Republicans keep repeating the phrase 'Failure is not an option,' a mantra that seems designed to prevent them from considering the possibility that passing the bill could be worse than the alternative. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

I started publishing articles criticising gender ideology and gender medicine back in 2017, long before most US conservatives considered it an issue. I agree with the substance of what most conservatives believe when it comes to transgenderism. That is, I don’t think individuals

The megabill will expose Republicans to a kind of blowback they have never experienced before. Why did they take that risk? theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

I love articles that are based on scenes in the Sopranos.

It is mechanically not possible to bankrupt Medicaid. Unlike Medicare & Social Security, there is no pot of money that funds the program. Cutting people off Medicaid doesn’t leave more for others. Republicans are cutting Medicaid because they want it to cover fewer people.

I discussed my affinity for the abundance agenda and disdain for libertarianism with Brink Lindsey brinklindsey.substack.com/p/jonathan-cha…

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How much authoritarianism can Trump do in one day? A lot. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Yesterday, “Trump took or was revealed to have taken six shocking new assaults on liberal democracy,” Jonathan Chait aruges: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Please do not meme yourself into thinking that communist countries defunded their police forces.

Congressional Republicans have simply failed to even entertain the possibility that the bill could be worse than the status quo theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Yes, when you deprive them of the ability to obtain medical care, some people die as a result thebulwark.com/p/one-big-dead…

It's astonishing that Republicans talked themselves into a bill that will give Democrats a giant opening to take back Congress theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Vance running in 2028 on "Trump was right about everything" is going to be interesting.

Or in my lifetime, and I'm more than twice as old as Dylan.

It isn’t “accepted as truth,” it’s his account and you can accord it as much or as little weight as you like — just as you can take note of the fact that this photo/video montage doesn’t start until April 16, a month after Abrego’s detention began and a week after he left CECOT.

New @ Strength In Numbers: The GOP budget bill will be the most unpopular law in at least 30 years. In recent polls, an average of 31% of Americans support it, while 54% oppose. The only legislative proposal more unpopular was the 2017 GOP health care bill (John McCain killed it)

This is why Alexandra Petri is a writer for all seasons

It is not true that Americans have experienced "continual cuts" to public benefits since Reagan, as the lede of this piece suggests. Rather, wage subsidies, food assistance, and public health insurance were all expanded between 1980 and 2020. Tho tide obviously just reversed

Purging the Deep State