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  1. early and often
    Trump-Fearing Republicans Give Hegseth a Major PassThey accepted his lack of qualifications as an asset.
  2. early and often
    House Republicans Love Tax Cuts More Than Deficit ReductionIf they win a trifecta, we’ll likely see a clash between Republicans eager to reduce revenues and their Wall Street friends fretting about debt.
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    The Revenge of Arizona’s McCain RepublicansThey’ve become one of the most critical voting blocs in the country.
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    Why Republicans May Join Trump’s Coup This TimeThe GOP will be an unmanageable mess if he loses, which means the party may go far to help him deny defeat.
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    What a GOP Senate Takeover Would Mean for the CountryA Republican-controlled Senate could be a moderating influence on a second Trump administration or a big obstacle to a Harris administration.
  6. trump-harris debate
    Listening In at the New York Young Republican Club Debate Watch Party“It’s so nice to be around people who think the same way!”
  7. north carolina
    Adult Sex Shop Next To Missionary, Times Square New York 1970
    Mark Robinson Loved Porn, Say Porn-Store GuysThe Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina reportedly came to see porn five days a week in the ’90s.
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    Trump supporters storm Capitol building in Washington
    No, the Biden-Harris Switch Is Not a ‘Coup’Republicans’ claims that Harris’s nomination is a threat to democracy are a projection of their own refusal to accept any Trump defeat.
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    Vice President Kamala Harris Attends Get Out The Vote HBCU Event In South Carolina
    How Republicans Plan to Attack Kamala HarrisTrump’s allies are already trying out nasty smears, from referencing Harris’s dating history to calling her the “DEI vice-president.”
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    Indiana GOP Rejects Trump Lieutenant-Governor Pick for ExtremistIt’s another sign that Trump has unleashed forces in the Republican Party that make even him look moderate.
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    2024 Presidential Candidates Speak At Erick Erickson's The Gathering Event
    Brian Kemp Is the Most Successful Anti-Trump RepublicanThe Georgia governor battled Trump and won and yet still seems to have a bright future in the GOP.
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    US President Donald Trump visits Israel
    Republicans Want to Give Netanyahu a Blank Check“America First” conservatives are fuming at Biden for trying to limit attacks in Gaza rather than letting Israel do as it pleases.
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    Georgia's former lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, leaves the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse
    Why Aren’t More Anti-Trump Republicans Endorsing Biden?It says a lot that former Georgia official Geoff Duncan is the most prominent Republican coming out for Biden in 2024.
  14. the clash on campus
    The GOP Is Making Campus Protests a 2024 Law-and-Order IssueRepublicans initially let Biden take the heat over Gaza. But pro-Palestinian protesters on elite-college campuses are too tempting a target.
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    U.S.-NEW YORK-PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
    Polls Aside, New Research Shows the Parties Are DeadlockedLong-term trends show Democrats and Republican in constant balance with some exchanges of supporters and more polarization.
  16. life after roe
    Kari Lake And Senator John Barrasso Hold Press Conference In Phoenix, Arizona
    In a First, Arizona Republicans Rush to Dismantle a Total Abortion BanAfter decades of tactical advances, they’re engaging in tactical retreats. Get used to it.
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    President Biden Delivers State Of The Union Address
    Don’t Get Too Attached to Speaker Mike JohnsonHe can probably out-maneuver MTG and keep his gavel until November. But his survival as Speaker post–Election Day looks far less certain.
  18. behind the scenes
    Who Is Jeff Yass, the GOP’s Billionaire Donor Dominating 2024?His firm owns a part of TikTok and a stake in Truth Social, and he’s donated more than any other American this cycle.
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    Donald Trump,Benjamin Netanyahu
    Republicans Abandon Their Strategic Silence on the Israel-Hamas WarRepublicans shrewdly kept quiet and let Biden take the heat from Americans angry at Israel. Now, led by Trump, they’re now loudly backing Netanyahu.
  20. life after roe
    Fox News' Super Tuesday 2024
    Republicans Have More Than a ‘Brand Problem’ on AbortionAs long as Republicans support extremist abortion bans that the public doesn’t like, all the reframing in the world won’t help them.
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    Anti-Abortion Activists Have Republicans in a ViseThe sudden controversy over IVF has exposed Republicans to intense pressure from their anti-abortion allies to take deeply unpopular positions.
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    Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Announces She's Suspending Her Campaign
    Haley Ends Campaign As She Started It: With No Clear Path ForwardHer inability to come to grips with what Donald Trump has done to her party has characterized Nikki Haley’s campaign from the get-go.
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    Republicans Are Acting Like 2024 Is Their Last CampaignLara Trump’s desire to spend “every last penny” on her father-in-law’s reelection is not a healthy sign of a party built to last.
