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16 times the Onion masterfully trolled American politics
Kali Holloway
The satire site is a national treasure and needs no introduction. Here are just a few of their very best pieces
Here’s how the left wins in 2016: Why retaking the Senate is crucial for the progressive agenda
Gary Legum
Amid the presidential hoopla, we're giving Senate races short shrift, but their outcomes will determine the agenda
Last night’s most important lesson: The GOP’s longstanding myth about Democrats is starting to crumble
Bob Cesca
For years, liberals have been painted as the spineless and unserious ones. That idea is laughable now
Paul Krugman bursts David Brooks’ fantasyland version of conservatism: “Actually existing conservatism is a radical doctrine”
Sophia Tesfaye
Krugman with a reality check: The Republican Party David Brooks imagines died with Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush owns this mess: Iraq, Afghanistan and the history we’re doomed to repeat
Andrew J. Bacevich
First came Fallujah. Now there is Kunduz. America's Global War on Terror has been a disaster since its inception
The GOP’s Benghazi scam is exploding in its face: Why the latest stunning revelations will only make Republicans more extreme
Heather Digby Parton
Trey Gowdy's witch hunt has been revealed for the travesty it is, yet conservatives are doubling down on crazy
The GOP is just this clownish: The 5 most outlandish candidates floated for House speaker
Sophia Tesfaye
From the Vader Veep to Mark Levin, there've been a stream of unconventional names to emerge
Chris Matthews eviscerates dysfunctional GOP: “There is something wrong with a party when they can’t pick a leader”
Sophia Tesfaye
"If you can't pick a leader to represent all of you, then how can you argue you're the same team?"
The DNC screwed Hillary — now get ready for a Bernie Sanders earthquake
Bill Curry
Limiting debates did her no favors. Now she's barely leading a 74-year-old socialist. This debate is pivotal
The GOP’s house of lies: Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina & the era of post-truth politics
Sean Illing
The Republican upstarts learned a valuable lesson from Trump: Never back down, no matter how brazen your lies
Ladies and gentlemen, the new Speaker of the House is…Dick Cheney?
Scott Eric Kaufman
If Senator Tom Cotton has his druthers, the former vice president would be back in power
Somebody shut Ben Carson up: Dangerous GOP gun-nut lunacy makes us all less safe
Paul Rosenberg
There's widespread agreement on smart gun control, even among NRA members. Extremists like Carson derail everything
Another false “savior” in waiting: Republicans beg and plead for Paul Ryan to rescue them from themselves
Simon Maloy
Paul Ryan is resisting calls to become Speaker and "save" the GOP, and really you can't blame him
The wingnuts are after Paul Ryan’s scalp: “The man’s a menace”
Sophia Tesfaye
He's being touted as the only potential speaker to save the GOP from itself, but the base doesn't want Paul Ryan
The right’s favorite gun control myth: Ben Carson is just the latest to recycle debunked Hitler theory
Simon Maloy
Did the Holocaust happen because Hitler loved gun control? No, but Ben Carson won't take "no" for an answer
Again: One dead, three injured in Arizona campus shooting
Felicia Fonseca
Shooting comes week after massacre at Oregon community college
“The Daily Show” blows up Fox News again!: Trevor Noah unloads on Rupert Murdoch’s vague racism
Sarah Burris
"Conservatives have been accused of disliking Obama because he’s too black... The problem is he isn't black enough"
Carly Fiorina’s war on math: Her pixie-dust plan to balance the budget and make America perfect
Gary Legum
When even "Morning Joe" is laughing at you, you know you've gone wrong
Memo to progressives: Hillary Clinton is lying to you
Jack Mirkinson
All politicians flip-flop. But Clinton's TPP opposition marks one of the more brazen U-turns in recent history
The one racist tweet that says everything about Fox News and how Republicans look at race
Scott Eric Kaufman
The latest Fox News embarrassment: Because why shouldn't old white men openly question a black man's authenticity?
Sorry, Joe, but we just don’t need you: Biden isn’t Bernie Sanders and brings nothing new to the race
Amanda Marcotte
Biden isn't Bernie Sanders. He doesn't add anything to the race, and could do a lot to turn things sour
Marco Rubio just created a spectacular mess for himself: Why his no-show Senate record is becoming a big problem
Simon Maloy
It's one thing to admit you're focused on 2016. It's another to say you can miss votes and be a good senator
Donald Trump, American hustler: The frightening fascist tendencies of his GOP rise
Rick Perlstein
Previous right-wing leaders had a healthy fear of the rage they unleashed from their base. Not this one
Bernie Sanders tries threading the needle: Can he win white working class voters and boost his appeal to minorities?
Gary Legum
Sanders is making a risky bet. But a candidate who's confounded expectations already may yet do so again
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