McCarthy got his gavel, but MAGA pulls his strings. The GOP is comfy with armed fascists, SCOTUS is rolling back the 20th century. Time to get busy.
The GOP is a failed state, Donald Trump is its warlord. The 20 rebels are saying they rule the GOP, which they do. The narrowness of the GOP majority, which they are responsible for, brought the fracture into the open in a way that is unbridgeable.
The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward. For the first time in the history of the United States, Congress referred a former President to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
Republicans may not have enjoyed big victories like many expected in the 2022 midterm elections, but the predicted "red wave" did materialize in at least one critical arena: Southern state legislatures.
Democratic candidates for governor were victorious in key battleground states in 2022. Their successes, like those of Democrats up and down the ballot, were in part powered by the support of young voters, who backed Democrats by large margins.
The American media needs to call this movement what it is, fascism, and demand accountability and answers from the thousands of Republican politicians nationwide who refuse to repudiate it.
Raphael Warnock’s impressive win in Georgia not only gives the Democrats crucial control of committees in the next session of Congress. 51-49 is far more powerful than 50-50—and provides some insurance for 2024.
Minnesotans voted to reelect the attorney general who prosecuted Derek Chauvin. The result holds important lessons for the Democratic Party on its approach to criminal justice.
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