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The GOP screwed themselves: The brilliant gerrymander that gave Republicans the Congress — and created Donald Trump
David Daley
GOP control of the House is safe until 2021. But it came with a heavy price -- an empowered base and Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a phony and a liar: The press doesn’t get to call him “authentic” ever again
Eric Boehlert
*Twice* he's posed as a publicist to brag about his business and his sex life. Let's call this charlatan by name
The GOP’s terrifying Trump ignorance: They think they can control him, but that just isn’t going to happen
Heather Digby Parton
The party establishment will support Trump, believing it can rein in his rhetoric and policy insanity. They can't
John Boehner unchained: “I did my best to bring our party together, but I don’t know what the knuckleheads want”
Sophia Tesfaye
Boehner calls Ted Cruz's 2013 government shutdown the "dumbest thing" he's ever seen: Thank God he didn't win
The GOP’s Supreme Court wreck: Nominee Trump puts obstructionist Republicans in an impossible position
Simon Maloy
Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley's strategy of opposing every Obama SCOTUS nominee is set to backfire
We must still fear Ted Cruz: His campaign may be over, but sadly for America there’s a lot of damage he’ll continue to inflict on us
Amanda Marcotte
Cruz's presidential aspirations are over, but he's going straight back to his role as America's Worst Senator
Ted Cruz’s epic downfall: How the Texas senator took Donald Trump to the brink — and then watched it all fall apart
Gary Legum
A month ago, onlookers wondered if Cruz could actually win a convention fight against Trump. And now he's out
Thanks, John Boehner! Former speaker reminds us that Ted “Lucifer” Cruz is far more terrifying than Donald Trump
Sean Illing
Ted Cruz has worked hard for everyone to hate him so much
Carly Fiorina stumbling already: Her lame explanation for her prior attacks on Ted Cruz is just pathetic
Simon Maloy
Confronted with her past attacks on Ted Cruz's character, Carly Fiorina argues that politics made her say it
Donald Trump feels your anger and anxiety: How neuroscience helps explain Trump’s triumphs
Gleb Tsipursky
Trump’s actions and rhetoric take advantage of how our brains are wired
White America’s Obama-era freakout: What research can tell us about racial animus since 2008
Sean McElwee
The election of America's first black president somehow led even more conservative whites to change parties
Ted Cruz’s dark, twisted world: Why his far-right social views are even scarier than you think
Heather Digby Parton
It will come as no shock that Ted Cruz is an extremist. But it might surprise to learn just how extreme he is
The governor who poisoned Flint: The GOP’s Rick Snyder thought he might be president. Not so fast…
Susan J. Demas
Snyder promised Michigan transparence and business-style leadership. He delivered usual GOP bumbling incompetence
The GOP rigged the House: Even a massive Donald Trump defeat wouldn’t give Democrats control
David Daley
GOP redistricting post-2010 was built to withstand even a landslide loss. The week's hot political story is fantasy
Fukushima on the Hudson: How America is vulnerable to nuclear disaster
Ellen Cantarow, Alison Rose Levy
Experts say the odds of a pipeline explosion near Indian Point are 1 in 1000. Those are still too high for comfort
It was Republicans who killed the GOP: Stop trying to argue that anyone else is to blame
Simon Maloy
WSJ's Daniel Henninger joins the chorus of conservative pundits straining to blame Barack Obama for GOP dysfunction
They’re radicals, pure and simple: The GOP has finally destroyed the political press’ most destructive narrative
Eric Boehlert
For years, we've been told both sides are to blame for government dysfunction. Not anymore, not after this primary
Rock-paper-scissor SCOTUS: Orrin Hatch has a new ludicrous justification for obstructionism
Simon Maloy
Utah's Orrin Hatch says the upcoming election is like a tie-breaker for deciding which way the Supreme Court goes
Donald Trump would be scarier than George W. Bush: His unserious, incendiary approach would damage America for decades — and we should be terrified
Émile P. Torres
China, Mexico, the Middle East, let alone terror and trade: A Trump presidency horrifies the world, should scare us
Clock is ticking on Paul Ryan: Budget battle signals that his time as speaker might be running out
Elias Isquith
Far-right Republicans ultimately cost John Boehner the speakership. Is their honeymoon with Paul Ryan about to end?
Stop mooning over John Kasich: He’s not more “reasonable” than Trump, he’s just better at camouflaging his agenda
Arthur Chu
The desire of moderates to push “moderation” as a valuable brand for its own sake is a terrible idea
The GOP brought this on itself: Elites have decimated the working class, and Donald Trump is its revenge
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
The establishment built a citadel of corruption and crony capitalism. Now the villagers are climbing over the walls
Trump protesters are heroes: They’re reminding voters how much of a monster Trump is
Amanda Marcotte
Protests at rallies may provoke conservative backlash, but they also expose Trump's heinousness
Bill Clinton’s odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the ’90s
Thomas Frank
Welfare reform. NAFTA. The crime bill. Prisons. Aides wondered if Bill knew who he was. His legacy is sadly clear
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