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    Lauren Boebert Didn’t Punch Her Ex-Husband After AllNot only was she cleared of the allegation, her ex was charged with assault.
  25. january 6 anniversary
    How Republicans Learned to Love January 6Three years ago, the insurrection was condemned by the very same people who now support returning Donald Trump to power.
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    Trump’s Extreme Agenda Is a Problem for Republicans, TooEven if GOP lawmakers don’t care about Trump’s draconian policies, they should be worried about what he’ll do to Congress.
  27. early and ofteh
    Why Don’t Republicans Just Run on the Economy, Stupid?Republicans are in good shape for 2024 thanks to their advantage on the economy. But there’s a reason they’re not laser focused on that message.
  28. life after roe
    California GOP May Drop Anti-Abortion StanceGolden State Republicans want to moderate unpopular national party positions on abortion and same-sex marriage. It won’t happen without a fight.
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    Oregon Republicans’ Self-Destructive Culture-War WalkoutGOP state senators are disqualifying themselves from reelection to block gun restrictions, abortion rights, and gender-affirming care.
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    On the First Earth Day, Environmentalism Wasn’t PartisanOver the past 53 years, Republicans have turned protecting the environment into a culture-war issue. It didn’t have to be this way.
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    The GOP’s Addiction to Culture War May Cost It in 2024The habitual Fox News viewer is worried about “wokeness.” The median voter? Not so much.
  32. live blog
    Kevin McCarthy’s Humiliation Finally Ends: Live UpdatesIt took 15 rounds and some messy late-night drama, but McCarthy was finally elected Speaker.
  33. house arrest
    Kevin McCarthy Is Stuck in PlaceHe’s still far from becoming Speaker of the House, and it’s anyone’s guess what happens next.
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    Republicans Have Not Changed Their Extremist ViewsWhile midterms campaigns are now focused on inflation and the economy, fresh polling confirms GOP cultural views haven’t moderated at all.
  35. student loans
    The War on Student-Debt Forgiveness BeginsRepublican-led states sue over Biden’s plan to free millions of people.
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    Freedom Caucus Won’t Let Kevin McCarthy Forget Who Owns HimMembers are already making demands that would limit McCarthy’s power if he becomes Speaker. In a closely divided House, he’ll have to bow to them.
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    Impeaching Biden Will Be Job One If Republicans Win the HouseSpeaker McCarthy will face intense pressure from the party’s MAGA wing to impeach Biden, setting up a performative Senate trial heading into 2024.
  38. vision 2024
    Please Shut Up About Liz Cheney or Larry Hogan in 2024The media should quit indulging what is almost disinformation about their White House aspirations.
  39. the national interest
    Mitch McConnell’s Terrible Candidates Are His Own FaultThis happened because the GOP decided not to confront Trump’s election lies.
  40. books
    Trump’s FathersTwo recent books demonstrate the GOP’s long descent from reason and a country in serious danger.
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    Why Republicans Stopped Talking to the Press“I just don’t see the point,” said an adviser to a GOP presidential aspirant.
  42. life after roe
    Will Dobbs Change the Way We Feel About ‘Good’ Republicans?It’s time to reconsider whether to keep lionizing people like Mike Pence and Liz Cheney.
  43. life after roe
    Why the Post-Roe GOP Will Only Get More RadicalDecades after partnering with the anti-abortion movement, the Republican Party has finally delivered. But ending Roe is just the start.
  44. the national interest
    Republicans Will Do It AgainThey have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.
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    California Republicans Downplay Their Toxic Brand to SurviveRick Caruso, Anne Marie Schubert, and Lanhee Chen are distancing themselves from the GOP even as they run on conservative themes.
  46. life after roe
    How the GOP Abandoned Pro-choice RepublicansOver decades, the Republican Party became uniformly anti-abortion, leaving many pro-choice GOP voters stranded. They could be a problem for the party.
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    When Could Republicans Ban Abortion Nationwide?If Republicans win the White House and Congress in 2024, which is plausible, they’ll be under intense pressure to end abortion even in blue states.
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    Republicans Too Upset About Leak to Celebrate Abortion WinConservatives can’t talk about the Supreme Court ending reproductive rights right now, but please ask again after the midterms.
  49. 2022 midterms
    Republicans Can Still Fumble Away the SenateThe GOP is favored to retake the Senate in 2022, but they’ve screwed up similar situations through a combination of extremism, gaffes, and bad luck.
  50. 2022 midterms
    Rick Scott’s Ultra-MAGA Agenda Gives Democrats a Midterm LifelineDemocrats are eager to campaign against a party that, according to Scott, wants to raise taxes and sunset Medicare and Social Security.
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