Columnist: Trump won't pick low rent MTG "Trump would prefer a straight man or woman he could outshine and later throw under the bus," writes Matt Lewis Salon · Feb 1, 2023
Steve Bannon slams RNC after Ronna McDaniel wins reelection in signs of deepening GOP schisms Steve Bannon on Monday blasted the Republican National Committee just days after Ronna McDaniel cruised to a fourth term as GOP leader over two hardline pro-Trump opponents. Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2023
A fresh warning for Black conservatives Donald Trump's behavior at Diamond's funeral should be a warning for Black conservatives Salon · Jan 30, 2023
A Tea Party takeover: GOP goes full MAGA The new MAGA establishment: The former gadflies and bomb throwers are the Republican Party now Salon · Jan 27, 2023
Can DeSantis out troll Trump? Bigotry, book bans, and science hatred don't play as well outside of the MAGA base Salon · Jan 27, 2023
Now the MAGA caucus owns George Santos The Republican Party's illicit affair with a con man has already gone south. But Kevin McCarthy can't let go Salon · Jan 27, 2023
RNC Chair McDaniel fights for reelection in leadership feud Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is fighting for reelection in a bitter leadership feud that’s testing former President Donald Trump’s grip on his own “Make American Great Again” movement The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
GOP wants to impose 30% US sales tax The bill would also eliminate corporate income taxes and abolish the IRS Salon · Jan 26, 2023
GOPers plot to hike retirement age to 70 "Medicare and Social Security are non-negotiable," responded Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan Salon · Jan 25, 2023
Trump's MAGA forces threaten to upend vote for RNC chair The Republican National Committee is set to resolve a bitter leadership feud that is exposing dangerous divisions within the institution charged with electing the next Republican president The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023
Manchin pitches GOP Social Security deal Advocacy group condemns Manchin for "negotiating with legislative terrorists" Salon · Jan 20, 2023
McCarthy puts Big Oil faves on key panel The 21 Republicans on the Natural Resources Committee took a combined $3.8 million from Big Oil companies Salon · Jan 19, 2023
GOP has a plan: Next time coup better Trump's not going to jail and major Republicans have faced no consequences. They'll absolutely try it again Salon · Jan 19, 2023
Robin Abcarian: Did Donald Trump rape, then defame a well known advice columnist? I can't really understand why former President Donald Trump wanted to keep his deposition sealed in that lawsuit filed against him by author and former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Los Angeles Times · Jan 19, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023 Countdown in the offing for political fight over debt The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default is in the offing
Salon · Jan 18, 2023 Will GOP blow up the world's economy? Yes, the debt-ceiling fight is a boring, pointless political ritual — but the risk this time is off the charts
Salon · Jan 17, 2023 MTG & Boebert rage in House restroom The two MAGA lawmakers were "nearly in a screaming match" over Kevin McCarthy, The Daily Beast reports
Reason · Jan 13, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Florida riots, MAGA hats, and an eyeball tasing.
The Guardian - US · Jan 13, 2023 Congresswoman shares story of stillborn son with US House Florida’s Frederica Wilson relives experience of being forced to carry a dead baby as Republicans push for anti-abortion measures
Salon · Jan 13, 2023 The myth of the "moderate Republican" During last week's House fiasco, the media rediscovered "moderate" Republicans. But they're rarer than Bigfoot
Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023 Francis Wilkinson: Hakeem Jeffries is ready for his moment Speeches never matter much, except when they do. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ first big speech to Congress as Democratic minority leader, delivered in the wee hours of Saturday morning, went viral over the weekend. Put to hip-hop beats, it has been viewed millions of times.
Salon · Jan 10, 2023 MAGA fans fume at MTG: "She's a fraud" Even callers on InfoWars are mad that Greene split with far-right colleagues over Kevin McCarthy
Salon · Jan 10, 2023 Santos happy GOP gutted ethics office House Republicans on Monday voted to defang the nonpartisan Congressional Ethics Office investigating its members
Salon · Jan 10, 2023 MTG throws Trump under the bus over vote "People that are overly mad at me, I shouldn't be your punching bag," Greene pleaded in an interview
Salon · Jan 10, 2023 Speaker McCarthy: That's no joke, folks As usual, the mockery was a way to avoid the real emotions we should feel: How the hell did America get here?