The GOP’s Last Resort Speaker Solution Is Going Down in Flames, Too

Even among his allies, Jordan’s shtick is beginning to “wear a little thin,” and he has possibly “worn out his welcome,” one senior House GOP member told Fox News’s Chad Pergram. Jordan’s long-shot bid to become speaker has only grown Continue reading The GOP’s Last Resort Speaker Solution Is Going Down in Flames, Too

The House GOP’s Crazy Week Gets Even Weirder With George Santos Tirade

Increasingly obsolete themes she has noticed in news media include longer articles, dense newsletters, and unbalanced coverage. McGowan is specifically concerned with how organizations cover inaccurate sides of a story for the sake of appearing neutral. She also believes there is Continue reading The House GOP’s Crazy Week Gets Even Weirder With George Santos Tirade

Nikki Haley’s Trump Comment Exposes GOP’s New Authoritarianism Low

“The President’s motivations are not for the prosecution or this Court to decide,” the filing said. “Rather, where, as here, the President’s actions are within the ambit of his office, he is absolutely immune from prosecution.” Trump is unlikely to Continue reading Nikki Haley’s Trump Comment Exposes GOP’s New Authoritarianism Low

Court Throws Out Alabama GOP’s Racist Congressional Map, Orders New Black Seat

A federal court on Tuesday struck down Alabama Republicans’ latest discriminatory congressional map and assigned a special master to ensure the state actually complies with the Voting Rights Act this time around. The state was ordered to create a second Continue reading Court Throws Out Alabama GOP’s Racist Congressional Map, Orders New Black Seat

The GOP’s Drag Bans Aren’t Meant to Be Good Laws. They’re Meant to Cause Chaos.

Montana’s ban shares a key feature with many of the other states’ bans targeting drag: It is written in broad, vague language seemingly designed to produce a chilling effect, encouraging people to enforce the law based not on its contents Continue reading The GOP’s Drag Bans Aren’t Meant to Be Good Laws. They’re Meant to Cause Chaos.

Direct Democracy Is Upending the GOP’s Radical Agenda

It’s tempting to dismiss the Republican efforts to limit the effectiveness of ballot initiatives as simply another facet of their anti-democracy policies. However, the effort to limit citizens’ access to their constitutions is, to some extent, a bipartisan problem. Professor Continue reading Direct Democracy Is Upending the GOP’s Radical Agenda