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Justice Clarence Thomas has made life harder for racial minorities one case at a time
The why isn’t as important as the how, writes Eric Segall.
Decade of Russian infowars has made Republicans, well, weird
So weird as to appear virtually foreign to mainstream Americans.
Trump is so weak he can’t beat Biden without Russia’s help
It’s become a practical necessity.
Why is the election so tight? Because Trump and the GOP are openly colluding with Russia
Joe Biden is the right candidate for this moment.
Trump can’t outrun Roe’s fall
His idea of a 16-week national abortion ban is no middle ground.
Exposure of Kremlin lies won’t alter course of impeachment
The Republicans are picking up where Trump left off when he extorted Ukraine’s president, using Russian disinformation to smear Biden.
A convention fight is a pure pundit’s fantasy
It’s time to shelve the childish fantasies and focus on the task at hand, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
Ezra Klein’s plan for replacing Biden is ‘West Wing’ fan fiction
Why are we even talking about this? writes Stephen Robinson.
If Biden is risky for Democrats, Trump is far riskier for the GOP
Trump and the Republicans are one. If he goes down, they all go down.
The other ‘Great Replacement’
When the GOP embraced conspiracy theories, voter fraud fantasies, and class war, they replaced people who vote with an electorate that doesn’t always – or can’t always – vote, writes Claire Bond Potter.