JM Rieger
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Past articles by JM:
The weirdest and wildest political moments of 2021
Everything you’re about to watch really did happen this year. → Read More
Joe Manchin’s moving target on Biden’s spending bills
Over the past 10 months, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has offered several different top-line numbers for how much he wants to spend on Biden's agenda. Here's a video review. → Read More
After supporting Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal, Republicans criticize Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal
Republicans who previously supported withdrawal from Afghanistan criticized President Biden as the United States evacuated citizens and allies. → Read More
After negotiating with the Taliban, Trump officials criticize Biden for negotiating with the Taliban
For years, the Trump administration touted its discussions with the Taliban. Now, those same officials are criticizing President Biden’s Taliban discussions. → Read More
The Biden administration has given 9 justifications for the slow evacuation of Afghan allies
Since April, the Biden administration has given no fewer than a half dozen explanations for the slow withdrawal of Afghan allies from Afghanistan. → Read More
Republicans have given no fewer than 10 different reasons for opposing bipartisan Jan. 6 investigations
Many of those reasons were misleading or contradictory. → Read More
Under Trump, Republicans touted the coronavirus vaccines. Now, under Biden, they’re questioning them.
As President Biden urges Americans to get vaccinated, Republicans who previously touted the vaccines have started questioning their efficacy. → Read More
39 senators who now support changing or eliminating the filibuster previously opposed doing so
For years, Senate Democrats supported efforts to preserve the legislative filibuster. Now some of those same Senate Democrats are considering eliminating it. → Read More
Four months after Biden’s inauguration, Republicans are still questioning his legitimacy
More than a half dozen Republicans have refused to say whether President Biden won legitimately in the months since Biden’s inauguration. → Read More
Giuliani’s claims about Hunter Biden and the FBI get more confusing
Rudolph W. Giuliani on Thursday said that the FBI wouldn't take hard drives purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden. But in October, he acknowledged that the FBI already had the hard drives. → Read More
The Biden administration changed its story on refugee admissions 6 times in 3 weeks
The Biden administration changed its story on when and how it would increase the refugee admissions cap six times in three weeks. → Read More
Republicans are concerned about the debt again, even as they admit Trump grew it
Congressional Republicans who voted to grow the national debt under President Trump are trumpeting fiscal conservatism again during a Democratic presidency. → Read More
A ‘perverted’ rule: How Joe Biden evolved from supporting the filibuster to trying to change it
President Biden defended the filibuster for decades. Now, he has suggested he might be open to changing it. → Read More
The false claims from Fox News and Trump allies cited in Dominion’s $1.6 billion lawsuit
Dominion Voting sued Fox News for $1.6 billion on March 26 for repeated false claims about election fraud that the network’s hosts and guests made on air. → Read More
After years of ducking them, Republicans in 2021 find mean tweets disqualifying
They tried to defend or ignore President Donald Trump’s at times racist and conspiratorial tweets. But some Senate Republicans are now criticizing Biden administration nominees for their tweets. → Read More
On war powers, Biden has pushed for both more congressional oversight and broad presidential authority
Over more than three decades, President Biden has often called for more congressional involvement when president’s have exercised their war and use of force authorities. → Read More
Why the candidate who promised unity is relying on an increasingly partisan legislative process to pass coronavirus relief
Despite calling for unity as a candidate, President Biden plans to pass his first major policy via budget reconciliation, a legislative process that requires no GOP votes and has become increasingly partisan. → Read More
Republicans claim they are being silenced as they speak to millions of viewers
Republicans keep claiming on Fox News that conservative voices are being silenced, even as millions of people are watching them. → Read More
After objecting to the election results, Kevin McCarthy says all Americans bear responsibility for the deadly Capitol riot
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said that all Americans bear “some responsibility” for the deadly pro-Trump Capitol riot on Jan. 6. → Read More
Trump’s administration fell far short of its own vaccine promises
It promised to deliver 40 million coronavirus vaccine doses in December. It has delivered fewer than 32 million. → Read More