Republican National Committee lobs grenade into 2022 field as GOP lawmakers scatter

After the Republican National Committee last week endorsed the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, GOP lawmakers have been at pains to distance themselves from the RNC declaration that the assault …

Lindsey Graham is momentarily defying Trump on his Jan. 6 pardon pledge. That's a tell

When GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina displays something resembling a spine, something is clearly up.

That’s what happened this week in an exchange between Graham and his latest man …

As Trump's support among Republicans softens, DeSantis poised to capitalize

Donald Trump has a question for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “Why won’t he just say he’s not going to run against me?” Trump has reportedly griped to his allies about …

'Insane': Trump falls victim to McConnell trap that McConnell didn't actually set

If you’re rooting for Republicans to spontaneously combust over the next few years on the road to the greater American good, this story is just your speed.

After Donald Trump insinuated last week that …

Perdue confirms he would do anything Trump wanted him to do to cheat his way to victory

If you’re a Georgian looking for a candidate who will gladly cheat on Donald Trump’s behalf in spite of the evidence or even the law, former Sen. David Perdue is your guy.

After saying …

Majority of Republicans want a Trump 2024 run, but he's practically toxic to everyone else

A new Marquette Law School poll suggests that even though Donald Trump is likely a shoo-in for the GOP nomination in 2024, he also has a decent likelihood of repelling a lot of voters in the general …

Pennsylvania is critical to making Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema obsolete... and winning in 2024

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On our weekly podcast about politics, Daily Kos The Brief, we’re in the middle of our new series spotlighting great organizations doing on the ground organizing in key 2022 battleground …

No one deserves Trump more than Republicans, who are too damn cowardly to jettison him

Donald Trump issued a statement Wednesday threatening to drive down turnout among GOP voters in 2022 and 2024 unless the party manages to “solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020.” …

Senate Republicans really want Trump to stay away, but won't say so on the record

Some Senate Republicans apparently want it known that they’re opposed to the former guy running for president again, or at least want him to hold off on announcing if he’s running until after the 2022 …

DeSantis, aka Gov. DeathSentence, tells Floridians they're sitting ducks as delta surges

As Florida becomes the epicenter of the nation’s delta surge, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis had some sage advice for his constituents: Just deal with it. Literally.

“We are seeing people testing …

It's time for Democrats to completely rethink political advertising

Although largely forgotten now, 2012 was a defining moment in testing the theory of whether spending large sums of money for a barrage of negative ads in swing states would make a difference come …

Arizona progress champion Rep. Ruben Gallego on democracy, the Latino vote, and oh yeah, Sen. Sinema

Arizona is ground zero in our fight for our democracy. It was a 50-50 state in the 2020 presidential election, and was won by Democrats thanks to turnout gains among Latinos, American Indians, and …

Trouble in paradise: DeSantis beats Trump in 2024 presidential straw poll

If there’s one thing Donald Trump cannot stand, it’s an underling stealing his limelight. Trump was notorious for alienating some of his highest profile appointees once they started to …

Republicans aren't just telling a Big Lie—they're a domestic terror threat to our democracy

If you want to feel an even greater sense of urgency about saving our democracy than you already do, listen to this Pod Save America episode with Obama foreign policy alum Ben Rhodes, who’s out …

Yikes. Mike Pence is getting ready for 2024, talking Capitol insurrection and systemic racism

Donald Trump’s cast-off wingman made his second public speech since leaving office, speaking in New Hampshire on Thursday. Mike Pence, still trying to figure out his place in the Republican Party …

Trump's 2020 debate humiliations are fodder for the latest Republican attacks on democratic norms

Someone at the Republican National Committee must have gotten worried that Donald Trump’s ego needed a little extra massage, because on Tuesday, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel sent an angry letter to the …

After months of ranting to Mar-a-Lago guests, sore loser Trump is about to return to public speeches

Donald Trump, a loser, continues to be obsessed with pretending he’s not a loser. The only people he listens to, according to entirely believable reports, are the people who tell him he’s not a loser …

66% of Americans don't want Trump—the GOP frontrunner—to run in 2024

Fresh polling from Quinnipiac University last week demonstrated two truths at once: Donald Trump is still the frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2024, and he remains uniquely unpopular with a …

Sad! Donald Trump is desperate to regain internet relevance, but so far, it's just not working

The Mar-a-Lago Blogger is having a hard time adjusting to his new role in the nation’s consciousness. According to an analysis of web traffic by The Washington Post, the worst American president in …

Arizona 'Democrat' Kyrsten Sinema burns her voters back home, while D.C. Republicans cheer

Last month we checked in on Arizona’s two senators, and lo and behold, it turned out that freshman Sen. Mark Kelly was quite popular (48% favorable-41% unfavorable), while pain-in-the-butt Sen. …