Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Truth can defeat ‘gaslighting,’ the word of the year. But not always.

 

at 11/28/22 2:09pm

"Gaslighting" is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year, and the problem is worse than ever.

— How Trump is handing white supremacists huge propaganda victories

 

at 11/28/22 11:55am

A historian of white power movements sheds light on Trump's dinner with Nick Fuentes.

— A new type of reporter emerges: The ‘mass shooting correspondent’

 

at 11/25/22 5:00am

Journalists are becoming veterans at covering the carnage of mass shootings.

— Kevin McCarthy’s border trip shows how tired this stunt has become

 

at 11/23/22 9:01am

Put on your olive shirt, gaze with steely resolve across the Rio Grande — and make immigration reform less likely.

— Why Trump and Kevin McCarthy should fear a Warnock victory

 

at 11/22/22 7:51am

Democrats can counterprogram the coming GOP wave of Benghazi-style investigations.

— Donald Trump is back on Twitter. Here’s why we shouldn’t fear.

 

at 11/21/22 5:00am

Elon Musk may have restored the former president’s account, but it’s not 2016 anymore.

— How Marjorie Taylor Greene’s MAGA House will boost Trump

 

at 11/18/22 11:54am

The hidden way that Republicans will use House probes to protect Trump.

— Welcome to the Congress of endless investigations

 

at 11/18/22 11:54am

Republicans will investigate the border, Hunter Biden, the IRS, Hunter Biden, the Justice Department and Hunter Biden.

— 5 big ways Republicans are coping with Trump’s 2024 run

 

at 11/17/22 12:51pm

Above all, Republicans seem determined to avoid telling Trump voters the truth.

— Rick Scott’s Paul Ryanist fantasies are a big loser for the GOP

 

at 11/16/22 3:11pm

An ill-fated challenge to Mitch McConnell based on illusions about what the public wants.

— John Fetterman made big gains in Trump country. New data reveals how.

 

at 11/16/22 5:00am

The senator-elect outperformed Joe Biden in some of Pennsylvania's Trumpiest counties.

— The GOP prepares to tear itself apart

 

at 11/15/22 5:00am

It's unclear who the party's rebels are and who the establishment is.

— The quiet vindication of Liz Cheney

 

at 11/14/22 11:03am

Cheney's strategy to defeat pro-Trump MAGA candidates is showing surprising success.

— Republicans want Trump to take the blame. Good luck with that.

 

at 11/11/22 10:59am

There's another elephant in the room that Republicans don't want to talk about.

— Why the midterms were the Y2K of elections

 

at 11/11/22 5:00am

The threat of disruption and subversion was real. The reason it was kept in check? Preparation.

— 5 ways to ‘crazyproof’ the country against the chaos of a GOP House

 

at 11/10/22 11:10am

How Congress can act in the lame-duck session to protect the nation.

— 5 big GOP narratives just went down in flames

 

at 11/9/22 11:03am

The big story of these midterm elections is that MAGAfied authoritarians who were embraced by the GOP suffered unexpected and potentially grave setbacks.

— Arizona Democrats chalk up their big night to GOP focus on immigration

 

at 11/9/22 9:32am

For Arizona Republicans, it's always about the border.

— The Trump-DeSantis feud just got worse. A hidden factor is driving it.

 

at 11/7/22 10:40am

How DeSantis is using the language of Christian Nationalism to challenge Trump.

— This Texas race is a microcosm of the partisan gerrymandering problem

 

at 11/7/22 5:00am

In central Texas, a Democratic challenger vows to keep running for office, even as her redrawn district grew even more Republican after 2020.

— Why isn’t Trumpism hurting the GOP? Some Democrats see vexing answers.

 

at 11/4/22 9:39am

It's hard to make the MAGA threat to democracy matter to swing voters.

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