Philip Elliott
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First GOP Debate Shaping Up to Be an Embarrassing Fiasco
The intricacies of the rules and widespread distrust may leave most of the field off the debate stage, creating a potential disaster of the party’s own making. → Read More
Military Academies Can Still Use Affirmative Action, For Now
The Supreme Court exempted military academies from its affirmative action ruling, but all signs point to the issue ending up back before the court, and conservatives are already pushing to end the carveout → Read More
The Supreme Court Just Made Same-Sex Marriage More Vulnerable to a Challenge
In deciding a Colorado web designer could choose to not make wedding sites for LGBTQ couples, the justices weakened same-sex marriage's legal foundation. → Read More
How Civility Collapsed Into Cage Matches
It's not just Musk and Zuckerberg. Even a congressman aims to settle a dispute by cage match, as the glorification of violence infects our politics → Read More
2024 GOP Hopefuls Chase Cursed Election Strategy on Abortion
Republican White House hopefuls are in Washington this weekend to chase a cursed election strategy on abortion, writes Philip Elliott. → Read More
Hunter Biden Deal May Spur More Scrutiny of President's Son
Hunter Biden's plea deal likely removes the possibility of a possible election-year trial tinged with sex, drugs, and foreign money. Yet scrutiny over the first son isn't likely to abate. → Read More
Biden Isn’t Giving Up on Gun Safety, Despite the Gridlock
As Biden prepares to address an anti-gun-violence summit in Connecticut, his passion on the issue remains high, and he hasn't given up on lawmakers tackling it before the next election → Read More
Donald Trump’s Very Good, Super Awesome, Unbelievable Day Getting Arrested
Even in proximity to disgrace, it may have been—in Trump’s unique perspective—his best day since Election Day 2020. → Read More
Pete Buttigieg on LGBTQ Rights: ‘I Don’t Think Anything Is Safe’
"Nothing is safe. Especially right now,” Buttigieg told TIME. → Read More
Nevada Could Deliver the Senate, and Maybe Even the White House, to Republicans in 2024
Joe Biden narrowly won Nevada in 2020. New polling gives Republicans hope that both a crucial Senate seat and the state's electoral votes are obtainable in 2024, writes Phil Elliott → Read More
Why Some 2024 Hopefuls Should Have a Talk With Jeb Bush
As Pence and Christie join DeSantis in the race, none went to end up the Jeb! of 2024. Yet all are organizing their campaigns like Jeb Bush did in one crucial way, writes Phil Elliott. → Read More
Joe Biden Finally Gets It: Kamala Harris Is the Key to 2024
The White House is finally starting to understand that saddling Kamala Harris with politically impossible tasks could spell trouble for his re-election prospects. → Read More
Ron DeSantis's Twitter Launch Signals the Culture-War Campaign to Come
In tapping Elon Musk for a Twitter-centered launch, DeSantis aims to show he'll be a more unpredictable and incendiary force in politics than Trump → Read More
A Unified Theory of Why So Many Republicans Think They Can Beat Trump
Tim Scott just got in. DeSantis will too, with a few more likely behind him. Here's a unified theory of why they think Trump is beatable. → Read More
In Defense of Dianne Feinstein Not Quitting (No, Really)
Liberals calling for the ailing Dianne Feinstein to quit haven't considered what that would mean for one possible, albeit unlikely, scenario: a vacancy on the Supreme Court → Read More
Durham Report Is Latest Choose-Your-Own-Political-Reality Adventure
The responses to the Durham Report and the earlier Mueller Report lay bare the self-perpetuating partisan outrage machinery that hinders Washington → Read More
Why Succession's Election Night Episode Triggered D.C. So Hard
That aspects of Sunday night's "Succession" felt in some ways plausible helped make it feel like an hour-long anxiety attack for many. → Read More
On Debt Ceiling and Title 42's End, Biden Boxed In by Outside Forces
No President likes to be cast as a supporting actor. But on two issues dominating the news, Biden's success is contingent on the efforts of others, and just dumb luck → Read More
Carroll Verdict Should Be Trump 2024 Death Blow But Won't Be
Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and his 2024 campaign is going full steam ahead because LOL nothing matters, writes Phil Elliott → Read More
Dianne Feinstein Is Giving a Master Class in How to Ruin a Legacy
Dianne Feinstein made history decades ago in San Francisco, and continued to for much of her career. She is now offering a masterclass in ruining a legacy, writes @Philip_Elliott → Read More