Topic: contract with america

Newt Gingrich and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP heading toward another shutdown

Heather Digby Parton
Newt Gingrich in 1989; Donald Trump (AP/Duricka Getty/Spencer Platt)

Thanks, Obama! And Bill too

Paul Rosenberg
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Charles Tasnadi/Molly Riley/Photo montage by Salon)

Newt's power grab wrecked us

Paul Rosenberg
(AP/Reuters/Brendan McDermid/Jonathan Ernst/Seth Wenig)

Liberals' wake-up call on race

Elias Isquith