5 Profiles in Courage and Cowardice in a Trump-Dominated GOP
Here is how Mitch McConnell, Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley responded to the president's election delusions.
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Arizona's GOP Has Become a Trump Cult
The organization has devolved from skepticism toward government to veneration of politicians.
The GOP's Authoritarian Sickness
Impeachment, 25th Amendment, or censure? Deplatforming, Section 230, or inclusion? The Reason Roundtable debates.
Republicans, White House Aides Beg Trump To Call Off MAGA Occupation of Capitol
“This is banana republic crap we’re watching happen right now.”
Republicans Got What They Deserved. America Will Now Have To Pay the Price.
When one party controls both Congress and the White House, the result is never a reduction in the size or cost of government.
As Key Georgia Senate Election Looms, Republicans Are Making It Difficult To Root for Divided Government
The ideal (if unlikely) outcome might be a split decision.
'Stop the Insanity,' the New York Post Urges Trump. 'It Is Time To End This Dark Charade.'
The Trump-friendly paper says the president should stop "cheering for an undemocratic coup" and focus on the GOP's political interests.
GOP Politicians and the Presidential Electors Suit
It might just be political posturing at this point, but the GOP is going down a dangerous path
Stop 'Humoring' Trump
To move back in a libertarian direction, the Republican Party will have to do more than jettison Trump. But as long as it remains in Trump's thrall, that reversal is all but impossible.
Remy: Caring Again
With a Democrat about to re-occupy the White House, a Republican congressman rediscovers his commitment to fiscal restraint.
Libertarians Have No Home in Either Dominant Political Party
Which leaves the U.S. without a major party even slightly inclined to leave people alone to manage their own affairs.
Despite Election Wins, California GOP Needs a Makeover
Unfortunately, I'd guess the party did just well enough in the last election to punt those discussions to another day.
Voters Wisely Chose Divided Federal Government
Anyone who was rooting for both "teams" to lose on Election Day should be fairly satisfied right now.
Georgia Will Determine the Nation's Political Fate
No, we're not talking about the presidency.
With Biden Up in Pennsylvania, Are We Headed Toward Gridlock?
Plus: Republicans denounce Trump fraud allegations, Trump campaign mounts multiple legal challenges, and more...
Democrats' Crumbling Hopes of a Blue Wave Make Divided Government More Likely
A GOP Senate could act as a powerful check on a Biden administration.
It Sure Looks Like Democrats Are Going To Retain Control of the House
It's been a good night for incumbents.
Why Electing Biden (or Trump) Won't Settle Anything for Long
In an age of parties run by extremists, the next majority is just an election away, explains political scientist Morris P. Fiorina.
The Senate Has Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
All Democrats voted in opposition, making Barrett's confirmation the most partisan since Reconstruction.
The Republican Antitrust Suit Against Google Is a Progressive Dream
The government is going after Google not to stop consumer harm but to level the business playing field.
P.J. O'Rourke: 'This Is the End of the World for Classical Liberalism'
The 72-year-old political commentator says Biden's platform is "full of unicorns and flying ponies" but is better than "having the inmates run the asylum."
Senate Republicans Sour on Trump as They Try To Save Their Majority
Sens. John Cornyn and Ben Sasse have spoken out sharply against Trump's policies and character as the election nears.
Senate Democrats Have Stopped Attacking Amy Coney Barrett's Faith for Now
Republicans understandably prepared for attacks on Barrett's faith which thankfully haven't materialized.
Debt Reckoning
After years of federal fiscal recklessness, is Washington's bill finally coming due?
Are Americans Provoking Each Other Into Political Violence?
Failing a renewed national commitment to live and let live, we may be in for a long and bloody road.
Trump Is Losing Old People to Biden in Battleground States
Plus: Libertarian Jo Jorgensen draws biggest support from millennials and Gen Z, John McAfee being charged with tax evasion, Trump released from hospital, and more...
It's Official: Trump Nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
If confirmed, she would cement a strong 6-3 conservative majority.
Half of Republicans Say New Justice Should Be Picked by Whoever Wins the Election
Plus: Trump wants to rob TikTok to pay for "patriotic education," the CDC can't confirm any cases of airplane spread, Virginia uses new "red flag" gun law, and more...
GOP Unveils $500 Billion 'Skinny' Stimulus That's Dead on Arrival
Democrats are proposing $3 trillion.
Bridget Phetasy Is Politically Homeless. You Probably Are Too.
Bridget Phetasy on why Trump and Biden fail to inspire and how new media are reshaping politics.
Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?
A political party can be destroyed by warring factions after it nominates a celebrity candidate and loses its coherence. That’s what happened…after 1848, when the Whigs backed Zachary Taylor.
Trump Warns America: 'Biden's America' Will Look Like Trump's America
Plus: Alice Marie Johnson's RNC speech, Twitter bans bots pretending to be disillusioned black Democrats, and more...
In Convention Speech, Pence Warns: 'You Won't Be Safe In Joe Biden's America'
Plus: What's the evidence for social distancing?, WeChat ban would be bad for businesses, and more...
Melania Trump Wows With Lackluster Speech on Second Night of Republican National Convention
Plus: the RNC is a case study in why Big Tech is good, the GOP's libertarian purge, and more...
The Republican National Convention Isn't Out To Convert Anyone
Plus: Lawsuits challenge Trump's TikTok ban, the police abolition movement explained, and more...
The First Night of the RNC Offered a Full-Throated Defense of School Choice
Republicans have turned away from freedom in many ways during the Trump era, but at least they've embraced school choice at the national level.
The 2020 Republican Convention Doesn't Have a Platform—It Has Trump's Pet Peeves
Plus: Protesters could lose right to vote in Tennessee, Apple and Microsoft fight over Fortnite, and more...
Americans Dislike Both Biden and Trump
Hostility to political opponents sustains what's left of the legacy parties.
Madison Cawthorn, Nazi?
A Jezebel hit piece unfairly smears a 25-year-old Republican candidate for Congress.
America Is Going To Vote by Mail. We're Not Ready.
President Trump threatens to delay the election over at-home voting, but a bigger problem looms: States haven’t prepared for a huge influx of mail-in ballots.
The Looming Illegitimate Election of 2020
Will Americans make peace with unpalatable election results?
'CARES' Package Part Two Is Coming, to the Tune of at Least $1 Trillion
Plus: Gun groups for black Americans are growing, a promising new study on opening schools, and more...
Where's Republican Federalism During Trump's Urban Invasions?
A president from a party supposedly committed to restraining the federal government is now sending enforcers to cities over local objections.
Trump Humiliates Jeff Sessions One Last Time
Plus: White House drops student deportation plans, Breonna Taylor protesters arrested, Josh Hawley's fake rescue mission, and more...
Trump's Trade War Made the Pandemic Worse, and Nationalism Will Slow the Recovery
Protectionism is now infecting the GOP to a degree that may be difficult to eradicate when the Trump era ends.
What Explains the "Republican Reversal" on Environmental Protection?
A book review of "The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump" by James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg
Outsider Candidates and Oddballs Shine in Tuesday Primaries
Plus: Protest updates, qualified immunity, and more...
