Crooked Bough News Round-up

— The race-baiting response to Biden’s Supreme Court pledge

 

at 1/28/22 11:24am

Acting as though a Black woman nominee is necessarily less than qualified.

— In J.D. Vance’s primary, nonstop Trump-worship shows the perils of populism

 

at 1/28/22 9:19am

How J.D. Vance's conversion to Trumpism is playing out in a race-to-the-bottom campaign.

— Strong economic growth wrecks the GOP’s gloom-and-doom spin

 

at 1/27/22 11:04am

Republican perceptions have gone off the rails, even as they continue to shape our economic debate.

— Tucker Carlson’s pro-Russia rants give Republicans exactly what they deserve

 

at 1/27/22 8:54am

How Carlson's support for Vladimir Putin is bedeviling GOP primary candidates.

— Breyer’s retirement gives Democrats a big political opportunity. Will they take it?

 

at 1/26/22 2:35pm

They need to show their voters how important November's elections are. Here's the chance.

— We’re still asking the wrong question about Biden and Ukraine

 

at 1/26/22 10:52am

For once, can we confront a foreign policy challenge without obsession over whether the president is being "weak" or "strong"?

— What would a 2024 Trump coup look like? A new paper offers a worrying answer.

 

at 1/26/22 8:47am

How imagining the worst is the key to getting reform right.

— REI touts its liberal ‘values.’ Now it’s being put to the test.

 

at 1/25/22 2:14pm

How will its liberal customers react if the company mounts an anti-unionization fight?

— The Supreme Court’s power grab is fully underway

 

at 1/25/22 11:01am

The court is now the key policymaking arm of the Republican Party.

— Glenn Youngkin just showed us why he’s already going full Trumpist on schools

 

at 1/25/22 8:45am

The new Virginia governor is playing to those who crave maximal social conflict.

— Behind the latest GOP restrictions on race teaching: A hidden, toxic goal

 

at 1/24/22 8:52am

How GOP legislatures hope to remove big questions about race and the U.S. from the agenda entirely.

— Critics say Biden has been too ambitious. There’s a big hole in their argument.

 

at 1/21/22 11:38am

He should "focus" on problems, they say, but not make any actual change.

— How the new focus on Ivanka Trump and Jan. 6 will expose dark MAGA truths

 

at 1/21/22 9:20am

The Jan. 6 committee is on track to unmask MAGA-world's ugliest intentions.

— Don’t be fooled by the GOP’s next ‘Contract With America’

 

at 1/20/22 2:30pm

Just because they present it, doesn't mean we have to take it seriously.

— Behind their big defeat, Democrats may have reached a turning point

 

at 1/20/22 11:27am

The "epiphany" came, except it's Democrats who have finally seen the light.

— Mitch McConnell’s plan is working

 

at 1/20/22 8:59am

How McConnell's obstruction playbook really works for Republicans.

— Mitch McConnell is laughing in our faces. Brutal new polls for Biden show why.

 

at 1/20/22 8:59am

How McConnell's obstruction playbook really works for Republicans.

— In Florida, Ron DeSantis is creating a paradise of authoritarianism

 

at 1/19/22 12:14pm

Turning "freedom" on its head.

— Joe Manchin finally makes it plain: He is in favor of minority rule

 

at 1/19/22 8:39am

A year of debate over the filibuster ends with the dropping of a truth bomb.

— A pot-smoking candidate reminds us how far we have to go on cannabis

 

at 1/18/22 2:15pm

Politicians are lagging indicators of change. But Joe Biden should at least follow up on the campaign promises he made.

— Stop blaming the left for Biden’s problems

 

at 1/18/22 10:38am

They've done their job, and it's a miracle Biden has passed any legislation at all.

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