Tag: GOP
Shutdown under a unified government? Blame Trump
Jennifer Victor, George Mason University
Government shutdowns are rare.
This one is unique because the U.S. has never before experienced a shutdown under a unified...
Before Breitbart, there was the Charleston News and Courier
Sid Bedingfield, University of Minnesota
Conservatives who dislike Donald Trump like to blame the president and his Breitbart cheering section for the racial demagoguery they...
Kris Kobach and Kansas’ SAFE Act
Chelsie Bright, Mills College
If you want to understand President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission, it helps to study what happened in Kansas.
Six years...
Why some are applauding Donald Trump Jr’s ‘win at all costs’...
Daniel M. Shea, Colby College
To many, the revelation that Donald Trump Jr. was anxious to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russians will...
Why Montana just elected Greg Gianforte, a man charged with assault,...
Lee Banville, The University of Montana
Until just about 24 hours before the polls closed, the race for Montana’s sole congressional seat seemed...
Ivanka Trump’s deeply political tome
Ani Kokobobo, University of Kansas
By and large, critics have taken Ivanka Trump at her word about her new book, “Women Who Work.”...
Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction
Richard Arenberg, Brown University and Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington
Editor’s note: The fight didn’t last long. Moments before a scheduled vote...
Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction
Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University
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