Even the head of House Democrats’ top super PAC didn’t fully anticipate the size of their massive midterm wave.Heading into Election Day, House Majority...
2003—Senate Democrats continue their unprecedented measures of obstruction against judicial nominees, as they defeat for the second time an effort to end their filibuster...
Texas’s Republican establishment thought it was unshakeable. The blue tsunami that recently swept across the state proved the opposite. The wave culminated with Republicans washed out on the floor of the Capitol, having lost both the governorship and a Senate seat. For Texas Democrats, the ask was plain: Don’t boo, vote. They listened. Pundits did […]
When Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States under the 1898 Treaty of Paris, Washington exploited Article IX of the agreement — breaking a historic precedent by omitting the collective naturalization guarantees that had accompanied every prior U.S. acquisition from Louisiana through Alaska. This calculated exclusion instantly manufactured a tier of second-class American nationals, […]
President Donald Trump has been compelled to confront a political reality that has humbled presidents before him: “All politics is local.” Regardless of a president’s accomplishments or ambitions, the American electorate ultimately judges its leaders by the consequences felt in their homes, communities, and pocketbooks. Whatever successes Trump may claim, his inability to bring the […]