About Last Night: Liz Cheney and Half-Baked Alaska Edition
Wyoming and Alaska get their turns with some big political names, hot button issues, and one hot mess of a voting process included.
Category: American Politics
The Trump Raid and the Case for Cautious Optimism
Democrats need to avoid the perennial trap of thinking this news story or that new hero will save them from the Trump menace
About Last Night: Primaries in MI, MO, KS, AZ, and WA
Primaries return after a few quite weeks on the midterm front, with Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, Washington, and Arizona going to the polls.
Democrats Did Well with the January 6th Committee
The January 6th committee is far from perfect, but still a success for a Democratic Party which needs all of the small victories it can find
Meanwhile, In That Other Investigation Into Trump & 2020 Election
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested a grand jury, which is issuing subpoenas to some of Trump’s former circle of advisors.
Find Brief Solace
Feeling overwhelming rage over the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade? Wiliam Wordsworth has some advice.
I’ve Had My Fill: Of Limited Faith or Interest in Contemporary Politics
Political debate has become sufficiently abstracted that it bears little resemblance to the underlying policy issues.
Monday Morning Dobbs in America
Taking stock of where we are at post-Dobbs on the legal side of things outside the news media and online cacophony.
Maybe Some More Than Others
As for Rep Mary Miller, the decisive factor for me with regard to whether it was a simple misspoken word involves a previous incident
Trump Will Blow Through the 2024 Primaries
Make no mistake: if Trump runs again in 2024, these doubters will be proven wrong in the primary.
Joe Biden Likes to Go to Church
The professionals who dominate the party may not care Joe Biden attends church. But soft partisans and swing voters do care
About Last Night: Primaries in North Carolina, Pennsylvania & More
Four states held primaries on Tuesday, including very high profile races in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Here’s what happened last night…
Government By Performativeness is a Failure
It’s not an accident, it’s a tactic. Performativeness over performance. Because performativeness is not only loud and distracting, it’s easy
The Election that Could Decide the Election
At first blush, you would think that Doug Mastriano would be a good candidate for governor. Not enough people are paying attention…
WaPo’s Top 10 Democratic Presidential Candidates List Has One Big Problem
With a Democratic Presidential Candidates bench like that, the Democratic Party better hope Joe Biden lives forever.
Ron DeSantis’ Florida, A Banana Republic
How do we know that Ron DeSantis is now a leading light in Republican national politics? Simple…
Make the 1920s Great Again? A Superficially Appealing Story of The Republican Party
Rather than a return to the Republican past, Trump was a bombastic expression of existing and continued trends.
JD Vance, Josh Mandel Put The Race Into Ohio Senate Race
To misquote The Bard, hell is empty and all the devils are running in the Ohio Senate Race in the GOP primary.
Where Do State’s Jurisdictions Really End?
So, do states control federal elections or does the federal government? SCOTUS seemed to think the federal government did a decade ago. Arizona Republicans disagree.
If I Gave The State of the Union
I have come here at this solemn moment to share with you the state of our union as I see it.
