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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY (L) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference to introduce the Stop The Steal Act at the U.S. Capitol on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems won't help the GOP clean its mess

Heather Digby Parton

From left, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, deputy Senate Democratic Conference secretary, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of outreach, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., vice chair of the conference, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chair of steering and policy committee, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., conference secretary, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the conference, are seen after being voted into their new positions, after the leadership elections in the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Dems' path forward leads to the economy

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Democrats want more from Hakeem Jeffries

Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The DOGE backlash hits Trump districts

Heather Digby Parton

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A young woman attaches a pin to her jacket after voting at a mobile outdoor vote center at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP proposes "another barrier" to voting

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

McConnell wrote blueprint on obstruction

Griffin Eckstein

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover listens to a speech by President Lyndon Johnson, 1966. (Bettman/Getty Images)

Will Kash Patel be the next Hoover?

James Thornton Harris

Mike Johnson, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

America’s Enabling Act moment

Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

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Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) speaks during the We Choose To Fight: Nobody Elected Elon Rally at the U.S. Department Of The Treasury on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

Why America needs an "opposition party"

Griffin Eckstein

Young mother feeding her baby fruits in a high chair (Getty Images/Galina Zhigalova)

Congress may cut WIC access for 360,000

Ashlie D. Stevens

U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) (L), Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, talks to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) sit in front during a meeting of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

GOP's sole purpose in Congress: disinfo

Amanda Marcotte

Elon Musk and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listen as Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A Republican rift forms over the courts

Heather Digby Parton

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Elon Musk addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. (CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems file "Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act"

Griffin Eckstein

Entrance of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters building on January 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Democrats barred from Education Dept.

Griffin Eckstein

Elon Musk and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Trump's ego isn't hurt by King Elon

Amanda Marcotte

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), flanked by Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

GOP floats tax on worker benefits

Natalie Chandler

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Trans rights activists take part in a protest. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Trump's anti-trans onslaught begins

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Arizona Democratic candidate for US Senate Ruben Gallego speaks during the Arizona Democratic Party Election Night at the Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 5, 2024. (REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats help advance Laken Riley Act

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk during the annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner on October 17, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump's MAGA agenda already stalled

Heather Digby Parton

TikTokers flock to Chinese alternative

Griffin Eckstein

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz walks up the House steps of the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gaetz's absence draws House applause

Griffin Eckstein

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson departs a news conference on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Johnson narrowly wins speakership

Griffin Eckstein

Donald Trump listens as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump doesn't have the juice for Johnson

Heather Digby Parton

Protestors demonstrate on Capitol Hill on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

It's time to sue Congress

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