They're part of a broader effort to salt the earth of public trust.
But it didn't begin with his war. It began with his reelection.
Plus: What anti-Black racists fear about a Black Helen.
Plus: Kentucky's Andy Beshear isn't going to vacate Mitch McConnell's seat; and "everybody knows it": Hunter Biden outs the late Lindsey Graham as gay.
It's been a couple of weeks but progressives have already forgotten.
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Charles Gaba says those who remain are sicker and paying more for less.
Stephen Robinson thinks they are not taking it personally enough.
In fact, Trump is creating a cartel and he's the boss.
He sold courage, but delivered impunity.
Politics in plain English for normal people and the common good.
Looks like she saw a chance to build a fifth column and it blew up in her face.
Jenny Racicot slapped fellow progressives back into adulthood.
It lifts up losers, brings down winners.
Small-r republican liberalism is having a day.
The GOP has taken a maximal position that requires a maximal counter-position.
No democracy can endure when justices are untouchable.
To change America, change the court.
GOP operatives are in denial.
Some progressive challengers knocked off some progressive incumbents.
The Republicans are seen as legitimate. The Democrats are not. That explains the difference between the press corps' treatment of Joe Biden versus Donald Trump.
If they win, Trump will punish them. If they lose, Trump will punish them.
It's too easy to blame Trump.
