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Backfiring on Boehner: The many ways GOP’s lawsuit could burn him
Simon Maloy
In suing the president over Obamacare, Boehner could be setting himself up for political and policy failures
See how they run: The 2016 presidential checklist
Calvin Woodward
Watch Brian Williams nail the reason for Washington’s baby boom
Jenny Kutner
Well, now we know what D.C. residents were doing during last year's government shutdown
GOP’s magical impeachment epiphany: “Wasting everyone’s time” is bad!
Jim Newell
Republican leaders say impeachment isn't worth it since it would die in the Senate. Here's their new civics lesson
A party that won’t be saved: GOP dead-enders and “reform conservatives” duke it out
Simon Maloy
Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin teamed up to show "Reformicons" just how tough reforming the GOP will be
Erick Erickson diagnoses Boehner — and a “stunt” to keep his job
Jim Newell
The speaker's plan to sue Obama is the latest example of him doing his "job." Here's what that really means
Erick Erickson slams John Boehner for latest “political stunt”
Elias Isquith
The leading conservative pundit says the House speaker's plan to sue the president is a "waste of taxpayer dollars"
GOP’s fatal “reform” dilemma: Building a movement from discredited ideologies
Simon Maloy
Marco Rubio and right-wing "reformicons" want to "reform" conservatism, but also stay true to stagnant dogma
Charles Murray’s new disgrace: “Bell Curve” author has a “liberal” obsession
Heather Digby Parton
Infamous racial "theorist" has a problem with "progressives." But here's what's really behind the disingenuous game
A left-wing Tea Party may be closer than you think
Elias Isquith
A few liberal pols get all the press, but the real work of movement-building is happening in the states
How Ted Cruz and a GOP Senate could make our terrible politics worse
Simon Maloy
If Republicans take the Senate, we can expect a return to crisis governance. Here's why
Here are the best parts of the New Yorker’s long profile of Ted Cruz
Elias Isquith
The clear takeaway: All that red meat he throws to the GOP base? He means every word
How Rupert Murdoch created the world’s newest climate change villain
Alexander White
Australia was once a leader on climate action. Thanks to American conservative powerhouses, that's no longer true
A fissure in the dam of political reality: How Eric Cantor’s defeat foreshadows the coming apocalypse
Andrew O'Hehir
For what could be a portrait of our own societal collapse, look to Robert Pattinson's dystopian drama "The Rover"
GOP masochists vie to be next hated majority leader
Simon Maloy
Conservatives turned on Eric Cantor, and they'll turn on his successor too. Here's the punishment coming their way
Tea Party eats its own: Why Cantor’s right-wing obstruction wasn’t enough
Simon Maloy
Eric Cantor is as conservative as they come and it wasn't enough for the far-right fringe. Here's what it all means
Eric Cantor got what he deserved: A political fraud’s stunning demise
Joan Walsh
Immigration foes killed the majority leader, as they’ll kill the GOP. It couldn’t happen to a more swell guy
Presidential checklist: jockeying for position
Calvin Woodward
GOP’s real Ted Cruz problem: Why party’s revenge plot is silly and self-defeating
Simon Maloy
Republicans are in a bad predicament with Cruz -- but it's their own fault, and there's little they can do about it
Disgusting scandal could cost lives in Virginia: How suspected quid pro quo may doom Medicaid expansion
Simon Maloy
GOP lures legislator to quit in return for plum job. Result: GOP regains Legislature, vows to cut health coverage
Ted Cruz’s Reagan strategy: What’s behind his sinister plan for 2016
Heather Digby Parton
By Cruz's telling, the Tea Party of 2016 is like the conservative movement of 1980. There's just one problem
It’s still Santorum’s party: Pro-LGBT Republican group GOProud folds
Elias Isquith
A quixotic attempt to carve out a relevant pro-LGBT space in the modern GOP fails
McConnell’s humiliating conundrum: How he could win a majority but be axed as leader
Jim Newell
When a campaign strategy lunges so far to the right that it eats its own
It’s all a lie: Inside John Boehner’s twisted immigration cowardice
Simon Maloy
Hopes for immigration reform rest on the speaker's self-interested refusal to act. Here's what happens next
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