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After this disastrous week, it’s clearer than ever: Yes, Donald Trump is a “real” Republican
Amanda Marcotte
Don't believe that Republicans in Congress secretly hate Trump! It's time to take their bootlicking at face value
Conservatives suddenly love big government — when it comes to punishing blue cities for passing progressive local laws
Amanda Marcotte
Leading a wave, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott even suggests states should ban cities from having regulatory powers
Alabama legislature may give a fundamentalist church its own police force: What could go wrong?
Amanda Marcotte
What separation of church and state? Birmingham megachurch wants to hire its own cops, claims innocent motives
Deceptive anti-abortion group under investigation for skimming state funds in Pennsylvania
Amanda Marcotte
State auditor would like to know how a fake-clinic chain in Pennsylvania spent nearly $1 million in public funds
Behind the Western land war: How the fringe ideology of anti-government cranks is becoming the GOP mainstream
Amanda Marcotte
Nutty right-wing theories meet the fossil-fuel industries, and the result is an all-out war on public land
Bad boy gone worse: Is Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes flirting with a dangerous fringe?
Amanda Marcotte
Vice founder Gavin McInnes struggles to walk a fine line between edgy, hip right-winger and something much uglier
WATCH: The Dutch Donald Trump could be the Netherlands’ next Prime Minister
Amanda Marcotte
Wilders is a Trump-like figure trying to turn the Netherlands towards right wing populism
The AHCA’s war on women: There’s nothing “pro-life” about the Republican health care bill
Amanda Marcotte
The GOP's Obamacare repeal bill would increase unwanted pregnancies and likely abortions and maternal mortality
Americans are growing more secular all the time — which is one reason why Trump voters are so angry
Amanda Marcotte
A new poll shows white evangelicals are out of step with the country, which may explain their resentful behavior
Top 11 inspiring and oddball comics to keep your spirits up while resisting and persisting
Mark Peters
When the going gets tough call on a freak alliance to set things right. Here are 11 heroes for our time
WATCH: Scared to Death! The mystique of horror films
Amanda Marcotte
"Raw" director Julia Ducournau says we scare ourselves in safe spaces in order to master our fears
WATCH: From virgin vegetarian to sexual cannibal
Amanda Marcotte
"Raw" director Julia Ducournau discusses the art of the horror film character arc
Public land debate, without the public: GOP Congress votes to shut out citizens from discussion of federal land use
Amanda Marcotte
Capitulating to radical right, Congress reverses Obama-era rules that encouraged public debate on federal land use
Good luck, women! Under the GOP health care bill, it’ll be tougher to have a baby — and tougher not to
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans plan to slash abortion and contraception access — and they're also attacking affordable maternity care
In Texas bathroom battle, defensive right-wingers try to steal progressive language
Amanda Marcotte
Both sides of the Texas "bathroom bill" argue for safety and equal protection, but only one side is being honest
Child-free and OK with it — but still dealing with moral scolding and social disapproval
Amanda Marcotte
New research suggests that childless couples have become more common — yet still have to deal with social stigma
Here’s the key to Trump’s outrageous lies: He sells them with conviction
Amanda Marcotte
Research suggests people are more easily persuaded by apparent sincerity and wishful thinking than by actual facts
Trump’s racist hypocrisy: Sessions scandal exposes double standard behind dog-whistle calls for “law and order”
Amanda Marcotte
Despite Trump's "law and order" rhetoric, it's increasingly clear his administration has no respect for the law
WATCH: Economist Dean Baker warns about the financial dangers posed by the Trump administration
Amanda Marcotte
While an economic crash isn't imminent, Baker worries about banks defrauding customers
Conservatives are willing to combat climate change — when it’s not called “climate change”
Amanda Marcotte
Conservatives have a knee-jerk reactions to the phrase, so environmentalists are finding ways to reframe the issue
WATCH: Musician Will Boyajian turns to subway busking to help the homeless
Amanda Marcotte
The Hopeful Cases project creates a pot of money that people can take from as they need
The NRA’s new gun-sales pitch: America is a war zone and the “violent left” is coming for you
Amanda Marcotte
Wayne LaPierre's fantasies of "violent leftists" may sell more guns and will surely encourage more violence
WATCH: Gay Talese advises young journalists to get out of the I-95 corridor
Amanda Marcotte
Even those "who are not considered newsworthy" are worth listening to, Talese tells young writers
Donald Trump tells a lot of lies — but he’s just building on a long Republican tradition
Amanda Marcotte
Anti-choicers, creationists and climate-change denialists honed the lie-all-the-time strategy. Trump perfected it
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