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  1. early and often
    Ramaswamy Caps Off 2024 Campaign by Veering to the Far RightEmbracing MAGA conspiracy theories and welcoming Steve King’s endorsement won’t save his fading presidential campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. marjorie taylor greene
    House Bars Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees Over Hateful RhetoricBecause of her rhetoric, Greene will not join the House Budget Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee as originally planned.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. marjorie taylor greene
    Kevin McCarthy Decides to Protect Marjorie Taylor GreeneThe top House Republican gave his conspiratorial, pro-violence colleague a slap-on-the-wrist and said he’ll fight efforts to take her off committees.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    Why Giving Marjorie Taylor Greene the Steve King Treatment Might Not WorkTaking her off committees is the new favored way of punishing the extremist Republican.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    We’ll Soon Be Rid of Steve King — But Not His DemagogueryThe outgoing Republican congressman’s questioning of Kamala Harris’s ancestry shows his racist impulses have not been blunted — nor have his party’s.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  6. 2020 elections
    Steve King Finally Loses His Congressional SeatThe disgraced longtime congressman lost not because of his bigotry, but because of his loss of clout.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. 2020 elections
    Steve King Says He’ll Soon Get Committee Assignments BackWith his primary opponents focusing on his loss of clout rather than his bigotry, the prospect of restored committee assignments could be huge.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. racism
    Steve King’s Memes Aren’t Edgy, But They Are RevealingThe Iowa congressman is fundraising on some very stupid memes.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. toilet
    Steve King Drinks From a Toilet to Own the LibsThe embattled congressman said that the water from the combination toilet-fountain some detained migrants are forced to use is “actually pretty good.”
    By Matt Stieb
  10. racism
    Steve King’s Political Prospects May Be Fading, but His Party’s Racism Is NotKing is one of his party’s most flagrant bigots — but not by much.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  11. racism
    Steve King’s Views on Rape Are Inseparable From His RacismKing’s understanding of what gives women and people of color worth rests on how useful they are to his vision of civilization.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. abortion
    Steve King Discusses the Sunny Side of Rape and IncestThe embattled old nativist opens up a new front of outrageous comments on abortion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. steve king
    Iowa Democrat Aims to Knock Off Steve King, If Republicans Don’t Do It FirstJ.D. Scholten nearly beat King in the 2018 midterms. If the old demagogue survives his primary, Scholten will be waiting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. steve king
    Iowa’s Right-Wing ‘Kingmaker’ Vander Plaats Rejects Steve KingBob Vander Plaats is really good at spotting conservative winners. His endorsement of King’s primary challenger tells you a lot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. 2020 elections
    Is Steve King Finally Running Out of Money and Luck?The old racist’s prospects for reelection don’t look great, but he has exceeded expectations before.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. racism
    Steve King, Diamond, and Silk Deflect Racism Charges by Unveiling Racist BillThe white supremacist congressman and the black conservative YouTube personalities have a history.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. house republicans
    Bad Boys Nunes, King, and Hunter Dominate House GOP Small-Dollar FundraisingSome pols raise grassroots money with charisma or ideology. In today’s House GOP, being outlandishly controversial works.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. white nationalism
    Steve King Says He Empathizes With Jesus After White Nationalism RebukeThe Iowa rep said he had “better insight” into Christ’s suffering after being reprimanded by his colleagues for normalizing white nationalism.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. white nationalism
    White Nationalism Is the Republican Party’s Meal TicketThis week on Capitol Hill, Republicans tried to distract Americans from their complicity in white nationalism. They ended up drawing attention to it.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  20. vision 2020
    Will Iowans Dump Disgraced Racist Steve King?It will be ideology dueling with influence among many Western Iowa conservatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. ilhan omar
    4 Reasons Republicans Are Keeping the Heat on Ilhan OmarOmar is a convenient target for Republicans hoping to distract attention from their own and their president’s extremism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. false equivalence
    McCarthy Demands Democrats Treat Two Muslim Members As Bigots Like Steve KingIt’s a twofer for Republicans seeking to undermine Jewish Democratic allegiances while pleasing conservative evangelicals.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Trump’s Big Speech Failed at Every LevelEven looking at the 80-minute-plus laundry list from Trump’s point of view, the State of the Union address seems to be a disaster.
