Much has been made of the split between less-vaccinated (often red) states and more-vaccinated (often blue) ones. It’s even more pronounced at the county level.
Author: Aaron Blake
The GOP’s vaccine shutdown gambit, and what it says about who’s in charge
Virtually every House Republican went along with a gambit, despite it being doomed to fail. So what happens when Republicans actually have the power and the will to force the issue?
Tucker Carlson and the right’s embrace of Alex Jones-style politics
Carlson claimed Jones was a real journalist and was often more reputable than mainstream journalists. And he’s not the only influential figure on the right saying that, as the conservative movement veers increasingly in a post-truth direction.
Mark Meadows tries to clean up his disclosure of Trump’s positive coronavirus test — poorly
Meadows now says it was a false positive and this is blown out of proportion. About that…
The best races of 2022 might be for governor
The focus will be on the House and Senate. The governor’s races might be shaping up to be even more intriguing.
‘Needle Nazis,’ ‘medical brown shirts,’ Mengele and Stars of David: How Nazi-coronavirus comparisons have proliferated on the right
Lara Logan on Fox News was merely the latest of many examples. And leaders have largely given up trying do anything about it.
The reckless timeline of Trump’s positive coronavirus test
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows confirmed that Trump probably exposed plenty of people to the virus after a positive test, even though Trump blamed others.
What Mark Meadows’s sudden cooperation with the Jan. 6 committee could mean
The fact that Meadows is producing records and is set to appear for an initial deposition is notable. That’s further than others have gone.
How Biden and Trump actually compare on coronavirus deaths
The new talking point on the right is that we’ve seen more deaths in 2021 than in 2020. It ignores plenty of context — including that Biden’s numbers remain lower than Trump’s even as the world’s have gotten worse.
The 10 biggest tests of Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP in 2022
A look at the incumbents facing Trump-backed opponents whose races will tell use who can survive in today’s GOP.