Republicans have ripped a hole in reality, and it threatens to suck us all in

On Tuesday, one Republican candidate in Florida held a “welcome home” for the leader of the Proud Boys as part of a “MAGA Revenge Tour” event that also included a Trump rapper and a conservative …

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 …

It isn't often a political party actually videotapes itself committing treachery

Dec. 14, 2020 was a heady day for Arizona Republicans. Despite the fact that their candidate Donald Trump had been defeated in Arizona, despite the fact that his defeat had been certified by the …

Dear RNC, thank you for so clearly defining the terms of the 2022 midterm elections

This week, the Republican National Committee voted overwhelmingly to censure two members of its own party. Their crime? Cooperating with the House Select Committee on January 6.

To underscore the …

Sixth-grader who wrote to Tennessee governor opposing 'permitless' gun law is killed by stray bullet

By all accounts, Artemis Rayford was a happy, vibrant 12-year-old. He loved playing football and wearing his Tennessee Titans jersey. As a sixth-grader at Memphis, Tennessee’s Sherwood Middle School, …

Republicans are more terrified of their Russia-loving base than they are of actual Russia

On Monday, Rep. Tom Malinowski warned that his office was getting calls from Fox News watchers whose reliance on Tucker Carlson had led them to argue that the United States should be supporting …

Multiple polls point to Trump's vulnerability of being toppled as GOP standard-bearer in 2024

The supposed iron grip that Donald Trump has on the Republican Party is slipping. The latest evidence comes from the January Daily Kos/Civiqs poll showing a notable decline over the past year in the …

Republicans are preparing another 'Contract on America' with the aid of ... who else?

There are few people in modern political history who have done as much damage to our democracy as Newt Gingrich. As the prototypical, ideological Republican “bomb-thrower” who first came of age during …

Republicans didn't just sit down to a how-to-coup PowerPoint, they put their sedition in writing

On Tuesday, another aspect of Donald Trump’s attempted coup emerged with the news that Republicans in multiple states forged election documents in an attempt to replace legitimate electors with a …

Who is Ray Epps? Just another example of Republicans eating their own

When insurgents smashed their way into the Capitol on Jan. 6 both Republican members of Congress and the propagandists at Fox News had no doubt about who was in charge of the violence. From Kevin …

In 2022 we'll see if our democracy can withstand the GOP's baseless fears, fantasies, and delusions

There’s a woman who works in a jewelry shop near my home. I’ve gone there to fix my watchband a couple of times. I’m not sure exactly where she comes from, but from her accent I believe it’s somewhere …

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin demonstrates how Republicanism works in one awful stroke

On Wednesday, incoming Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his selection as secretary of natural resources for the state of Virginia. That selection? Andrew Wheeler.

That would be Andrew Wheeler, former …

Tactical extremism brought America Reagan, Gingrich, Trump—and a looming threat to democracy

The insurgency that smashed its way into the Capitol on Jan. 6 didn’t end on that day. It certainly didn’t begin on that day. For more than five decades, Republicans have become more and more …

Trump cancels Jan. 6 event, as Republicans worry 2022 election could be a referendum on coup attempt

Just days after announcing that he would be offering the nation a speech praising the actions of those who assaulted the Capitol on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurgency, Donald Trump has canceled …

Republican Party may inexplicably spend more than 1 million dollars on Trump's legal bills

Republicans are proving to be such a bunch of suckers, and Donald Trump never had it so good.

For decades, Trump personally profited through corrupt and potentially illegal business practices that are …

The Republican Party is dead, but what animates its shambling corpse is far worse

On Tuesday, Rep, Matt Gaetz broadcast a warning. Republicans expect to retake the House in 2022, and when they do … “it’s not going to be the days of Paul Ryan, and Trey Gowdy, and no real …

Remember: Democrats have more than the $1.8 trillion infrastructure bill to run on in 2022

Donald Trump and the Republican Party had four years to pass an infrastructure bill revamping and upgrading the nation’s transportation systems, broadband access, roadways, and everything else …

Coup planner John Eastman blames 'establishment guy' Mike Pence for failing to overturn election

The reason that America is still exists is that Mike Pence was just too much of a square to get down with the sweet revolutionary vibe, Daddio. At least, that’s the latest version of the story from …

Mob rule is overtaking America, driven by the collapse of the Republican Party

In a profoundly detached fit of magical thinking, GOP leader Mitch McConnell told journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa that the Trump era was on the wane.

In their recently released book Peril, …

U.S. falls to last place in vaccination among G-7 nations, pays a price in human lives

Earlier this year, Japan was notably slow in getting its citizens vaccinated. As the Associated Press reported in May, the rollout of vaccines in Japan started months after first doses were delivered …