The Nation Magazine

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The Senate finally reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act today (no thanks to these guys). h/t Think Progress.

“There is ample evidence to suggest that leading Republican members of the House and Senate are a good deal more familiar with the fiction of Ayn Rand than with the self-evident truths of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison or Abraham Lincoln.”

—John Nichols on the “Randification” of the Republican party

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More from Tom Tomorrow!

“Can you imagine a Republican candidate actually going to a group of homeless men in a park and arguing that cutting the capital gains tax is what will most help them?”

—Ben Adler, “CPAC: We Swear, Conservatives Aren’t Only Old White Men!”

Steve Brodner live-illustrated all three nights of the RNC for The Nation. Check out his 60+ real-time cartoon responses to the convention here.

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Hot off the presses, this week’s issue takes on the GOP (Greedy Old Party)—Inside:

• Women Who Love Republicans Who Hate Them
• Never Mind Super PACs: How Big Business Is Buying the Election
• The US Chamber of Commerce’s Multimillion-Dollar Attack Plan
• Ai Weiwei and the Art of Protest
• & much more

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This is what the Republicans’ economic plan looks like. Here’s what else happened in states that turned red in 2010.