Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein covers legal affairs, health care and politics for the Editorial Board. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, she’s a judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Find her @beyerstein.

New York can now celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s ideals without idolizing the slave holder himself

October 19, 2021 /

The City Council is taking down the memorial to him.

Death-threat squads harass voting administrators out of their jobs, clearing way for election theft. It’s a slow-motion coup

October 13, 2021 / Comments Off on Death-threat squads harass voting administrators out of their jobs, clearing way for election theft. It’s a slow-motion coup

“They’re playing the long game.”

After one big failed coup, the GOP has regrouped to launch countless mini-insurrections

October 6, 2021 / Comments Off on After one big failed coup, the GOP has regrouped to launch countless mini-insurrections

The right wing has cynically declared war on easy targets like teachers and nurses in the hopes they will quit out of fear or frustration.

The Republican campaign to rifle through the people’s ballots to sustain the Big Lie is a frontal assault on democracy

October 4, 2021 / Comments Off on The Republican campaign to rifle through the people’s ballots to sustain the Big Lie is a frontal assault on democracy

We cannot afford to let it spread any further.

The Durham indictment isn’t about justice. It’s about sending a ‘stop snitching’ message

September 21, 2021 / Comments Off on The Durham indictment isn’t about justice. It’s about sending a ‘stop snitching’ message

Snitches might get indicted.

Look to California to see that the GOP has given up on elections

September 14, 2021 / Comments Off on Look to California to see that the GOP has given up on elections

Trump is out of power, but the legacy of Trumpism lives on.

For members of Team Horse Paste, the fear is crossing the line from ‘bold independent thinker’ to ‘utter crackpot’

September 8, 2021 /

Grifters played on people’s hopes for a quick covid fix and their fear of vaccines, and now their fans are paying the price. 

We can pull the plug on the lab leak theory

September 1, 2021 /

An all-out push by the entire US Intelligence Committee failed to uncover one iota of evidence.

The civilian wing of the Republican Party has finally lost control of its paramilitary wing

August 31, 2021 / Comments Off on The civilian wing of the Republican Party has finally lost control of its paramilitary wing

Roger Stone and Trump operatives like to think of themselves as being in control. A new Reuters report paints a very different picture.

The governor’s breakup message: It’s not me, it’s you

August 10, 2021 / Comments Off on The governor’s breakup message: It’s not me, it’s you

You see, Andrew Cuomo wasn’t preying on the troopers; he was thanking them. That’s just the kind of guy he is.