The Russian money spent to influence the election was negligible. Its persistence as an explanation is bad for Dems

Nothing can be gained by Democrats trying to play nice with the current GOP. But everything can be lost

Trump isn't trying to persuade anyone of anything. He just wants to dominate the conversation — and it's working

Below the political bickering and the supposedly surging economy lies a much harsher reality for most Americans

Handel says the tweet was "a mistake," as the race for the highly competitive seat heats up

Mitch McConnell's gruesome health care scam reveals the corrupt, antidemocratic character of the entire GOP

The publishing world reasons that the unfolding scandal has people in a paranoid mood

Perry once called for the Energy Department's elimination. Now he needs to get up to speed

President Obama saluted a Marine while holding a coffee cup. This is worth at least 70 impeachments

Trump Jr. shared a tweet from user "Cattturd2" theorizing why McConnell has been keeping quiet about Arizona

As a downwardly-mobile generation, Dadaist jokes about death by Tide Pod is a form of catharsis for us millennials

Trump's victory was the result of decades of right-wing hate rhetoric, curdling into a totally negative worldview

Trump's "social media summit" at the White House feels more like a gaggle of far-right internet micro-celebs

These are the videos, hashtags and memes that made waves on the web in 2014

"Every man is an island" was an alluring right-wing philosophy — until folks were marooned indefinitely at home