing panic on the left since at least late last year.
Democrats Can Dump President Joe Biden. Here's How | Opinion
Since his disastrous debate performance two weeks ago, President Joe Biden has done little to reassure us that he is still capable of running a vigorous and successful campaign for president
No More Biden Time, Joe's Gotta Go
Well, so much for hoping that President Joe Biden would rise to the occasion. In last night's CNN debate he stumbled out onto the stage looking like he didn't know if he could make it to the podium.
Behold—the GOP War on Acronyms! Why Stunt Legislation to Ban DEI Will Fail
Apart from the fact that this bill has no chance of becoming law, it will also do nothing to address the problem it purports to solve.
Hunter Biden's Conviction Means Nothing
A Delaware jury today found President Biden's son Hunter guilty on three charges of lying on a federal firearm application.
Prosecuting Trump Is Different From Persecuting the Innocent
One accusation that you can never level at the contemporary Republican Party is "taking things in stride."
Yes, Trump's Conviction Should Make You Deliriously Happy
A lot of commentary in the coming days will focus on how sad it is for the country that the former president of the United States was just convicted of a scheme to fraudulently conceal payments to a porn star.
The Sun Belt Boom Is Over
Last week a "derecho" battered metropolitan Houston, causing fatalities and billions of dollars of damage, putting even more pressure on the state's beleaguered insurance system.
The Biden-Trump Debates Won't Move the Needle. Here's Why
The reality is that almost no one other than die-hard political junkies and people who get paid to write hot takes afterwards wants to see these two elderly, unpopular politicians bicker for two hours.
Cannon Misfires: Trump Appointee Saves Her Old Boss
Yesterday, Judge Aileen Cannon delayed former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial indefinitely while she works out some difficult pre-trial legal questions.
A Right-Wing Supreme Court Could Make Biden a Dictator by Mistake
The conservative members of the rogue, corrupt, illegitimate Supreme Court indicated last week that they might extend total immunity to former President Donald Trump.
It's Not Too Late for the GOP to Dump Trump. Here's How
A once abstract possibility has become increasingly plausible: that the Republican nominee for president will need to deliver his acceptance speech and conduct his campaign from prison.
The End of the Electoral College Is Finally in Sight
The dumbest institution in the democratic world might not have long to live.
Trump's Big Abortion Gamble Won't Save Him
Since the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision, Democrats have overperformed expectations and have come out on top every time the question of reproductive rights has been put directly before the voters.
Democrats May Keep the Senate—With a Little GOP Help
The inexplicable determination of the party's voters to pick unstable provocateurs might be the only path Democrats have to hanging onto their narrow and very much endangered Senate majority.
The Republican National Committee May Become Trump's Cash Machine
This month, presumptive Republican nominee for president Donald Trump took over the Republican National Committee (RNC) and then days later liquidated dozens of staff members.
2024 Primaries: Well, That Was Pointless. Now We're Screwed
For the first time since 2004, when George W. Bush was the incumbent Republican and Democrat John Kerry eliminated what remained of his competition, the two parties' presidential primaries are completely over after Super Tuesday.
The Democratic Party May Be Stuck With Biden for Good
President Biden's brutal polling numbers against disgraced former President Trump have been causing major controversy inside the Democratic Party's big tent.
Donald Trump Will End NATO and Make the World Unsafe for Democracy
Trump continues to misunderstand the nature of the NATO alliance, which is not like some kind of Netflix subscription that Europeans have to stay current on or else the United States cuts them off.
Actually, Partisanship Is Good—When the Other Side Is Today's Insane GOP
U.S. political dysfunction is the product of bad system design that has empowered a set of extremists in the GOP to grind problem-solving to a halt.
On Immigration, Democrats Don't Even Know How to Compromise Right
By the end of this week, hopes for compromise legislation unveiled by Senate leaders on Monday around immigration and the southern border are highly likely to be dashed.
Biden Must Keep Defending Democracy Against GOP Hysteria
There's a new conventional wisdom taking shape that the Biden administration has been too focused on Jan. 6 and the defense of democracy as a 2024 strategy.
Do People Want a Fascist States of America? Maybe So
There are a number of lessons to be learned from last week's Iowa Republican caucus, won by former President Donald Trump.
And the Winner of the Iowa Caucuses Will Be... Who Cares?
Is anyone paying attention to Monday's Iowa caucus? The feverish pitch of horse race polling, speculation and jockeying that usually precedes an Iowa caucus is mostly missing this year.
Why 2024 Could Totally Rule!
in the spirit of the holidays let's think about what might go right rather than wrong and why 2024 might actually rule.
Trump Is an Insurrectionist. Will the Supreme Court Let Him Be President?
Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has used the 14th Amendment to bar former President Donald Trump from the state's primary and presidential ballot, the real action begins.
The Ultimate Nightmare Scenario for Trump Supporters
Republicans are walking into their own Trump trap—one that might not just cost them the presidency but any ability to be competitive down ballot if they saddle themselves with a future inmate as their nominee.
The Far Right's Losing War on Schools
Earlier this month, the astroturfed right-wing war on intellectual freedom in public schools met its Waterloo.