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CPAC brings simmering GOP tensions to the surface

Trump's dark "retribution" speech at CPAC reveals that Republican reunification may be too hard to pull off by 2024 → Read More

Skipping out on CPAC: Did Trump kill off conservatives' biggest confab?

It's that time again. CPAC, the annual gathering of the most committed members of the right wing in America is back to catch up with their fellow travelers and own them some libs. As of late, they've been holding their little convention several times a year in different places like Hungary and Texas but this weekend they're back on their favorite stomping grounds at the Gaylord near Washington,… → Read More

Ron DeSantis lacks the appeal of Donald Trump — but is he the second coming of Richard Nixon?

Nixon, like DeSantis, had great resentment toward the so-called elites and it colored his worldview in toxic ways → Read More

Donald Trump's false start

Does all this mean that Trump has finally smoothed out all his rough edges → Read More

Not so much winning: Trump fans remain devoted — but unsure if they'll vote for him again

Donald Trump's biggest supporters are not sure he can win because people's minds have been poisoned against him → Read More

Kevin McCarthy offers his first sacrifice to the MAGA cult

His gift to Tucker Carlson is one of many capitulations to the far-right extremists in the party for Kevin McCarthy → Read More

The Big Lie's new plot: Trump just curiously flip-flopped on mail-in voting

Trump says he plans to "master the Democrats' own game of harvesting ballots" → Read More

Trump is preparing for more American carnage

In order to run to Ron DeSantis' right, Trump to paint a picture so grim of America he'll bring back firing squads → Read More

Hunter Biden is a distraction: Republicans are deflecting for Jared Kushner

GOP's sick new goal: Get Biden to break down emotionally over Hunter's laptop to distract from Kushner's corruption → Read More

Donald Trump just neutralized Ron DeSantis

Trump is smartly running against DeSantis from the right on cultural issues and from the left on the economy → Read More

On order from Trump, Republicans throw a hissy fit during Biden's State of the Union

Nevertheless, this State of the Union speech was one of Biden's best moments as president → Read More

Jim Jordan sends Republicans on a wild goose chase with "weaponization" prob

From Tea Party to Freedom Caucus to MAGA, how Jim Jordan became a respected member of the GOP establishment → Read More

Durham investigation goes bust: Bill Barr blew up mission to expose the deep state — to save Trump

The Durham investigation was Bill Barr's personal project and it turns out that it was a monstrous abuse of power → Read More

DeSantis gets under Trump's skin — and distracts him from the Big Lie

Disturbingly, the media seems to have forgotten as well → Read More

The quiet takeover of the Tea Party: GOP establishment is now full MAGA

The new MAGA establishment: The former gadflies and bomb throwers are the Republican Party now → Read More

House Republicans eye massive spending cuts as ultimate way to "own the libs"

The new GOP House majority — same as the old but worse → Read More

Republicans plan to make Trump earn the GOP nomination this time — and it won't be pretty

Whether any of Trump's rivals will be able to knock him out remains to be seen → Read More

Donald Trump is smothering the religious right

Nothing has exposed the moral bankruptcy of the Christian Right more than its ecstatic embrace of a lying libertine → Read More

Will Republicans blow up the global economy? They seem eager to try

Yes, the debt-ceiling fight is a boring, pointless political ritual — but the risk this time is off the charts → Read More

GOP claims it's creating a new Church Committee: The real historical parallel is Joe McCarthy

There's definitely a history lesson behind the GOP's phony investigation. But it's not the one they claim → Read More