1. cable news news
    Former White House Press Secretary Does About What You’d Expect Jay Carney is going to work for CNN. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  2. politics
    35-Year-Old Iraq Veteran Unseats House Democrat in MassachusettsSeth Moulton beat Representative John Tierney.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. politics
    New Yorkers Have Mixed Feelings on Candidates Facing Federal IndictmentsPrimary voters were surprisingly forgiving.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. politics
    Andrew Cuomo, Running Mate Fend Off Primary Challenge From the LeftBut ignoring Teachout may have hurt him in the long run.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. the national interest
    Ted Cruz’s Obamacare Nightmare Comes to LifeIt’s like a bad dream, if your bad dreams involve sick people getting to see a doctor.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. civic duty
    What You Need to Know About Today’s New York PrimariesGet to know the candidates — or at least, who’s facing federal charges.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. the national interest
    Why the Worst Governments in America Are Local GovernmentsThe Orwellian horror of Big Small Government.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. politics
    Obama Puts Off Immigration Reform Until NovemberNever mind what he said in June. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  10. early and awkward
    Watch Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio Completely Ignore Zephyr Teachout While she tries to greet them.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  11. the national interest
    A Southern GOP Can’t Be the Party of LincolnAmerican politics in its natural historic state.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. the national interest
    Why Do Teacher Unions Hate Eva Moskowitz?There may be an obvious reason we’re overlooking.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. the national interest
    The Economist Denounces One-Sided Account of Slavery [Updated]What about slave-on-slave crime?
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. crimes and misdemeanors
    Super-Sad Couple Shtick Fails Miserably for Bob McDonnell and Scapegoat WifeBoth were convicted on a combined 20 counts of corruption today.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  15. the national circus
    The National Circus: Obama’s Foreign-Policy Critics Are WrongThe president’s deliberateness may be America’s best recourse against the chaotic threats from ISIS and Putin.
    By Frank Rich
  16. Besides Pre-K, What Is de Blasio’s Education Plan?The answer has been, well, slow to develop.
    By Chris Smith
  17. the national interest
    Anti-Obamacare Desperation Lawsuit Just Got More DesperateJapanese soldier still fighting World War II in 1954 running low on ammo.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. the national interest
    Today’s Reminder That Liberalism Isn’t CommunismThis needs to be explained to a confused psychologist.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. the national interest
    Washington Sleazoids Helping Putin Fight SanctionsJohn Breaux and Trent Lott have to eat, too, you know.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. burning man 2014
    Grover Norquist Goes to Burning ManThe conservative activist got his playa on.
    By Kevin Roose
  21. bill de blasio’s new york
    The de Blasios Did Their Goofy Family Dance Again “The Smackdown” is back!
    By Caroline Bankoff
  22. messing with texas
    Rick Perry Attacks Enemy With Beer Ad Parody Someone’s still stewing over his felony indictment.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. messing with texas
    Ted Cruz Just Lost the BronxNot that he ever had it to begin with.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. summer suitghazi
    Peter King Outraged Over Obama’s Tan SuitWho else but Peter King?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  25. the national interest
    The Race To Make Hillary Clinton More Liberal Is OnBernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren start positioning.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the national interest
    Some Southern Members of Congress Apparently Haven’t Gotten Over the Civil WarYou rebel scum.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the national interest
    Obama’s Climate Deal Doesn’t Need the SenateSomebody has to save the planet, and it won’t be Mitch McConnell.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. the national interest
    The Dreamers Have Destroyed the Republican Immigration StrategyMarco Rubio confronts young immigrants; chaos ensues.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. Don’t Listen to Rob Lowe’s Opinions About Burger KingHe is terrible at being a right-wing economic pundit.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. the national interest
    Cornel West and the Insular World of the Obama-Hating LeftA revealing interview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. campaign ads
    Senate Candidate’s Campaign Ad Features Shot of James Foley Execution Video“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it,” says the New Mexico Republican.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. the national interest
    Paul Ryan’s List of 6 Favorite Books Has One Huge OmissionWorld’s Most Honest Man suffers strange memory loss.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. encounter
    Zephyr Teachout on Reddit, Wanting to Be Governor, and Her Running Mate, Tim Wu“I’m a real underdog, but I can still see a path to victory.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  34. the national interest
    Rand Paul Offers Free Eye Exam With DeportationTrust him, he’s a doctor.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. the national interest
    Iraq: Boy, That Escalated QuicklyA mountain rescue is turning into something more like a war.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. stuck in the mittle
    Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Want Each Other to Run for President in 2016They’ve stumbled on an adorable, noncommittal response!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. the national interest
    How Obamacare Violates the Conservative Cleanliness FetishA strange, revealing slip of the tongue.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. Why Beheading Videos Are Back With ISIS, and Why They Went AwayJames Foley is the first American executed this way since the mid-aughts.
    By Katie Zavadski
  39. the national interest
    Bill Kristol Demands War, Has Not Been Informed It’s Already HappeningForeign-policy strategists can’t be expected to know everything.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. the national interest
    ‘Youngsters Love Rand Paul’ Is a Fake TrendStop trying to make Rand Paul happen.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. the national interest
    Paul Ryan: I’m Keeping Tax Cuts for the RichA blunt stand against Republican modernizers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. the national interest
    The Republican Party’s Geriatric TrapSocialism for the old, capitalism for the poor.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. politics
    Here’s Rick Perry’s Mug ShotThe Texas governor turned himself in at the Travis County Courthouse on Tuesday.
    By Jessica Roy
  44. The Summer of 2014 and the Return of the Politics of RacismA shift in the attention of the American left, away from economic inequality.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  45. the national interest
    Paul Ryan Is Sorry the Takers Feel Offended By His Word ChoiceHe will stop calling them that.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. 2016
    It’s Starting to Look Like Hillary Clinton Is Running for President, Part XXVIShe’s attending the annual Iowa steak fry.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. the national interest
    No, the Founders Were Not Tea PartiersA 200-year-old lie.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Really Have a Mitt Romney ProblemHillary Clinton: heartless, out-of-touch, Gulfstream-demanding one percenter?
    By Annie Lowrey
  49. politics
    President Obama Is Taking a Little Break From His Vacation For “unspecified” meetings in Washington. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. messing with texas
    Rick Perry Responds to Indictment David Axelrod and Alan Dershowitz have both questioned the charges against the Texas governor. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  51. the national interest
    This Indictment of Rick Perry Is Unbelievably RidiculousI have never seen anything so frivolous in my (admittedly nonexistent) legal career.
    By Jonathan Chait
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