Informed Dissent

Kevin McCarthy has proven an exceptionally weak Republican majority leader, easily brought to heel by Donald Trump and the far-right

The once-fringe idea of Christian nationalism is taking hold on the far right

The 2024 Republican presidential primary is shaping up to be the Dickhead Olympics

There’s a reason fewer Americans than ever — especially Democrats and independents — profess confidence in the justices now

An extremist, authoritarian right is taking over the Republican Party

Mark Robinson’s one cool trick for MAGA stardom is an unapologetic embrace of Christian nationalism

The jackass bellicosity required for a candidate to win a GOP nomination is going to cost the party seats this year

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the FBI investigation of Trump. That hasn’t stopped conservative media from weighing in.

What incentive do Republicans have to take ‘courageous’ stands if they know that not only will their party ostracize them, but the other guys will pour fuel on the fire?

Well, not so fast

If Biden plans to be a doormat for the new Republican House or the radical Supreme Court, he should bow out of 2024 now

I don’t think you’d like it here, Billy. But I wish you were here to help me make sense of it.

No court in recent history has upended American society more than this one did in June — and almost none of it for the better

On fire

Enough already

It’s become an article of faith on the right that liberal cities are debauched and violent — a myth that is too often repeated by mainstream sources

The U.S. House committee hearings are unlikely to change partisan minds, but they’re still important

If you want to control guns, look to the ‘well-regulated militia’ clause. If not, look to the second half of the sentence. There’s something for everyone.

The high level of maternal mortality is a product of something Republicans say doesn’t exist: systemic racism

Just as he did with the Supreme Court, Trump packed the federal judiciary with often-unqualified ideologues handpicked by the Federalist Society