Paul Waldman
Washington Post
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Recent articles by Paul:
After Buffalo massacre, Republicans double down on ‘great replacement’
After a killer echoes their ideas, the GOP becomes more convinced than ever. → Read More
The baby formula battle shows a stark imbalance between the parties
The government is trying to solve the formula shortage while Republicans continue to blame Biden. → Read More
Gun sales have exploded. Funny, that didn’t make us all safer.
The gun advocates are proven wrong yet again. → Read More
Disturbing primary elections show how the GOP normalizes extremism
When dangerous GOP extremists emerge, the party approaches them with kid gloves. → Read More
GOP to working class: Get mad! But don’t expect much from us.
They're all in on appeals to class-based resentment, but actually helping the working class is an afterthought. → Read More
Absurd Texas social media law shows how GOP debases the courts
The courts have become just one more arena for Republican culture war posturing. → Read More
Trumpism is leaving old-line conservatives behind. Can they catch up?
Everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon of the new authoritarianism on the right. → Read More
The big conservative freakout about the Supreme Court is a sham
It's never been more political, because they made it that way. Yet they'll deny it until their dying breath. → Read More
How the GOP strategy to paint Democrats as ‘extreme’ really works
One part distraction, one part hyperbole, and one part fake outrage. → Read More
Republicans scramble to pretend they care about women and children
The "pro-family" party swears they'll get right on it after abortion is outlawed. → Read More
Conservatives want Roe overturned for the sake of democracy? Please.
They ask the Supreme Court to substitute its judgment for that of the people and their representatives all the time. → Read More
Liberals are right to panic about what will follow Roe’s demise
If anything, we aren't panicked enough about what the right has planned. → Read More
Democrats need to truly engage the abortion fight
No more abstractions. Force Republicans to defend the horrifying things they have planned. → Read More
Minority rule is the real reason Roe v. Wade is dead
Republicans don't have to worry whether the public is on their side; they can win anyway. → Read More
Democrats understand their rural voter problem perfectly well
The problem is that its roots run deep, and the solutions are hard to scale. → Read More
The House GOP is a dumpster fire. What if it takes power?
We're in for a long couple of years. → Read More
The new Republican statism
Local control? Federalism? Forget it. Republicans want to centralize power and direct it upward. → Read More
The Republican primaries have gone off the rails
What happens when some of these clowns get elected? → Read More
The Supreme Court’s threat to the separation of church and state
Conservative justices might not bring back prayer in schools quite yet, but they're heading in that direction. → Read More
Abbott and DeSantis reveal the new GOP perspective on capitalism
Targeting corporations one at a time is good. A broad-based attack on your state's economy? Not so much. → Read More