“When I ran for office, I said he is a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president. Unfortunately, so far chaos organizes the presidency right now.”
— Jeb Bush, in an interview with CNN.
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Senators In the Dark on Parliamentarian Decision
“A parliamentarian ruling touted as a breakthrough for the Democratic agenda is putting the Senate in uncharted territory and sparking confusion,” The Hill reports. “More than a week after Parliamentarian…
How Michigan Republicans Can Bypass Gretchen Whitmer
“Michigan Democrats have promised that any bills that attempt to place new restrictions on voting won’t get past Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,” NBC News reports. “But the state’s GOP lawmakers, who…
One America News Network Stays True to Trump
“Months after the inauguration of President Biden, One America News Network, a right-wing cable news channel available in some 35 million households, has continued to broadcast segments questioning the validity…
Rick Scott Navigates Trump — and His Own Ambition
Washington Post: “Just months into his tenure, Scott has undertaken a rapid effort to reorient the party committee toward small-dollar digital fundraising, hired some of Trump’s top campaign operatives, made…
Biden’s Less Cozy Relationship with Israel
“The current Iran nuclear talks mark a defining moment for President Biden and the new, less-cozy relationship that is shaping up between Biden and Israel, its longtime leader and its…
U.S. and China to Cooperate on Climate Change
Wall Street Journal: “The U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, said they would work together to set more ambitious goals to tackle climate change, a…
Ron DeSantis Offers GOP Path to Move Past Trump
Ross Douthat: “DeSantis’s career has been a distillation of this Florida-Republican adaptability. Born in Jacksonville, he went from being a double-Ivy Leaguer (Yale and Harvard Law) to a Tea Party…
Putin Critic Could Die at Any Moment
“A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, says his health is deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old Kremlin critic…
Greene Backs Away From New Nativist Caucus
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is scrapping the planned launch of her “America First” caucus after receiving blowback from leaders in her own party, despite confirming through a spokesperson on…
Ronna McDaniel Faces Pressure to Show Independence
Washington Post: “Since Trump left office, McDaniel has taken a hands-on approach to staying in Trump’s good graces — meeting with him privately at Mar-a-Lago, having the RNC spend more…
Inside the GOP’s Big Bulk Book-Buying Machine
Washington Post: “Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s memoir and social critique, Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage, soared to the top of the bestseller lists when it was published last…
GOP-Big Business Divorce Goes Deeper Than You Think
Politico: “It’s not just about voting rights; it’s that businesses and the Republican Party increasingly care about incompatible things.” Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare on Email
Villaraigosa Mulls Entering Recall Race
Los Angeles Times: “Three years after his underwhelming performance in the California governor’s race, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is being talked about as a possible Democratic candidate in…
Afghans Eye Future After U.S. Troops Leave
Washington Post: “For some, the U.S. invasion created opportunities that would have been unimaginable just years before. But the same forces and the policy that guided them also ripped communities…
Cash Floods Into Battle for Control of Congress
Politico: “The four swing-state Senate Democrats likeliest to face the toughest reelection fights — Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez…
Trump Loyalists Raise Record Sums
“Republicans loyal to Donald Trump raised record sums of money in the first three months of this year, even as US corporations said they would pause or stop political giving…
Least Vaccinated Counties Have Something in Common
New York Times: “The disparity in vaccination rates has so far mainly broken down along political lines. The New York Times examined survey and vaccine administration data for nearly every…
Intelligence on Manafort Associate Is New
“The U.S. intelligence community has developed new information about Konstantin Kilimnik, whom they call a Russian spy, that leads them to believe the associate of ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort…
Kinzinger Has a Plan If He’s Gerrymandered
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), the most prominent Republican in Illinois, told the Chicago Sun Times that if Democrats carve up his congressional district in the pending remap, he would consider…
McCarthy Say GOP Not Party of ‘Nativist Dog Whistles’
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that the Republican Party is not the party of “nativist dog whistles” in an apparent response to a new right-wing caucus that explicitly…
