Blues for ActBlue
Last Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns issued a powerful decision effectively shutting down Texas Attorney General and…
Trump’s Bait and Switch on the Top Intelligence Job
On Thursday, Donald Trump belatedly reacted to the revolt (which included several key Republicans) over his preposterous installation of uber-loyalist…
Trump and Putin: When Delusional Idiots Go to War
There’s something in the water of autocracies that infects their nations with gratuitous quagmires. Russia, of course, is no stranger…
The Right Voting Reforms—and the Wrong Ones
In Maine yesterday, Graham Platner won his primary with 72 percent of the vote, suggesting that the latest allegations against…
ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way!
On Friday, the first World Cup match featuring the U.S. team will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, one…
Some of the Kids Are All Right
They seem to have resolved, without even thinking about it, that they are not going to let the larger national…
The Republican Senate Chickens Out
In the end, the Republican caucus went meekly along and approved the ICE funding, with no limits on the slush…
How a Pro-Worker Bill May Advance in the House
As my colleague Bob Kuttner has been documenting of late, the congressional Republicans’ lockstep support for every Trumpian outrage and…
A Good Election Night for Progressives
Let’s begin with California. Though Republican Steve Hilton is currently leading in the jungle primary for the governor’s race, with…
How California Politics Became So Blah
It’s Election Day in California, and it raises a meta-question that’s not before the voters as such, but that nonetheless…