Filed Under: “Republican Party”
For decades, Republican consultants spent big to promote leftist candidates, now they’ve started creating fake ones
By Matthew Sheffield
Instead of trying to build a majority, the American right has decided to divide and conquer
Study finds nearly 22 percent of Republican state legislators joined extremist Facebook groups
By David Neiwert
Researchers find GOP lawmakers pushing for censorship and voter suppression laws based on groups’ beliefs
Democratic leaders are finally talking about democracy at risk, but their actions don’t yet match their words
By Jim Carroll
To defeat fascism, you must say its name, and then act accordingly
The panic over ‘critical race theory’ is merely the latest tool of Republican elites
By Thom Hartmann
Why a disparate group of billionaires, GOP politicians, televangelists, media outlets, and white supremacist militias have found common cause around a new and exciting moral panic
Democrats haven’t realized that you can’t defend democracy without explaining it
By Jim Carroll
To counter right-wing authoritarianism, the center-left must articulate a broad vision of a progressive society
Biden: What are Republicans for? McConnell: No comment
By Kerry Eleveld
After taking GOP obstruction for granted in his first year, the president is finally asking Republicans to discuss their unpopular policies
Chris Christie’s book flop exposed the absurdity of establishment media’s search for ‘reasonable Republicans’
By Eric Boehlert
GOP elites occasionally critical of Trump are celebrated in the centrist press, but they actually have no real constituency
Democratic leaders can’t rely on others to educate the public about Republican radicalization
By Jim Carroll
Americans will not understand that the GOP has embraced violence until President Biden and other Democrats tell them
GOP members of Congress keep trying to take credit for pandemic relief they voted against
By Kerry Eleveld
Democrats passed nearly $2 trillion in aide to states and businesses, are they letting Republicans take the credit for it?
The GOP embrace of violence is too important for mainstream media outlets to ignore
By Eric Boehlert
Corporate media journalists aren’t serving the public’s right to know unless they report the story of how far-right Republicans are trying to develop a paramilitary wing