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On the Right, Impeachment Is a Distraction, Not a 'Witch Hunt'
They’re not calling it a “coup” or a “witch hunt.” There’s no “deep state” hoax, and the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s president wasn’t “perfect.”
Sessions, Praising President, Announces Run for Senate
Jeff Sessions formally announced Thursday that he was entering the Senate race in Alabama, a decision that will likely put him on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who still harbors resentment toward the former attorney general a year after forcing him from office.
A Conservative Push to Make Trans Kids and School Sports the Next Battleground in the Culture War
ARLINGTON, Va. — From the 12th floor of a glass office tower in the Washington suburbs, a campaign to sway the governor’s race in Kentucky on Tuesday is being waged with an alarmist claim that has little to do with the race itself: If Democrats have their way, soon boys will be able to compete against girls in school sports.
In Steve Bannon's Basement, a Rogue 'War Room' to Fight Impeachment
WASHINGTON — It’s been more than a year since any sort of war room has been run out of the basement of Stephen K. Bannon’s Capitol Hill town house. And it’s been even longer since Bannon, who was pushed out as White House chief strategist in August 2017, ran a war room for President Donald Trump.
Republicans, Defiant After Debate, Throw Punches on Impeachment and Economy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies sought to turn the Democratic debate Tuesday night into a referendum on the congressional impeachment inquiry, accusing the party’s presidential candidates and its leaders in Washington of pursuing a vendetta against Trump while ignoring more pressing pocketbook issues.
The 'Never Trump' Coalition That Decided Eh, Nevermind, He's Fine
WASHINGTON — In 2016, Erick Erickson could not have been clearer. Donald Trump was “a racist” and “a fascist.” It was no wonder, Erickson wrote, that “so many people with swastikas in their Twitter profile pics” supported him. “I will not vote for Donald Trump. Ever,” he insisted, adding his voice to the chorus of Never Trump Republicans.
'Everything You're Seeing Is Deception.' How Right-Wing Media Talks About Impeachment.
Mark Levin, the talk radio host who has been one of President Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders, tried to offer his listeners some reassurance this week as they processed the dizzying developments in Washington. “There’s a lot of disinformation and misinformation,” he warned. “I’m here to help us walk through this and defend this nation against a tyranny in our midst.”
The Tea Party Didn't Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger
In the late summer of 2009, as the recession-ravaged economy bled half a million jobs a month, the country seemed to lose its mind.
Nancy Who? The Right Finds New Liberal Foils in 4 Young Firebrands
WASHINGTON — When Mark Sanford was running for a South Carolina House seat in 2013 and wanted to make a point about the brand of liberalism he would fight in Washington, he staged a mock debate with a life-size picture of Nancy Pelosi, which his campaign staff had custom made at a local copy shop.
Is America Ready for a Gay President? 'You're Going to See the Wall Crumble'
In 2009, Raymond Buckley was the only openly gay state chairman in the Democratic Party. His state, New Hampshire, was one of very few that had passed a law making same-sex marriages legal. Barack Obama, the new president, held a position that was then the norm for Democratic politicians: that marriage should be reserved for heterosexuals.With Polls and Private Meetings, Republicans Craft Blunt Messaging to Paint Democrats as Extreme
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are sharpening and poll-testing lines of attack that portray Democratic policies on health care, the environment and abortion as far outside the norm, in hopes of arming President Donald Trump with hyperbolic sound bites — some of them false — asserting that Democrats would cause long waits for doctors or make killing babies after birth legal.
With Polls and Private Meetings, Republicans Craft Blunt Messaging to Paint Democrats as Extreme
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are sharpening and poll-testing lines of attack that portray Democratic policies on health care, the environment and abortion as far outside the norm, in hopes of arming President Donald Trump with hyperbolic sound bites — some of them false — asserting that Democrats would cause long waits for doctors or make killing babies after birth legal.
Pete Buttigieg, Gay and Christian, Challenges Religious Right on Their Own Turf
WASHINGTON — As a Midwestern mayor who hopes Democrats can reconnect with disaffected moderates and conservatives, Pete Buttigieg is talking to voters differently than presidential candidates focused mostly on the progressive left.
Fear of 'career death sentence' kept buttigieg in closet until 33
The closet that Pete Buttigieg built for himself in the late 1990s and 2000s was a lot like the ones that other gay men of his age and ambition hid inside. He dated women, deepened his voice and furtively looked at MySpace and Friendster profiles of guys who had come out — all while wondering when it might be safe for him to do so too.
Pete Buttigieg's life in the closet
The closet that Pete Buttigieg built for himself in the late 1990s and 2000s was a lot like the ones that other gay men of his age and ambition hid inside.
Conservative radio host has doubts about Trump, his audience doesn't want to hear it
Now Savage is an outlier once again, dismayed more each day as the budget deficit continues to swell, thousands of new migrants are apprehended at the border, and the wall Trump promised to erect and make Mexico pay for remains unbuilt.
As passions flare in abortion debate, many Americans say 'it's complicated'
PITTSBURGH — Abortion is an issue that Lynndora Smith-Holmes goes back and forth on. “Six of one, half-dozen of the other,” she said the other day as she finished her lunch break.
Buttigieg confronts race and identity in speech to gay group
LAS VEGAS — Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday directly confronted one of his biggest vulnerabilities as a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination: running as a white man who has led a life of relative privilege at a time when many in his party are eager for a woman or a minority candidate to become their next leader.
Bill Weld on Nixon, Mueller and how he plans to beat Trump in the primary
William F. Weld and President Donald Trump not only seem to be from different political parties — they seem at times like they are from different planets.
Pete Buttigieg, gay and christian, challenges religious right on their own turf
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