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You Wanted a Wall, Mr. President?
Maybe you'll get four of them.
Nancy Pelosi Kicks Off Year by Picking a Fight With Progressives
Progressive Democrats announced their opposition to Pelosi's proposed legislative rules.
Trump Writes Sad Ballads as the New House Majority Arrives
What a perfectly ridiculous way to ring in a new year.
The Left Is on a Roll, and Trump Is Beatable in 2020
The left is strong and Trump is impeachable and beatable. Should we dare to hope for a big change in 2020?
It’s Not Too Soon to Look at the 2020 Senate Picture
Can the Democrats take control of the Senate in 2020?
What Fresh Hell in 2019? Your Guess Is as Good as Mine.
We have the power to tilt this sad, strange world ever so slightly on its axis.
The Year Without the Open Internet Order
2018 proved just how important the 2015 Open Internet Order was to protecting net neutrality.
Arundhati Roy on Fiction in the Face of Rising Fascism
“People don't forget their poets, however much violence is done.”
2018 Saw a Spate of Partisan Attacks on State Courts
This year, lawmakers in at least 18 states considered at least 60 bills that would have diminished the judiciary.
Trump Administration Suggests Unpaid Federal Workers Do Odd Jobs to Cover Rent
The advice came as Republican lawmakers announced there has been no progress on reopening the government.