John Gallagher (he/him)
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Elon Musk lawsuit against Media Matters is frivolous but the GOP is helping him
Musk’s lawsuit is a harbinger of how the right will weaponize the legal system against its enemies if Trump wins in 2024.
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Rosalynn Carter’s legacy includes building support for the LGBTQ+ community
The nonprofits she started for caregivers and people with mental health issues are helping LGBTQ people.
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George Santos is a problem for Republicans because he’s such a small-time grifter
If only he had set his sights higher, like that other New Yorker, Donald Trump.
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Kyrsten Sinema is ready to singlehandedly save the Senate again
She thinks she can stop Tommy Tuberville’s quixotic fight with the military.
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Mike Johnson may be just who Donald Trump needs to be re-elected, legally or not
The House Speaker isn’t going to let a Biden victory stand in the way of his vision of a Christian nation.
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Mike Pence’s doomed campaign was always an exercise in humiliation
Mike Pence‘s political career ended on January 6, 2021, but he needed the humiliation of his presidential run to prove it to himself.
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House Republicans hate each other too much to pick a Speaker
Jim Jordan is trying to strong arm his way to the Speakership, but he’s caught in the same doom loop as his predecessors.
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The next House speaker might be an anti-LGBTQ+ reactionary who covered up sex abuse
A far-right election denialist and leader of the Biden impeachment effort, JIm Jordan shows just how far the GOP has sunk.
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Republicans are convinced that transphobia is the way to win election in 2024
Anti-trans rhetoric is a staple of most of the presidential candidates because they think it will drive voter turnout.
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Does Kevin McCarthy really think that Democrats are going to save him as speaker?
He stopped a government shutdown at the last minute, but now the right-wing wants his head for not delivering on the deep cuts they wanted.