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Matthew Yglesias: I can’t be contrarian about Donald Trump anymore: He’s terrifying – Vox IFRL-Mindiv-raoul-droog-771488-unsplash

Matthew Yglesias: I can’t be contrarian about Donald Trump anymore: He’s terrifying – Vox

CK MacLeod March 13, 2016

I was a liberal Donald Trump apologist. Not a liberal enjoying the chaos Trump was sowing in...

Huntsman, Trump, and the Limitations of a Two Party System – OTB IFRL-Mindiv-ingeborg-gartner-grein-623509-unsplash

Huntsman, Trump, and the Limitations of a Two Party System – OTB

Will Truman March 3, 2016

Readers likely recall Huntsman as being the “too liberal” GOP candidate back in 2012. So, on the...

Philip Klein: Trump has clearest path, but here’s how he can still lose – Washington Examiner IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa_grand_tour

Philip Klein: Trump has clearest path, but here’s how he can still lose – Washington Examiner

CK MacLeod March 2, 2016

Trump has led polls in Ohio and Florida. If Trump beats Rubio and and Kasich there, not...

The League vs Trump – Super Doomsday Open Thread and Twitter List anti-trump

The League vs Trump – Super Doomsday Open Thread and Twitter List

CK MacLeod March 1, 2016

If we need a clearer definition of our mission - as I think we do - we...

Jeff Greenfield: Stopping Trump: The Nuclear Option – Politico IFRL-TLC-Scenery-rawpixel-id-429739

Jeff Greenfield: Stopping Trump: The Nuclear Option – Politico

CK MacLeod February 26, 2016

Today, the response would have to be at a whole other order of magnitude—an unprecedented shock to...

Sow They Say – Final Debate Before the Deluge OT OT and Tweet-List 2794256011_7b071c8400_b_self-hug

Sow They Say – Final Debate Before the Deluge OT OT and Tweet-List

CK MacLeod February 25, 2016

As we approach the last Republican Debate before Super Tuesday, it's "reap just what you sow" day...

Charles CW Cooke: Donald Trump’s 2016 Campaign Must Be Stopped – NRO IFRL-TLC-Scenery-24335965295_e6ecc7b7f3_o

Charles CW Cooke: Donald Trump’s 2016 Campaign Must Be Stopped – NRO

CK MacLeod February 24, 2016

For the first time in years, the Right’s defenses would be completely destroyed, perhaps never to be...

The Party Deconstructs against_trump_graphic

The Party Deconstructs

CK MacLeod February 22, 2016

In times such as these, party loyalty raises the question of what a party is at all...

Live Tweet or Die #2: The Most Important AND Bloodiest Debate Ever! Live-Free-Or-Die-New-Hampshire

Live Tweet or Die #2: The Most Important AND Bloodiest Debate Ever!

CK MacLeod February 6, 2016

"Every candidate has an interest in attacking at least one opponent. Top tier candidates need a strong...

Ross Douthat’s Primary Prediction Tweetstorm · Storify IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-gemaldegalerie.the-wings-of-the-wurzach-altar-10

Ross Douthat’s Primary Prediction Tweetstorm · Storify

Will Truman February 1, 2016

1/ Okay, time for a last tweetstorm before the voting starts. — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) February 1,...

Dick Nixon sizes up the 2016 GOP field IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tretyakov.whirlwind-2

Dick Nixon sizes up the 2016 GOP field

Will Truman January 31, 2016

Cruz? He’s known to be the worst poker player in Ivy League history. And it shows. He...

The Establishment’s “Anti-Establishment” Candidates cruz-trump-2016

The Establishment’s “Anti-Establishment” Candidates

Roland Dodds January 23, 2016

Both Trump and Cruz are "the establishment" in this country.

Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a "whatabout" for every single "precedent" that the Democ…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I'm pretty sure that we're *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, "the pr…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Very true. It's newsworthy only because it's rare. These sorts of "respect" killings (assuming that'…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Nothing to be done, I guess.
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything worth bombing still in Gaza, but I guess when you run…