Washington Post – Politics:
The House declines to punish two of its most polarizing members, Reps. Rashida Tlaib and George Santos, in rare bipartisan votes.
Author: Philip Bump
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Will the haters once again decide the presidential election?
Washington Post – Politics:
Trump’s 2016 victory can be credited to voters who disliked him and Hillary Clinton. Will that occur in 2024, too?
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Trump and his allies have plans to remove the guardrails in a second term
Washington Post – Politics:
The former president and those in his orbit are making plans to scatter loyalists in decision-making positions.
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Censure is the new partisan weapon
Washington Post – Politics:
From 1980 to 2019 there were nine censure-related motions in the House. Since 2020 there have been 35.
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Bootgate and the perils of drafting off of Donald Trump
Washington Post – Politics:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) team came to believe it could direct the right‘s online anger. It couldn’t.
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A plurality of Americans believe God created humans without evolution
Washington Post – Politics:
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) past endorsement of a creationist theme park has a large — often older and more Republican — constituency.
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The Republican bait-and-bait approach to investigating Biden
Washington Post – Politics:
The substance of the allegations matter less than their utility as an engagement tool.
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Here are the public figures that scare Americans the most
Washington Post – Politics:
According to the most recent polling, a ranking of the 36 people Americans would least likely to see trick-or-treating at their homes.
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The 2024 Republican field winnows just as you’d expect
Washington Post – Politics:
In recent elections, about a third of the GOP field has dropped out before Iowa.