Jamelle Bouie
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Is There Anything Trump Could Do to Lose GOP Support?Republican indifference to the Comey firing is the latest evidence that this is a party defined not by conservatism but by its will to power.
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Cruel Old PartyThe GOP’s passage of Trumpcare is one of the most callous things the party has ever done.
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The Danger of Trump’s Civil War IgnoranceThose who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it.
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Why Trump Gets a Populist PassThe president’s racial demagoguery makes it easier for the GOP to sell tax giveaways to the wealthy.
Trumpcast
Lessons From Georgia’s 6th DistrictWhat can the Democrats take away from Jon Ossoff’s strong showing in a Republican district?
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Andrew Sullivan’s PathologyThe writer’s perpetuation of model-minority and black-deficiency myths is pretty boring at this point.
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Let the Filibuster Burn!Dry your tears, Democrats. In fact, cross your fingers that the Senate nukes the legislative filibuster, too.
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Make Virginia Great AgainA Trumpian gubernatorial candidate is campaigning on Confederate nostalgia.
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Trump vs. the Freedom CaucusThe president has no leverage, no strategy, and no credibility in his fight with House conservatives.
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Where Donald Trump Is WinningHis war on vulnerable immigrant communities is going swimmingly.
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The Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter SuppressionThe president’s new “election integrity” group will find fraud where it doesn’t exist and make it harder for Americans to cast their ballots.
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Republicans Are Lying About TrumpcareThe real AHCA is indefensible, so they’re selling Americans a bill that doesn’t exist.
Trumpcast
Trumpcast Live From the Tribeca Film FestivalOne hundred days into the Trump administration, how has the opposition fared?
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Donald Trump Is Sending a MessageWhy the president invited this racist celebrity to the White House.
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Fake Working ClassThe muted response to the retail apocalypse shows which workers count in Trump’s America.
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Sorry, Missile Strikes Don’t Make Trump a Serious ManAll you have to do is look at his recent interviews.
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The Jeff Sessions AgendaThe attorney general is undermining the Department of Justice’s core mission from within.
Trumpcast
The Prelude to a Massive Intraparty BattleThe fight within the Republican Party is only just starting.
Political Gabfest
The “Darkness at Nunes” EditionListen to Slate’s show about Devin Nunes, political overreach, and coal.
Trumpcast
The Health Care Vote That Wasn’tWhy the Republicans didn’t have the votes to pass the American Health Care Act on Thursday.