Eight years later, we’re still doing this?
Author: Philip Bump
Once common, Senate deaths in office are now rare
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death is one of only two of a sitting senator in the last 10 years.
On Fox News, GOP impeachment leaders spread false claims with impunity
Host Sean Hannity assiduously shielded his audience from the facts.
The rise of ‘Chinese Communist Party’ as a pejorative
It became popular during the pandemic — and has kept up momentum since.
Jim Jordan’s dishonest argument of wrongdoing by Biden
In the first hearing of the impeachment inquiry, Rep. Jim Jordan made sweeping — and debunked — claims about President Biden.
Republican opposition to Ukraine funding seeps closer to the middle
A vote forced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) shows how opposition to Ukraine funding is no longer relegated to the House Republican fringe.
And here we go: The push to impeach President Biden begins
It’s possible that House Republicans won’t actually advance articles of impeachment. But if the pattern to date is any indication, that result is inevitable.
The Republican debaters couldn’t escape Trump’s shadow
For most of the Republican debate, people searching online were more interested in Donald Trump than any of the candidates on stage.
The partisan gap on vaccines isn’t limited to covid
It’s just particularly pronounced in that case.
Will this be the least important presidential debate in U.S. history?
The first Republican debate didn’t change things much. With the stage combining for less than half the support of GOP voters, the second one isn’t likely to either.