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GOP’s grand con job: Why it’s cynically scheming to dupe the 1 percent
Elias Isquith
New profile of Speaker Boehner alleges he wants another shot at the grand bargain. Here's what's really going on
Revenge of GOP “knuckleheads”: The right keeps up pressure on Boehner on immigration
Simon Maloy
Crazy man Louie Gohmert's campaign for Speaker is a reminder that conservatives are ready for an immigration fight
Louie Gohmert’s big challenge: A test vote on the efficacy of the next Congress
Jim Newell
Boehner will remain speaker in the next Congress. But will a larger conference protect him from the "knuckleheads"?
Our scary new Congress: Meet 5 Tea Party extremists taking office this month
Luke Brinker
These five hard-right Republicans promise to make the 114th Congress a spectacularly awful one
Ted Cruz’s big year: A look back at his 2014, and how he can ruin 2015 too
Jim Newell
The Texas senator is finishing an impressive sophomore year. How can he top it in 2015?
2015’s biggest days for politics: Salon’s handy calendar for the next year
David Dayen
Want to know which critical deadlines Republicans will sneakily try to exploit? Bookmark this timeline as a guide
Let’s abandon the Democrats: Stop blaming Fox News and stop hoping Elizabeth Warren will save us
Bill Curry
Progressives have no power in a corporate, focus-grouped, Wall Street-leaning party. But we are the change we need
GOP gets a grip: How the righteous fury over Obama’s immigration action cooled down
Jim Newell
Republicans once seemed ready to take extraordinary measures to stop Obama's action. Is the appetite gone?
Congressional GOP sneaks anti-science provision into government shutdown bill
Joanna Rothkopf
In only a truly dysfunctional society can what food we eat be separated from how we produce it
The disgusting “Cromnibus” spectacle: When “compromise” reigns supreme, the people get hosed
Jim Newell
The House pass, and the Senate is about to pass, an atrocious piece of legislation. But hey, it's a compromise!
A new day for liberals: What we learned in the epic clash over the spending bill
Joan Walsh
An apparent loss for the left conceals signs of new life in the Democratic Party -- a powerful new bloc emerges
Congress hates the reefer: Sells out D.C. again, says no to legalized pot
Jim Newell
Budget deal includes Rep. Andy Harris' language scuttling D.C.'s pot legalization. Great effort, morons
Fox’s mortifying Limbaugh spat: Titans of GOP clash over government shutdown
Joan Walsh
Rush comes to Fox to trash Obama and push a government shutdown -- and Chris Wallace (meekly) challenges him
Obama, GOP-led Congress prepare for veto showdowns
Charles Babington, Jim Kuhnhenn
Erickson goes nuts on immigration: RedState’s resident alpha male challenges Boehner’s manliness
Simon Maloy
Erick Erickson wants John Boehner to have the "balls" to act like a self-destructive extremist for no reason
House passes bill to block Obama’s immigration action
Luke Brinker
But the measure is dead on arrival in the still-Democratic Senate
Evolution of a late-night host: A Stephen Colbert retrospective
Sarah Gray
Watch the emergence of the Colbert Nation
“Speaker Ted Cruz” is back, right on schedule, to make John Boehner’s life a nightmare
Jim Newell
Ted Cruz and House conservatives are once again trying to derail John Boehner's plans. Who could've guessed?
Ted Cruz’s despicable immigration strategy: Tea Party favorite attempts to drive racial wedge
Luke Brinker
Senator claims that President Obama's immigration action hurts African Americans
GOP’s “Cromnibus” ploy: How Boehner hopes to appease the right and avoid a shutdown fiasco
Simon Maloy
House Republican leaders formulate a plan for tackling Obama on immigration: lots of complaining, little substance
Boehner’s historic self-delusion: The speaker doesn’t want history to dwell on his failures
Simon Maloy
John Boehner wants to be remembered as an effective government leader, and not as John Boehner
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