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Is there such a thing as reverse coattails? - Roll Call

Next week’s elections in Virginia are testing whether a race down the ballot could drag down the top of the ticket.

Roll Call · Oct 29, 2025

Pam Bondi and Melania's QAnon pandering

After the release of accused rapist Andrew Tate, MAGA media desperately pretends Trump opposes sexual violence

Salon · Mar 5, 2025

Trump's very MAGA rape deposition

Trump is sulky, entitled and misogynist in his rape deposition — exactly what MAGA loves about him

Salon · May 9, 2023

Funding primary candidates from opposing party goes against democracy

No matter what side you’re on, voters deserve to choose between candidates who represent them best.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 10, 2022

GOP's 2022 Todd Akin?

"The individual, the male, is doing it ... quickly," said Yesli Vega, Republican running for Congress from Virginia

Salon · Jun 27, 2022

Democrats are bankrolling ads promoting fringe Republican candidates. Here's why

As the midterm primary season rolls along, voters may have noticed a strange phenomenon of political advertising: Democrats paying for ads supporting Republican candidates.

WEKU · Jun 27, 2022

Abortion opponents take political risks

Yes, the anti-abortion movement has gotten more extreme in recent months

Salon · Jun 2, 2022

Abortion opponents take political risks by dropping exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s life

If it seems as though the anti-abortion movement has gotten more extreme in recent months, that’s because it has.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

Abortion bans with no exceptions may be politically risky

Some conservative states pressing for abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. But public opinion polls suggest those limits could cause blowback.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2022

Trump's MAGA is marching down a trail blazed by the Tea Party

The populist energy within the Republican Party goes by the name the former president gave it: MAGA. And its influence on the 2022 midterms seems destined to track that of the Tea Party surge in 2010.

WEKU · May 21, 2022