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Republican Rule, Week 55: There Is No Bottom to This Bottom

Worse and Worse

Under Trump, the GOP has decided not to govern, but to rule.

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Democracy? That’s for losers. For the Republicans, the name of the game is winning—and rigging the system the better to ensure perpetual winning.

One year and a month into the Donald Trump presidency, it’s increasingly clear that the Republican Party, drunk on the power of unified government under a man it...

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