Inside White Rural Rage: A Talk With Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman

White Rural Rage, the new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, stands out in its genre for some of the things it doesn’t do. It’s not a long finger-wag at Democrats and liberals for ignoring rural America. It’s not Continue reading Inside White Rural Rage: A Talk With Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman

How Tom Suozzi’s Big Win Upended Washington’s Border Wars

I know it’s tough, but let’s not read too much into this. Yes, Democrat Tom Suozzi won the special House election vacated after the ouster of George Santos, flipping the Long Island and Queens–based district. But while his defeat of Continue reading How Tom Suozzi’s Big Win Upended Washington’s Border Wars

Tom Cotton Goes Full Racist, Badgers TikTok CEO on Whether He’s Chinese

Republican Senator Tom Cotton grilled the CEO of TikTok on Wednesday with a series of increasingly racist questions about the tech executive’s ties to the Chinese government. TikTok chief Shou Zi Chew testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Continue reading Tom Cotton Goes Full Racist, Badgers TikTok CEO on Whether He’s Chinese

Meet Tom Emmer: The New Frontrunner for the Worst Job in Washington

Hours after the House GOP conference met and ended Jim Jordan’s futile quest for the House speakership, Rep. Tom Emmer is apparently the latest Republican to launch his own gambit for the seemingly unattainable gavel. CBS News reported that the Continue reading Meet Tom Emmer: The New Frontrunner for the Worst Job in Washington