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Ralph Nader slams Ted Cruz
Elias Isquith
The longtime activist and former presidential candidate says Cruz is "a train wreck"
Will the Republicans go the way of the Whigs?
Andrew O'Hehir
It would take a huge defeat or a civil war to kill the GOP -- but its dysfunction may augur a new political era
“Where do you get that nonsense?” Jesse Ventura unloads on millionaires, “Duck Dynasty” and drones
Josh Eidelson
Former Minnesota governor sounds off to Salon on taxes, labor and Mandela -- and the 1 member of Congress he likes
GOP leaders hope to maintain party unity by doing nothing for the rest of the year
Elias Isquith
With no major deadlines on the horizon, Republican leadership wants to simply wait for November
Scheming without substance: The petty politics of “House of Cards”
Ari Melber
This season, actual issues seem to matter little, and the only true believers are outside the halls of power
GOP’s epic internal struggle: The modernists vs. libertarian fabulists
Kim Messick
The essential conflict in today's politics is not between Democrats and Republicans -- but factions of the right
Watch couples fall in love at the country’s most beautiful national parks
Lindsay Abrams
Romance and nature. What more could you want?
The big winners of the GOP’s brutal civil war: The Koch brothers
Steven Rosenfeld
The Republican Party is tearing itself apart, as groups funded by the billionaire industrialists wreak havoc
Ted Cruz flips off the GOP and the country
Joan Walsh
His debt-ceiling filibuster plan proves that he’s more focused on 2016 than playing nice with Republicans
Surprise! Letting the Bush tax cuts die has been great for states
Steven Rosenfeld
Blue and red states alike are using better-than-expected tax revenues for projects like early childhood education
Ted Cruz keeps thwarting John Boehner’s best-laid plans
Elias Isquith
The Texas senator is taking thinly veiled shots at the political strategy of the speaker of the House
The gay guide to the Super Bowl
Jim Buzinski
No, gay men don't only love award shows. This football fan's game guide is great no matter your sexual orientation
Tea Party’s austerity virus: How Washington lost its fiscal mind
Michael Lind
Thanks to Congress, members of an otherworldly counterculture continue to strangle the American economy
Michael Grimm’s bullying sickness: Who’s the real “thug” here?
Joan Walsh
A trash-talking football player gets more hatred than an ethically challenged Republican who threatens violence
Send Arne Duncan to Mars!: A State of the Union wish list for liberals
Josh Eidelson
We asked left-of-center groups what they hope to hear in the president's speech tonight. Here are the best replies
My personal Fox News nightmare: Inside a month of self-induced torture
John Haggerty
I'm a card-carrying member of the ACLU. Here's what happened when I watched 3 hours of Fox every day for a month
“We’re gonna lose everything”: One family’s urgent unemployment insurance story
Josh Eidelson
Kerstin, one of 1.6 million now without jobless benefits, opens up about skipping meals and canceling Christmas
GOP’s ongoing election strategy: Obamacare “stinks”
John Stoehr
The president's poll numbers are low, but the reasons why have less to do with the ACA than Republicans think
Justin Bieber: Affluenza poster boy
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The singer seems to think he's above the law -- and he may be right
GOP’s apocalyptic new debt limit strategy: One enormous lie
Brian Beutler
With Obamacare repeal impossible, conservatives need a new villain to attack. Introducing: The "Obamacare bailout"
Ted Cruz, suddenly the GOP’s biggest loser
Joan Walsh
As the ACA stabilizes and Chris Christie stumbles, the former 2016 contender slips from relevance into inanity
GOP’s next moral disgrace?: How right-wing crazies may kill a voting rights fix
Brian Beutler
With a new vote to expand the Voting Rights Act looming, we're about to learn just how cynical this party really is
House passes spending bill to fund the government until the fall
Andrew Taylor
The $1.1 trillion bill passed by an overwhelming margin, 359-67
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