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Scandal

Why Politicians Survive Controversy in a Partisan Era
  • Brandon Rottinghaus
2025
Columbia University Press

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A political cartoon of Preston Brooks beating Charles Sumner in Congress.
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The Scandal About Scandals

A new book says polarization breeds impunity from scandal. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.
by Noah Berlatsky via Washington Monthly on December 10, 2025
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