Bloomberg Opinion • 23rd July 2024

Of Course Kamala Harris Should Be on the Ballot

Republican legal efforts to keep the Democratic presidential candidate’s name off the ballot are absurd and hypocritical.

Bloomberg Opinion • 21st July 2024

MAGA Loves Immigrants — as Long as They’re the ‘Good’ Kind

At the Republican National Convention, the party demonstrated its desire to take us back to a time before America became a melting pot.

Bloomberg.com • 18th July 2024

MAGA's Migrant Rants Conveniently Leave Out the Economy

Everyone wants a secure border but deporting millions of migrants could have a crippling effect on communities and the country’s economic future.

Bloomberg Opinion • 12th July 2024

What to Expect at the Republican Coronation

The US isn't a monarchy, but the GOP nomination of former President Donald Trump next week will be as close to crowning a king as we’ve seen.

Bloomberg.com • 11th July 2024

Jill Biden Has Some Explaining To Do

The first lady has gone beyond the role of protector-in-chief. She’d better be prepared for the scrutiny and questions.

Bloomberg.com • 25th June 2024

Trump Could Actually Lose Florida. Here’s Why.

After two years of Governor Ron DeSantis pushing his extremist agenda, there’s a case to be made that voters have had enough of the Republican Party’s obsession with culture wars.

Bloomberg Opinion • 16th June 2024

Guess Who’s Footing the Bill for Faith-Based Schools?

James Madison warned us about what’s happening with vouchers and Christian-run schools. We should listen - and start erecting the guardrails.

Bloomberg • 12th June 2024

Texas Has a Good Thing With Its Open Primaries

The state Republican Party’s decision to close its primary elections will exacerbate polarization, encourage extremism and damage already waning trust in the system.

Bloomberg Opinion • 9th June 2024

Meet the MAGA Candidate in Sheep's Clothing Running for Governor

The North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson has cleaned up his public act, but behind closed doors he spews the same hateful rhetoric he has long trafficked in.

Bloomberg Opinion • 30th May 2024

Marco Rubio Sold Out for a Chance to Be Trump’s VP

As Marco Rubio as he emerges as a front-runner to be Trump’s vice presidential pick, there are two things to take from these comments: Rubio is good at delivering platitudes, and he will say whatever it takes to get the job.

Bloomberg Opinion • 29th May 2024

Vets Want What Trump Refuses to Promise: a Nonviolent Election

As hundreds of North Carolina Republicans gathered over the Memorial Day weekend to elect delegates to the party’s national convention in July, a coalition of military veterans showed up and asked party leaders for a simple pledge: renounce violence this election. North Carolina GOP leaders instead had the group swiftly escorted out of the meeting at the Greensboro convention center, saying they had no right to be there.

Bloomberg • 23rd May 2024

Nikki Haley Shows Us Who She Really Is: a Coward

Nikki Haley was once perceived by many Republicans as their hope for redeeming a party that had been taken over by a morally corrupt, lying and craven narcissist. Donald Trump, she declared, exhibited “everything I taught my children not to do in kindergarten.” But by announcing Wednesday that she will be voting for Trump after spending months skewering him as “unfit for office,” “unhinged,” “diminished” and a chaos agent, she proved what many Americans believe: You can’t trust politicians, especially Trump-supporting ones.

Bloomberg • 19th May 2024

Exploiting Kids Isn’t the Way to Fix the Labor Shortage

School will be out soon, and for many teenagers that means it’s time to get a job. But there’s a new hitch: More teens will be recruited for adult jobs and work longer hours and in more dangerous conditions because several states have weakened their child labor laws. It’s a brutal and short-sighted attempt to deal with one of the tightest labor markets on record, and it offers an ugly window into the inherent prejudices in the labor market.

Bloomberg • 17th May 2024

DeSantis’ Immigration Stunt Didn’t Go Entirely as Planned

Whatever happened to the 49 migrants who were flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2022? Pawns in an elaborate scheme to elevate the anti-immigrant bonafides of the ambitious governor, it seemed as if they had landed among the forgotten souls sidelined by the media’s short memory. But last month, in what may go down as one of the greatest ironies of political theater in recent memory, the US government quietly gave eight of them special legal protection.

Bloomberg • 10th May 2024

Georgia Supreme Court Race Turns Into a Battle Over Abortion

A normally low-key nonpartisan election for the Georgia Supreme Court has turned into a fierce political fight over abortion in an important battleground state. The race is playing out between incumbent Justice Andrew Pinson, a rookie judge who once clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and political veteran and former Democratic US Representative John Barrow.

Bloomberg Opinion • 25th April 2024

Tennessee Republicans Want to Turn Teachers into Gunslingers

Republican legislators in Tennessee have decided that the best way to protect the state’s children from school shooters is to arm their teachers. Yes, this is the same state where, just over a year ago, three students and three staff were gunned down by a former student armed with multiple weapons.

Bloomberg Opinion • 18th April 2024

Master Manipulator Mitch McConnell Isn't Done Pulling Strings

The senator has made sure Kentucky’s Democratic governor won’t have a role in naming his replacement.

Bloomberg Opinion • 5th April 2024

What’s Happening in Tennessee Isn’t Funny

Lawmakers focus on imaginary foes like vaccine-carrying lettuce while residents beg for sensible gun laws.

Bloomberg Opinion • 3rd April 2024

Florida Can Send an Abortion Message: The GOP Is Out of Touch

The state Supreme Court’s decision was wrong but a ballot initiative offers a powerful fix.

Bloomberg Opinion • 1st April 2024

Trump’s Big Lie Only Hurt Him. There’s Data to Prove It.

Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party and lies about fraud have killed the mail-in voting advantage GOP leaders spent two decades building. It’s either ineptitude, or part of a very devious plan.