partisanship

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• SOURCE: Vox
  12/20/2022
  

  Are Conservatives Really Pulling Ahead in the Comedy Race?

  Does a ratings boost for Greg Gutfeld's late-night show mean that today's conservatives are the funny ones and liberals are too "woke" to laugh? Answering the question means looking past party loyalty to ask what makes humor, says humor historian Teresa Prados-Terreira. 

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• 12/18/2022
  

  Fear Was on the 2022 Ballot, with More in Store for '24

  by Joe Renouard

  Political advertising in the midterm campaigns focused on fear. There's little reason to expect anything different in two years. 

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• 4/10/2022
  

  The Erosion of the Concept of Legitimate Opposition Undercuts Democracy

  by Jeff Kolnick

  The rising tendency to see partisan opponents as enemies of the nation justifies action to weaken democracy. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  12/8/2021
  

  Bob Dole: RIP to an Organization Man and Veteran

  by Matthew Cooper

  A veteran political reporter acknowledges that the late Senator and presidential candidate could be a tough partisan, but was devoted to fighting within the rules of procedure. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/15/2021
  

  Dems Worry Not Passing Biden Agenda Will Kill Them in the Midterms. Does Legislation Actually Matter?

  Ronald Brownstein, with help from Julian Zelizer, explains that even big wins for presidential priorities seldom save the party in power from a big beating in the midterms, a "second year curse" of modern presidencies.

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• SOURCE: KAKE
  6/28/2021
  

  Ron Brownstein: What Manchin and Sinema Can Learn from Lincoln Republicans on Voting Rights

  It's increasingly clear that the choice isn't between partisan and bipartisan legislation to protect voting rights, but between partisan legislation and none. But the 14th and 15th Amendments were themselves partisan. 

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• 5/30/2021
  

  Disregard for the Electoral Process is New and Alarming

  by Donne Levy

  How did the nation reach the point where one party is openly rejecting the democratic process? 

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• 5/30/2021
  

  The Post-Trump GOP: Rebirth or Stillbirth?

  by Michael A. Genovese

  The Republicans are betting that sticking with Trump's MAGA posture will usher in a political realignment with a broader GOP base. History shows that with anger and resentment standing in for a substantive policy agenda that meets the challenges of the times such a realignment is unlikely.

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• 2/21/2021
  

  "Hamilton" and Politics Today

  by Donald J. Fraser

  The phenomenally successful "Hamilton" takes some liberties with its subject, but it still offers some valuable perspective on our politics today. 

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• SOURCE: FiveThirtyEight
  2/8/2021
  

  In America’s ‘Uncivil War,’ Republicans Are The Aggressors

  Thomas Zimmer and Joanne Freeman represent historians among the scholars commenting on the asymetric polarization of American politics. 

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  2/5/2021
  

  What Lincoln Understood About Unity

  by Harold Holzer

  "The fact is, even the most eloquent calls for harmony seldom repair a house divided — not without the accompaniment of painful but unavoidable choices about national policy and purpose."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/16/2020
  

  Just Forget About Donald Trump

  by Peter Wehner

  It may be difficult for many Americans to let go of deep anger at Donald Trump and the political movement he represents, but it will be necessary. 

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• 11/1/2020
  

  Post-Election America Will Still Be Deeply Divided

  by Joe Renouard

  Congressional gridlock, eroding public trust, and partisan polarization are not media creations; they are observable and measurable realities.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10/13/2020
  

  How SCOTUS Nominations Became All-Out War

  by Robert L. Tsai

  The rise of national parties, the use of the judiciary to advance policy goals, and the decision of Republican leadership to consolidate a narrow electoral base have made judicial nominations a partisan battle the Founders did not adequately anticipate, according to American U. Law professor Robert Tsai.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/26/2020
  

  Trump Turns Shared American Experiences Into Us vs. Them

  Nostalgia for a time when Democratic leaders could embrace Republican leaders in a moment of crisis — and when a bipartisan group would gather for an annual roasting in Washington.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/1/2020
  

  We Can Finally See the Real Source of Washington Gridlock

  by Adam Serwer

  Washington gridlock stems from the ideological conviction, held by much of the Republican Party, that the Democratic Party is inherently illegitimate and has no right to govern.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/19/2020
  

  Deep Political Fissures May Worsen the Coronavirus Outbreak

  by Jordan E. Taylor

  During a massive outbreak of yellow fever in the nation’s then-capital city, Philadelphia, members of the earliest parties in the United States took advantage of medical uncertainty to advance partisan agendas.

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• SOURCE: Snopes
  7/28/2019
  

  ‘I’m Not a Traitor, You Are!’ Political Argument from the Founding Fathers to Today’s Partisans

  American history is filled with examples where one partisan side alleges that some idea embraced by the other side threatens to compromise American national strength or sovereignty.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/25/19
  

  Historians on Impeachment

  Can impeachment appear legitimate in a hyper-partisan universe?

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• SOURCE: NY Review of Books
  3-6-18
  

  Today’s Eerie Echoes of the Civil War

  by Manisha Sinha

  We would do well to pay heed to the old enmities bubbling up in our politics: it is not that we are on the verge of another civil war, but that the Civil War never truly ended.