In tonight’s Democratic debate, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are in the same lane, buoyed by progressive activists wanting to make the “big structural change” Warren touts, and by the grassroots revolution Sanders promises. But don’t expect them to collide. Famously, the two have a so-called non-aggression pact, which...
So we've made it through Labor Day weekend, and for Democrats that means the primary contest enters a new phase and it’s time to get serious about picking a winner. In any other presidential cycle, Democrats would have the luxury to go with their heart when they vote in...
When Barack Obama took office in January 2009, white supremacists were fragmented and without charismatic leaders. That quickly changed with the arrival of Richard Spencer, Matt Heimbach and Milo Yiannopoulos, a generation of new leaders who created and captured a following that capitalized on white unease over a black...
You wonder where President Trump gets some of the crazy stories he touts, like the one about U.S. Gen. John Pershing executing Muslim prisoners in the Philippines in 1913. “He took 50 bullets and he dipped them in pigs’ blood. And he had his men load his rifles and...
The events in El Paso and Dayton over the weekend give new meaning to the phrase the enemy within. The country is under siege from what law enforcement officials are calling domestic terrorism inspired by white supremacist ideology. What to do? All roads lead to Mitch McConnell, the Senate...
They don’t call him the Grim Reaper for nothing.
Killing
legislation is what he does. But this time it’s different. The
legislation is bipartisan, and it’s about election security. It would
modernize voting machines and require back-up paper ballots, and Mitch
McConnell is...
After
decades singing the same song about wanting strict constructionist
judges who will follow the law and not make it, in the mold of Justice
Scalia and Justice Thomas, the GOP took a sharp right turn with a
memorable exchange this month when Senator Ted Cruz questioned...
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was once one of those rare politicians who received rave reviews across party lines. Democrats loved her because she is pro-choice and works across party lines. Republicans loved the independence that let the party hold a seat in New England. ...
