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The GOP debate fear cauldron: According to the Republican candidates, you’re going to die
Simon Maloy
The GOP debate was about whipping up public anxiety over terrorists, who are apparently seconds from murdering you
GOP debate scorecard: The big winner wasn’t anyone on the stage, it was Democrats
Amanda Marcotte
Trump comes off as a sniveling bully; Bush as simple-minded; Cruz as maniacal. And that's good news for Democrats.
Rick Santorum: “We have entered World War III,” he said, as if that was a good thing
Scott Eric Kaufman
He's only polling at 0.3 percent, but that's enough to start a World War, don't you think?
Republicans, where the hell is your outrage?! Despite horrific rally video, GOP leaders won’t stand up against hate and behavior of Donald Trump’s supporters
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans used to stand up to the worst elements of their party, but now they are helpless to do anything
White America’s toxic ignorance: Abigail Fisher, Antonin Scalia and the real privilege that goes unspoken
Chauncey DeVega
If affirmative action gives unearned opportunities to one racial group, it is whites who have benefited the most
The GOP poverty PR push: Selling the same old pro-rich policies, but now with free turkeys
Simon Maloy
How do Republicans convince voters they're not the party of the rich? The Koch brothers have a lame, shallow plan
Rahm Emanuel’s catastrophic downfall: Why it should be a much bigger deal for Hillary Clinton
Jack Mirkinson
Chicago's mayor has been embroiled in a horrifying police-abuse scandal. This should be front-page news nationwide
Sorry, but Ted Cruz isn’t going to win the Republican nomination
Bob Cesca
Pundits have been atwitter recently about polls showing Cruz gaining strength. But there are some problems
The masters of the GOP universe: How Trump & Cruz have seized the Republican primary by the throat
Heather Digby Parton
As the first primary dates approach, the establishment is on its heels, and two terrifying choices stand out
Rise of the GOP bullsh***ers: How the electoral process has been overwhelmed by lies & untruths
Conor Lynch
A cursory review of the campaign to date shows a veritable avalanche of B.S., passed off & accepted as fact
Birchers for a new era: The extremist, Islamophobic group that’s getting a lot of 2016 attention
Simon Maloy
How the GOP is aligning with Frank Gaffney's Center for Security Policy, the leading voice of anti-Islam extremism
Michael Bay’s “apolitical” Benghazi movie: Every kind of American delusion and stupidity in one package!
Andrew O'Hehir
I watched some of Michael Bay's Benghazi movie, and had lunch with men who fought there -- and it was super weird
We are addicted to war: The simple statistics that help explain how the world views America
Paul Rosenberg
Americans like to call themselves a "peace-loving nation." The numbers show that's not actually the case
Donald Trump’s racism is as American as apple pie
Chauncey DeVega
Republicans keep saying Trump's ban on Muslims goes against our values. Do they know anything of our history?
Ted Cruz’s mean streak: How his “likability” campaign faces different battles than Hillary’s
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to Nixon expert David Greenberg on Cruz, Clinton and their different quests to be "likable enough"
Meet the “British Bernie Sanders”: Now this is how you push back against the right
Ben Norton
New UK Labour leader outlines strong leftist platform in first US TV interview, criticizing war, xenophobia, & more
Why Barack Obama is still our best hope for doing something about guns in America
Paul Blest
We just might have to wait until he's out of office
The right-wing media’s hilarious response to Donald Trump’s fascism: It’s all Obama’s fault!
Gary Legum
Conservatives now forced to cope with a force of nature in their primary are doing what they do best in response
Twitter’s sunny self-importance: Positive hashtag activism and pop stars only tell part of 2015’s story
Paula Young Lee
The 2015 "Year on Twitter" looks pretty familiar—but some key parts of the Twitter experience are missing
Who holds the cards at COP21?: Major players in Paris seem to agree carbon pricing is essential — so why isn’t it on the menu?
Don Kraus
Support is growing for the need to price fossil fuels to fight climate change. But will it make the final accord?
6 reasons America is doomed to permanent war
Ira Chernus
The hawks are squawking again for troops on the ground, this time in Syria. When will we learn form our mistakes?
Trump’s growing fascism: Conservative anti-Obama mania opens the door to authoritarianism
Simon Maloy
Donald Trump and Erick Erickson show that GOP politics is about opposing Obama on everything, even the Constitution
Fox News’ Elisabeth Hasselbeck: President Obama is to blame for Donald Trump’s Islamophobic new immigration plan
Scott Eric Kaufman
What passes for logic on "Fox & Friends"? Americans "must go to extremes" now "to feel safe," hence Trump
Is Obama a “p*ssy”? A very important fact-check of a thing that was said on cable news
Simon Maloy
A Fox News crank used a dirty word to sum up the right's critique of Obama's ISIS strategy — was he correct?
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