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As infrastructure talks advance, a key flaw in GOP plan emerges As things stand, to see the Republican position on infrastructure as serious and credible is to make a mistake. Work crews continue to work on the construction of a freeway overpass in San Diego, March 30, 2021.Mike Blake / Reuters April 28, 2021, 12:41 PM UTC BySteve Benen After a handful of bipartisan infrastructure meetings with lawmakers, President Joe Biden recently wrapped up a White House discussion by asking Republicans to...

McCarthy contradicts McCarthy on Trump, Jan. 6 attack The House GOP leader is still looking for ways to make Trump happy, even if that means contradicting himself in painfully obvious, easy-to-check ways. Kevin McCarthy on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2021.Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images file April 26, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC BySteve Benen In the immediate aftermath of the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, many Republicans were reluctant to defend Donald Trumps role in inciting t...

In 2020, Donald Trumps last year in the White House, the number of far-right domestic terrorism incidents in the United States hit a 26-year high.

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Maddow Blog | The glaring flaw in the GOPs new talking point on Georgia voting MSNBC 2 hrs ago Steve Benen Major League Baseball recently pulled its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to Georgias new voter-suppression law. The exhibition will instead be played this year in Denver. And that, evidently, gave some Republicans an idea for a new talking point. At a briefing today, for example, Fox News White House correspondent asked: "Is the White House concerned that Major Le...

The glaring flaw in the GOPs new talking point on Georgia voting The idea that that Colorado and Georgia are effectively the same in imposing voting restrictions is demonstrably ridiculous. A voter drops an election ballot off at the Pitkin County Administration box in Aspen, Colorado, on Nov. 6, 2018.Anna Stonehouse / The Aspen Times via AP April 6, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC BySteve Benen Major League Baseball recently pulled its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to Georgias new voter-suppression...

Biden's presidency may seem dull compared to the head-spinning drama surrounding Trump's first month, but let's recalibrate what constitutes "interesting."

The problem with the Republicans offer on a COVID relief package Republicans apparently expect people to believe legislation should be assessed, not on its merits, but in its capacity to make the GOP minority happy. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Jan. 15, 2020.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images file Feb. 1, 2021, 1:00 PM UTC BySteve Benen As Democratic officials move forward with an ambitious COV...

Rand Paul heard Joe Biden denounce political extremists, and for reasons he did not explain, the senator took offense.

The soon-to-be-ex-president tried to pressure Republican legislators to overturn the election results in the states where Biden’s margin of victory was narrow. They rebuffed him. His legal team filed 59 suits to subvert the popular will — and lost every one of them. The president has even tried to enlist the help of the Supreme Court, which pointedly ignored him. All of these strategies have failed. Despite many accusations of fraud, the president and his party have been unable to produce...