…for Republican candidates’ campaigns in red states comes from out-of-state, from out-of-state interests; meaning that most of these states elected officials are hirelings of, working in the interest of, out-of-state…

…tax plan that would have left workers in smaller businesses disappointed and might well have been gamed by larger businesses with their clever tax lawyers.  I suppose we can debate…

A bit of a rewrite on this article. Still a little too long. Talking about railroads, the East Palestine derailment February 2023 crash and how little has been done since…

…2021 when he said, “To get to universal school choice, you really need to operate from a premise of universal public school distrust.” The campaign to convince parents that public…

…party aligned with foreign dictators. Manafort first advised and then managed Trump’s 2016 campaign. A long-time Republican political operative, he came to the job after the Ukrainian people threw his…

by Prof. Heather Cox-Richardson Letters from an American Yesterday, from a Harris campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta reporter Tariro Mzezewa noted that the crowd of 10,000 people “was ecstatic….

…preserving those rights is expected to be a central part of her campaign. She is believed to be the first vice president ever to visit an abortion clinic — a…

…for optimism. Not only will it signal the changing of the guard to a new generation of leadership in the Democratic Party, the Harris campaign is giving off strong vibes…

…heard. Trump said he wanted an open mic, but his handlers wouldn’t agree. Brian Fallon, speaking for the Harris campaign, observed: “Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted…

…“more restrained” category?—illustrates something Josh Marshall pointed out in Talking Points Memo today.  Marshall noted that the Republicans are essentially running two campaigns for president in 2024. One is run by Trump…