Young Republicans can’t get a date — or a clue as to why

By Matthew Sheffield

Charlie Kirk audience member asking ‘when do we get to use the guns’ shows where GOP rhetoric leads

By Matthew Boedy

Decades of Republican rhetoric about ‘tyranny’ and ‘revolution’ have taught GOP voters that violence is not just tolerable, it is necessary

Right-wing groups training activists to take over school boards as part of ‘critical race theory’ campaign strategy

By Peter Montgomery

Wealthy Republican-affiliated groups are raising money to “train” candidates to run for office as the GOP seeks a second Tea Party movement

Many Republicans don’t want to get vaccinated, journalists shouldn’t avoid saying this

By Mark Sumner

Refusing to name source of vaccine hesitancy doesn’t make reporting non-partisan, it makes it wrong

National journalists are still afraid to tell the truth about GOP extremism

By Eric Boehlert

Republicans across the country are actively embracing authoritarianism but conventional journalists are acting as if it’s all Trump’s doing

Charlie Kirk wants to save America in the name of Republican Jesus

By Matthew Boedy

After pushing a secular, libertarian-oriented worldview, the Turning Point USA founder has decided to get in on the God business

Have Trump Republicans lost their grip on reality, or are they just lying to pollsters?

By Matthew Sheffield

Surveys keep finding that GOP respondents believe falsehoods, but what if they’re just lying in support of the party?

Nikki Haley and the GOP’s leadership vacuum

By booman

No one on the right is willing to stand up to Donald Trump because they’re afraid of the Republican base, which means no one is going to lead the GOP back to sanity

Why do Republican elites keep talking about dying for Jesus?

By Matthew Sheffield

Fighting losing battles valiantly has always been at the core of U.S. conservatism. But as the losses keep piling up, its tragic sense is turning into thanatos.