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The memory-holing of Trump's putsch
Neither Pearl Harbor nor 9/11 were as bad.
Lindsay Beyerstein
Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist and judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Her forthcoming book is tentatively titled Against the Light: The Deep State Myth from the Illuminati to QAnon.
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Vaccines are the welfare state's crowning achievement. Naturally, the right hates them
If that’s how they want it, fine, says Lindsay Beyerstein.
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Capitol cop Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, but don't kid yourself. The insurgency killed him
It might not be murder, but his assailants hastened his death.
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Q is exposed. Will he face consequences?
Probably not, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. Lying isn't a crime.
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What North Carolina's newest anti-trans bill says about the lopsided alliance pushing for it
Lindsay Beyerstein explains the politics of TERFs.
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Glenn Greenwald appears to believe there's a constitutional right to PayPal. That's weird
A Pulitzer winner ought to know better, writes Lindsay Beyerstein
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The history you did not know behind the push to make the District of Columbia a new state
Why is DC second-class? Racism, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
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Chauvin's attorney is back on his bullshit
A version of the fraudulent "excited delirium" play, writes Lindsay Beyerstein
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No 'Hyde' in American Rescue Act. That's a BFD
Democrats step toward ending funding restrictions on abortion.
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Why right-wing fetishes are never benign
Lindsay Beyerstein explains a relentlessly false GOP narrative.
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The GOP's special Anti-Choice Math
Lindsay Beyerstein explains how the Republicans do abortion politics.
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What is the link between Trumpland, QAnon, evangelical culture and child-sex predators? 4chan
Lindsay Beyerstein explains what no one else will.