    By Frank Rich
  24. republicans
    Steve King’s Road Map for Racist RepublicansThe fallout from King’s comments isn’t just turning the GOP against him. It’s showing future racist politicians how to avoid his fate.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. racism
    Steve King Faces Rebuke, Just as the GOP Doesn’t Need Him AnymoreGOP leaders removed the Iowa representative from his seats in the Judiciary and Agriculture Committees for claiming white supremacy isn’t offensive.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. racism
    Republicans Have Tolerated Steve King’s Racism for a Long TimeUntil very recently, his fellow Republicans were happy to express solidarity with King despite his notorious nativism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. racism
    GOP Congressman: Oh, So Now It’s ‘Offensive’ to Say Whites Are the Supreme Race?“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” congressman Steve King wants to know.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. 2020 elections
    With Mixed Feelings, Iowa Democrats Look Forward to Their 2020 CaucusesIowa Democrats have suffered two rough election years, but that adversity could help the state produce a Trump-ready nominee in 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. 2018 midterms
    Steve King May Actually Pay a Price For Being a Blatant RacistIowa’s favorite white nationalist is losing campaign donors — and a new poll shows him statistically tied with a Democrat in his deep-red district.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. immigration
    What a 1970s Racist French Novel Tells Us About the Right’s ‘Caravan’ PanicThe Trump-fed panic over migrants heading toward the U.S.–Mexico border sure resembled the plotline of The Camp of the Saints
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. 18 House Republicans Nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace PrizeWill a Peace Prize really be awarded to Trump because of his militaristic bluster, before any peace has even been won?
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Nobody Seems to Know What Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Wall’ Would Look LikeYears after Trump started talking about a border wall, congressional negotiators trying to cut a spending deal still aren’t sure how it’s defined.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. select all
    This Is the All-time Worst Use of a Minions GIFWhite supremacists … don’t use Minions GIFs.
    By Brian Feldman
  34. Trump’s Immigration Flip-FlopHis astonishing (if shaky) deal with Democrats is a miniature version of the immigration reform efforts that divided the GOP in the recent past.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. Making Sense of Trump’s Announcement About DreamersHe left in place a policy protecting young undocumented immigrants while canceling protections for their parents. It’s unclear what’s next.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Steve King a Cautionary Tale in Iowa Debate Over Adopting RunoffsIn an Iowa legislative debate over getting rid of party conventions to resolve nominations, Steve King’s rise to Congress was an object lesson.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. Steve King, the Nativist Who Just Comes Right Out and Says ItWhile some on the populist right endlessly profess their belief in the equality of all races, religions, and cultures, King doesn’t bother.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Republican Congressman Steve King Tweets Approvingly About White Nationalism“We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  39. One of the Most Right-Wing Members of Congress Said He Can Work With Hillary“I’ve sat across the table with Hillary Clinton eye-to-eye,” Iowa representative Steve King said Thursday. “She is somebody I can work with.”
    By Eric Levitz
  40. the national interest
    Republican Steve King: Keep Harriet Tubman Off the $20 Because All Change Is BadConservative forgets to come up with reason to defend status quo.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. the national interest
    Rand Paul Flees in Terror From Mexican ImmigrantRand Paul plus Steve King plus Dreamer equals hilarity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. dumb things
    King: Gays Can Trap People Into Discrimination Plus: Homosexuality is a “self-professed behavior.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  43. the national interest
    Steve King: I Was Right About the CantaloupesWe can’t handle the truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. crossing over
    Steve King Declares Victory Because People Think He’s TerribleThis is what happens when people win?
    By Dan Amira
  45. crossing over
    Congressman Steve King Doing His Part to Make Hispanics Hate the GOP ForeverApparently most Hispanic illegals are drug smugglers now. 
    By Dan Amira
  46. Congressman Accused of Cheating During Debate Just Likes Writing on His HandTime to get a notebook.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. shmashmortion
    Steve King Says Dumb Thing About PregnancyThe GOP freak show continues.
    By Dan Amira
  48. unborn human puppies!!!!!!
    Ridiculous Congressman Steve King Asks Kindergarteners Where They Stand on AbortionThis is something they have to think about.
    By Dan Amira
  49. cable news
    Talk Box: Compromise? Thanks, But No ThanksRepublicans are telling the Democrats where they can store that olive branch, on our regular cable-news roundup.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  50. early and awesome
    Stephen Colbert Invents New Gay Slang in Testimony to Congress“Corn packer.”
    By Dan Amira