The Bannon Revolution
Bannon’s grand ambitions should inspire the same soul-deadening déjà vu, the existential exhaustion, with which Bill Murray’s weatherman greeted every morning in Punxsutawney, Penn. They should bring...
View ArticleAre Politicians Responsible for Their ‘Base,’ or Is It the Other Way Around?
Political caricatures don’t come much broader than these. Strange was the establishment incarnate; Moore was the Republican electorate’s id made ruddy flesh, an avatar of the latent nativism and...
View ArticleDavid Axelrod Interviews Jeff Roe (Episode 177)
(29:50 min) Running negative ads that have enough of a kernel that you can keep a straight face, though others might say you were taking liberties Ran ads arguing that an opponent sold ads for...
View ArticleTrump’s New Solicitor General Could Fire Russia Investigator Robert Mueller
Francisco was a partner at Jones Day, which Bloomberg Businessweek has called“Trump’s favorite law firm.” The outlet reported in March that at least 14 lawyers from the firm had joined the Trump...
View ArticleDoes Trump Know How to Laugh?
This isn’t to say that Trump can’t get laughs. It’s simply that when he gets them, he’s humiliating people—whether “Low Energy” Jeb Bush, “Lyin” Ted Cruz or “Little” Marco Rubio. Humor borne out of...
View ArticleRepublicans might be about to take a licking
O’Rourke produced a photo of himself as a tyke wearing a sweater emblazoned with “Beto.” One would think Cruz would be more sympathetic to a child just trying to fit in, especially since he tweaked his...
View ArticleWhy Online Politics Gets So Extreme So Fast | The Ezra Klein Show
During the 2016 campaign, Zeynep Tufekci was watching videos of Donald Trump rallies on YouTube. But then, she writes, she “noticed something peculiar. YouTube started to recommend and ‘autoplay’...
View ArticleThe Daily 202: Kavanaugh hearing offers an ‘unprecedented’ display of the...
— Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said what was truly “unprecedented” was when Democrats blocked Robert Bork’s confirmation back in 1987. “This is my 15th Supreme Court confirmation hearing...
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke gets more attention than any other 2018 candidate. Will it...
He’s certainly the only politician to ever be interviewed by GQ, Town & Country, Politico and Ethan Hawke. His is a candidacy born of the Trump era, testing whether the left can have an equal and...
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke May Benefit From an Unlikely Support Group: White Evangelical...
In the Senate race, one of the most unexpectedly tight in the nation, any small shift among evangelical voters — long a stable base for Republicans — could be a significant loss for Mr. Cruz, who,...
View ArticleMeet the Next Ted Cruz
In November, Chip Roy is likely to be elected to Congress. Top House Republicans worry that he’ll be to the right of the Freedom Caucus. When Chip Roy was a top staffer for Ted Cruz, he was an...
View ArticleTranscript: Donald Trump interview with Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
But my family said to me – and Don has said this, and Ivanka, and my wife has said this – “Be more presidential.” Because I can be very presidential. I jokingly say, I can be more presidential than any...
View ArticleIs Trump Duping Putin?
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to think that he has been using his strategically incompetent American counterpart to advance his ends. In fact, Donald Trump has dragged everyone into his...
View ArticleWe’ll Always Have . . . Fort Worth?
Conservatives do not do well in the cities. We assume, strangely, that this indicates a problem with the cities rather than a problem with . . . us. We may as well be trying to sell New York City and...
View ArticleDonald Trump broke the conservative media
“If in 96 days Trump loses this election, I am pointing the finger directly at people like [House Speaker] Paul Ryan and [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and John McCain and...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Break Up Facebook (Chris Hughes)
Mark’s influence is staggering, far beyond that of anyone else in the private sector or in government. He controls three core communications platforms — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — that billions...
View ArticleCruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely
In a vintage return to his confrontational style, Sen. Ted Cruz indicated that Republicans could seek to block a Democratic president from filling the vacant Supreme Court seat indefinitely. After...
View ArticleJoe Rogan & Michael Malice on Trump’s Trolling
Transcript 00:00 that’ss eyes that are for people who are 00:01 actually suffering minorities be like no 00:02 no this is not cool so she’s not saying 00:05 this from small blogs I’m not seeing 00:07...
View ArticleRafael Cruz Preaching Dominion Theology About Transfer Of The Wealth Of The...
Appearance by Rafael Cruz, August 26, 2012, at the New Beginnings Church of Larry Huch, in Irving, Texas. Dominion Theology starts with a scripturally incorrect premise, Postmillennialism, and then...
View ArticleTed Cruz’s BOMBS During CPAC Speech
“Ted Cruz has mocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over lawmakers’ fears during the assault on the Capitol as he raged against “political theatre” following the attack, as well as mask guidance during a...
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