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How My Congressman Helped Trump Attempt a Coup
And why that’s somehow even more offensive than Trump himself. Occasionally, out of some vestigial reflex, I…
Continue ReadingTrump Is Gone. Will Irony Go With Him?
America rode ironic detachment to the brink. Now, it must regain its good faith. Just as Donald…
Continue ReadingYour Most Paranoid Questions About Trump’s Refusal to Concede, Answered
Joe Biden will become president on January 20, 2021. Donald Trump’s refusal to concede and accept the…
Continue ReadingStop Scapegoating Donald Trump
The president didn’t get us into this mess on his own— he had enablers at every…
Continue ReadingIt’s Okay to Be a Sore Winner
Never let Trump supporters forget what kind of man they voted for. As Donald Trump loses the…
Continue ReadingTrump In Exile Could Still Pose a Dangerous Threat to Democracy
The Biden landslide foreshadowed by the polls did not happen. Biden was supposed to sweep through…
Continue ReadingOur New Gamergate GOP
Republicans like Madison Cawthorn and Marjorie Taylor Greene are Trumpism’s terrifying new torchbearers. Madison Cawthorn’s first public…
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Meet the Conservative Power Couple Behind Trump’s War on Your Civil Rights
Roger Severino repeatedly attributes growing up as the child of Colombian immigrants with low incomes to…
Continue ReadingOf Course Trump’s Hail Mary Is To Attack the Squad
When backed into a corner, the president taps his worst impulses. Donald Trump is panicking. We can…
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Reliving Election Night 2016, Through FiveThirtyEight’s Live Blog
9:11 a.m. Clare Malone greets us with “Welcome to the big show,” and a reminder that…
Continue ReadingWill There Be Blood?
In the closing weeks of the campaign, Trump himself has seemed to be preparing mentally to…
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