Republicans keep inventing new ways to scapegoat immigrants
It is necessarily true that a crime committed by someone in the United States without authorization is a crime that would not have been committed had that person not been…
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Trump and his allies are not planning to concede another electoral loss
The reason that it is important to ask Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) whether he accepts that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election is not to establish whether Vance accepts…
The one Vance debate moment that thrilled Republicans
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Many Republicans who watched the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night would say Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, had the best of his opponent, Minnesota…
Vance probably ‘won’ the debate. But Walz might have gained more.
A lot of the conventional wisdom has it that Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) had a better vice-presidential debate than Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Tuesday night. And instant post-debate…
Vance used past GOP climate inaction to argue for climate inaction
Given the disastrous damage wrought by Hurricane Helene — a storm that rapidly grew to a Category 4 storm thanks to unusually warm water in the Gulf of Mexico —…
JD Vance is Trump 2.0
As Donald Trump consolidated power over the Republican Party in 2015 and 2016, his opponents, then still confident that he would not be president, mused at how much more dangerous…
As Harris shifts to the center, progressives hold their fire — for now
Donald Trump describes Kamala Harris as the most “radical left” person to run for president, a “Comrade Kamala” who wants to raise taxes to fund a liberal agenda. But the…
The most memorable lines from the Vance-Walz VP debate
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) met on the debate stage Tuesday night in what is likely to be the only vice-presidential debate of the…
The Vance-Walz VP debate was overshadowed by war and disaster
Vice-presidential debates rarely matter much in presidential campaigns and Tuesday’s clash between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance may matter less than ever — not because of what was…
Vance peddles Trump agenda in softer tones, misleading ways during debate
Gone was the JD Vance of “childless cat ladies.” Gone was the JD Vance who falsely claimed Haitian immigrants were eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. And gone was the…