A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting
A weekly roundup of The New Republic’s political reporting Some were just embarrassing. Many were horrific. All of them should disqualify him from another four years in the White House. |
By The New Republic Editors |
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{{/if}} History will remember that Fraidy-Cats like Jamie Dimon and Mitt Romney went AWOL during their country’s hour of need. |
Trump is supercharging the GOP’s age-old penchant for skullduggery in presidential elections. |
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During his presidency, the high court’s conservatives proved to be resistant to the idea that Donald Trump was their legal client. This year, that all changed. |
He caught hell at the time for mismanaging Covid. But now we indulge Trump’s fantasy that his presidency ended in February 2020. |
William Rehnquist went from a lonely dissenter to an institutionalist chief—and his opinions are all the rage among the court’s current conservatives. |
The right hates it. But you know what? It provides billions in grants that states love and need. They’d either have to do without—or raise taxes. By a lot. |
Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump. |
By Greg Sargent, Michael Tomasky |
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Campaigns spend billions on ads that change outcomes by a few points, if at all. Here’s where the money goes—and how it drives our political parties. |
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