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Antonin Scalia could be hazardous to your health: The real stakes in the Supreme Court’s Obamacare fight
Simon Maloy
With a decision in King v. Burwell imminent, it's important to remember that people's lives are on the line
Everybody hates David Vitter: How the wingnut managed to tee off everyone in Washington
Jim Newell
The Louisiana senator will not give up on his all-important campaign to screw over Hill staffers
Wall Street greed refuses to die: How lobbyists & dark-money groups are exposing us to another disaster
Conor Lynch
A recent paper from a rightwing advocacy group makes clear just how desperate the 1 percent is to get its way
Ted Cruz is dangerous: Why liberals scoff at his campaign at their peril
Sophia A. McClennen
No, the Texas senator isn't likely to capture the GOP ticket. But his brand of conservatism poses its own threat
Destroying democracy is the GOP’s goal: Obstruction, dysfunction and the sneaky, decades-long plan to steal your vote
Paul Rosenberg
It's not hyperbole: There's a dangerous plan behind GOP hardball in Congress & disenfranchisement efforts in states
Ted Cruz doesn’t have a prayer: Why the Texas senator will never sniff the White House
Matthew Rozsa
Cruz embodies everything that is wrong with modern politics. Even the American public can see through the charade
“A dream come true for Hillary Clinton”: Wall Street Journal editorial board rips Ted Cruz
Luke Brinker
The conservative editorial board doesn't see a path to victory for the Tea Party firebrand
Ted Cruz’s shutdown amnesia: Who’s to blame for the 2013 shutdown? Everyone but Ted Cruz!
Simon Maloy
Wingnut's constantly evolving history of government shutdown he caused casts an intriguing villain: everyone else
“A sideshow entertainer, not the leader of the free world”: GOP Rep. Peter King blasts Ted Cruz
Luke Brinker
The establishment conservative won't be backing the Tea Party firebrand in 2016
Loathed and over-hyped: Why Ted Cruz’s path to the nomination is so narrow
Jim Newell
The first official '16 candidate, for all the attention, is little more than a niche candidate. Here's why
He’s in: Ted Cruz launches 2016 presidential bid
Luke Brinker
Tea Party senator becomes first major candidate to officially announce he's running
ISIS: Making sense of the spectacular brutality and viral engagement fueling the new state of terror
Laura Miller
Experts explain how botched American policies helped create a movement that revolutionized Islamist extremism
Steve Scalise is a disaster: A breakdown of GOP whip’s legislative shambles
Simon Maloy
Controversial Republican leader botched a key budget vote, adding yet another embarrassing failure to his tenure
Republicans’ private terror: Why they despise the modern American state — and embrace fanaticism
Kim Messick
That letter to Iran said more about the GOP than Tom Cotton and company ever intended. Here's their demented logic
Ted Cruz, champion of local control, tries to overturn D.C. laws on gay rights and contraception
Luke Brinker
Texas senator conveniently jettisons his principles to push social conservative agenda
GOP’s internal hate-fest: How a low-profile budget dispute is tearing the party apart
Elias Isquith
For its new budget, the GOP has to pick: More defense spending, or more small government? Here's why it'll get ugly
The new Ted Cruz: How Tom Cotton made GOP’s showboat problem even worse
Simon Maloy
Tom Cotton's "open letter" stunt backfired on the GOP, but made him more popular than ever. Sound familiar?
GOP’s next “debt limit” fiasco: McConnell issues a frightening empty promise
Simon Maloy
Mitch McConnell says Congress will take care of the debt limit. Sounds good! Here's the tiny problem
“Which side are you on?”: #Asians4BlackLives confronts anti-black prejudice in Asian communities
Julia Carrie Wong
As some Asians condemn Officer Liang's indictment in the shooting of a black man, #Asians4BlackLives calls foul
Broken, venal, dysfunctional: The GOP clown show, Hillary’s challenge, and our dangerously frozen democracy
Bill Curry
Mitch can't fix the Senate. Boehner can't control his caucus. GOP's a disaster; Democrats have no soul. Now what?
“Cultural fascism has arrived”: How the GOP blew its outreach to racial minorities
Heather Digby Parton
Incredibly the Republican Party has gone backward on race since George W. Bush. Here's what that means electorally
Boehner’s destructive paranoia: Why the reason for his shutdown stunts is based on a lie
Jim Newell
Conventional wisdom says Boehner must indulge his conference's wingnuts, or lose his job. Here's why that's wrong
Shutdown averted: House votes to fund Homeland Security for full fiscal year
Luke Brinker
Chamber passes clean DHS funding bill without restrictions on President Obama's immigration directives
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