1. elections
    GOP Establishment Earns Early Primary Season Wins in North Carolina and Ohio Sorry, tea partiers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. america’s sweetheart
    Palin: Grandchild May Make Hillary Pro-LifeOnce she realizes it’s “not some disposable something.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. early and awkward
    Bob Johnson: Would Rather See a Terror AttackWhen you have to start a statement with “this is going to sound outrageous,” just don’t.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  4. technology
    4 Ways Politicians Try to Hide Their MessagesAnd one shady solution (hint: think teens).
    By Joe Coscarelli
  5. the national interest
    Hillary Clinton Reunited With Least Self-Aware 2008 SupporterThe populist/anti-47-percenters/pro-Palin/baroness constituency is now locked down.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. De Blasio’s Housing Plan Ensures Many New FightsIssue No. 1: Does it do enough for the middle class?
    By Chris Smith
  8. read my lips
    George H. W. Bush Honored for Courageously Breaking ‘No New Taxes’ PledgeThat must take the sting out of losing the presidency in 1992.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. paulitics
    Rand Paul Woos Rupert Murdoch at the Kentucky DerbyAfter the mogul called him his least favorite 2016 candidate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. white house correspondents’ dinner 2014
    What You Missed at the 2014 White House Correspondents’ DinnerJokes about cable news and Chris Christie, mostly.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  11. protests
    Condoleezza Rice Won’t Be Giving Rutgers University’s Commencement SpeechThanks to protests.
    By Delia Paunescu
  12. cable news news
    Fox News Cuts Away From Obama Because Benghazi“It’s a Friday afternoon. News is happening.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. Adam Silver Presidential Draft Movement Suffers First SetbackHe led from behind. Next.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. politics
    A History of WHCD Punch LinesAn ad hoc presidential-history cheat sheet. 
    By Eric Benson
  15. the national interest
    Rand Paul Attacks Israel Lobby From the RightIf it’s a crazy fight between Rand Paul and anybody, go with Rand Paul.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. the national interest
    John Boehner Goes Full BenghaziBenghaaaaaazi!
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the selfie politic
    Silicon Valley Is Trying to Change Immigration Policy Through Celebrity SelfiesYep, that should do it.
    By Kevin Roose
  18. ukraine
    Pro-Russian Forces Shoot Down Helicopters, Detain Journalists in UkraineThe fighting is intensifying in the city of Slavyansk.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. the national interest
    Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Banning Donald SterlingDonald Sterling 2016.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. early and awkward
    Michael Grimm and Eric Cantor Have a Shady Rabbi in CommonThe indicted Staten Island Republican met with his boss yesterday.
    By Steve Fishman
  21. the national interest
    Why the Clintons Can’t Handle the MediaThe roots of a pathology.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. the national interest
    Today’s Anti-Obamacare Talking Point, Debunked in Two ChartsNo, spending isn’t suddenly going through the roof.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. the national interest
    Did the Supreme Court Tip Its Hand on Climate Change?A major environmental ruling may be even more major than it appears.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. the supremes
    Scalia, Roberts Think Having Two Cell Phones Is Very Strange, SuspiciousThe Supreme Court continues its streak of not knowing much about technology.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  25. florida man
    Rep. Grayson Accuses Estranged Wife of BigamyOf course, he’s from Florida. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  26. politics
    Eric Cantor, No Matter How Old He Gets, Will Always Be a ‘Rising Star’The guy’s only been in office since 1992.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  27. the national interest
    Times Story on Charter Schools Insanely HostileAn exposé of a deviously successful plot to help poor children learn.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. early and awkward
    Boehner Challenger Loses Job Over Dick-Joke-Filled Campaign AdClick for the story, stay for the puns.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  29. media
    Politico Insists It’s Not Taking Over Los Angeles Just YetTwo of its writers, Dylan Byers and Todd Purdum, are moving out west.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. the national interest
    The New Paul Ryan Is All About Heart“That guy hates me.” I’ve made Paul Ryan sad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. early and awkward
    Makeout Bandit Vance McAllister Won’t Run for ReelectionHe wants to work on his relationship with his wife.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  32. the national interest
    Chris Hayes Is Not Making Sense on KeystoneMaybe you shouldn’t have gone all in on this hand.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. staten island man
    Staten Island Republican Michael Grimm Has Turned Himself In [Updated]He’s been charged with all kinds of fraud, perjury, and obstruction.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  34. america’s sweetheart
    Palin: Waterboarding: How We Baptize TerroristsAnd other insane nonsense from the carnival barker.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  35. stuck in the mittle
    Bob Schieffer: Romney May Run in 2016, Despite Repeated DenialsAnd don’t count Bob Dole out.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. the national interest
    Maybe the Election Won’t Be About Obamacare After AllYesterday’s biggest political-disaster era might become tomorrow’s forgotten story.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. crimes and misdemeanors
    Staten Island Republican Michael Grimm Will Finally Be IndictedThe congressman best known for his scandals and threatening to “break” a reporter is facing federal fraud charges.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  38. the national interest
    Piketty, Oligarchy, and Conservative EvasionConservatives say the real oligarchs are liberals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. hypotheticals
    Obama Would Save Drowning Putin, If He Had ToBut he’d save anyone, really.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. politics
    How Conservatives Reacted to Cliven Bundy’s RacismThe folk hero Nevada rancher lost all of his fast friends as soon as he mentioned slaves.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. Watch John Boehner ‘Theatrically Mock’ Fellow Republicans on Immigration Reform“Ohhhh. Don’t make me do this. Ohhhh. This is too hard!”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. gross racists
    Cliven Bundy’s Racist Rant Captured on VideoThe conservative folk hero says he was taken out of context. He was not.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. the most important people in the world
    Clooney Defended Obama Against Steve Wynn“When he’s drinking, he considers himself a close personal buddy of the president,” says Wynn.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. feigning interestin in futuristic things
    Obama Plays Soccer With Japanese Robot: VideoA small robot kicking a ball … how about that?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. the national interest
    Libertarian Hero Cliven Bundy Shockingly Turns Out to Be Gigantic RacistWhy does this keep happening to Rand Paul’s heroes?
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. early and awkward
    ‘Who Is Herman Cain?’ No One on Jeopardy! Remembers9-9-9? Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan? Blank stares.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. media
    Vice Reporter Simon Ostrovsky Held in UkraineIt highlights the very real risks of Vice’s reporting in war zones and authoritarian regimes.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. the national interest
    Is the Rising Democratic Majority Doomed?The future is already here, but somehow we don’t see it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. florida man
    Florida Lawmaker Arrested After Allegedly Drunken Taco Bell RunIt happens.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. career advice
    Former General Stanley McChrystal Can Relate to Unemployed LinkedIn ReadersSo he wrote a column about making the most of his “career curveball.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  51. the supremes
    Sotomayor’s Epic Affirmative-Action-Ban DissentThe court ruled against her 6 to 2.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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