There’s a vibrant movement aimed at casting detainees as political victims. They are not.
Author: Philip Bump
Biden seeks a Democratic primary that looks like the Democratic Party
The top two primary states have long been much whiter than the party.
The overblown, heavily political fear of American cities
Yes, crime has risen in cities — and elsewhere — over the past few years. But that alone doesn’t explain the concern.
The GOP’s bet on Kanye West has gone very bad
Donald Trump lifted up the rapper as a validating his approach to race and culture. So much for that.
Republicans in Congress are more likely to go sideways on their caucus
Not great news for Kevin McCarthy.
A 1957 photo of Jerry Jones reminds us how recent America’s past is
A photo of the Dallas Cowboys owner taken 65 years ago when he was a teenager is a reminder that segregation is closer than we think.
2022 was the ‘keep things as they are’ election
New analysis from Bolts magazine indicates that the GOP gains were modest even at the state level.
Right-wing White men are not usually convicted of seditious conspiracy
Since the aftermath of the Civil War, it appears that only non-White people or those not espousing right-wing views have been convicted.
Nick who? Fox News has barely mentioned the Nick Fuentes-Trump dinner
This is how it tends to work with the right-leaning network.
The bigger the change in Congress, the busier the lame duck
Our era of flip-flopping congressional control means more incentive to get things done while still in the majority.