Afraid of losing his reelection bid, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro echoes Trump’s bogus ‘voter fraud’ accusations

By Brett Wilkins

Brazil’s far-right president accused of trying to ‘manipulate public opinion with false accusations’

Republicans are banking on a fusion of Trump autocracy and McConnell nihilism, but will it work for them?

By Matthew Sheffield

As conservative elites have embraced a strategy of culture war manipulation, the rest of America is finally understanding how to respond

Newly revealed documents show former Trump officials aided racist groups’ Jan. 6 plans

By Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien

Far-right ‘Stop the Steal’ leaders fooled the Capitol police and welcomed racists while White House officials worked to both contain and appease them

The Senate filibuster hasn’t just stopped progressive legislation, it’s also radicalized Republicans

By Matthew Sheffield

Mitch McConnell’s filibuster abuses have enabled the GOP to avoid electoral consequences for its unpopular policies, and skewed the center of U.S. politics to the right

Arizona Republicans are engaging in fraud, not conducting an ‘audit’

By Eric Boehlert

Donald Trump’s most rabid supporters in other states are drawing inspiration from the Arizona GOP’s dishonesty

Post-Trump, the GOP has seemingly lost the ability to discuss policy

By Kerry Eleveld

Republicans aren’t being forced to subvert democracy, they are choosing to do it

By Eric Boehlert

Mainstream journalists keep claiming, without evidence, that Donald Trump is forcing GOP elites to weaken elections

New data suggests that white laborers vote differently based on income levels

By Les Leopold

Former Trump administration tried to use federal ad spending to retaliate against fact-checking

By Aaron Mackey

Trump planned to leverage more than $117 million worth of government online advertising to stop platforms from fact-checking or otherwise moderating his speech

The myth of American exceptionalism is just as much a myth about ourselves

By Anna Tarkov

I used to have both my father and America on a pedestal. My faith in both has been severely shaken, but I still have hope that it’s not too late for one of them.