Revolving Door on Steroids: Lobbyist Jon Kyl, Who Served Four Months in the Senate, Won’t Disclose Some Clients
Jon Kyl returned to his lobbying firm Covington & Burling a week after ending his brief tenure as a U.S. senator from Arizona.
Politics
1.4 Million Floridians Get Their Voting Rights Back Today, Whether Republicans Like It or Not
Some Florida Republicans, including Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, have sought to sow confusion about the validity of Amendment 4, which goes into effect Tuesday.
Voices
Progressive Ideas Matter to Voters. So Why Do Democrats Fixate on the Identity of the Messenger?
Democrats' focus on personalities and demographics over a popular progressive policy agenda and an anti-establishment sentiment may bring defeat in 2020.
U.S. Senate's First Bill, in the Midst of the Shutdown, Is a Bipartisan Defense of the Israeli Government From Boycotts
Attacks on the free speech rights of Americans in the name of defending Israel seem to have no end in sight.
Tulsi Gabbard Is a Rising Progressive Star, Despite Her Support for Hindu Nationalists
As her national profile grows, Tulsi Gabbard has publicly cut ties with her right-wing Hindu supporters at least once, but still courts them in private.
Behind the Pay-Go Battle Is a Central Contradiction That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Her Allies Will Need to Resolve
At the heart of the paradox is the House Democratic caucus’s resistance to political organizing, and Ocasio-Cortez’s grounding in it.
A Tale of Two Ads: Farewell to Bob Corker, America's Most Inert Senator
Corker, who retired from the Senate on Thursday, will now return to the private sector, where he will presumably look concerned while doing nothing.
Workers Just Notched a Rare Win in Federal Court
The decision concerns a ruling that the NLRB made about who counts as a joint-employer, a question that has been integral to movements like Fight for 15.
Voices
Veteran NBC/MSNBC Journalist Blasts the Network for Being Captive to the National Security State and Reflexively Pro-War to Stop Trump
A new generation of Democrats is being instilled with formerly right-wing Cold Warrior values and reverence for security state agencies.
Nancy Pelosi Rams Austerity Provision Into House Rules Package Over Objections of Progressives
The pay-go rule makes it more difficult for Democrats to pass a host of liberal agenda items, while Republicans are free to blow big holes in the tax code.