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“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
GOP’s “incompetence” problem: Why its shutdown drama is small part of huge problem
Elias Isquith
Republicans want to change the rules until they're winning. Here's why their flailing could have huge consequences
GOP’s real Boehner problem: DHS humiliation reveals Speaker’s true problem
Jim Newell
Bringing "real conservatives" into the leadership isn't the magic answer for GOP. It needs a smarter one
Boehner’s worst failure yet: Incompetence, near-shutdown & sorry state of GOP “governance”
Simon Maloy
Speaker gets bailed out by Dems (again) after GOP rebukes him on DHS funding. Here's the bad news going forward
Education “reformers'” new big lie: Charter schools become even more disastrous
Jeff Bryant
The more so-called reformers push vouchers and school choice, the worse it works out -- for everyone
Partial government shutdown draws near as House fails to pass Homeland Security funding
Luke Brinker
House Speaker John Boehner sustains big blow as members reject short-term funding measure
Jeb survives CPAC: How the establishment favorite cushioned his conservative heresies
Jim Newell
Jeb Bush didn't back down on his two (2) "moderate" positions. He went way conservative on everything else, though
GOP’s amazing shutdown debacle: Doomed DHS/immigration strategy enters final throes
Simon Maloy
Mitch McConnell caves on DHS funding, leaving Boehner isolated and under intense pressure. The end is nigh
Tea Party’s “stunning” nightmare: Why it thinks its homeland is disappearing
Elias Isquith
Wingnuts like Rep. Steve King worry the U.S. is leaving them behind. A new report shows they're actually right
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