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Why the Republicans can harm Americans with impunity
Our politics “has been turned around into something that is entertaining us,” even as it’s destroying us, Steve Millies tells me.
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Dems can fracture the GOP over Trump’s war powers
Cracks are showing, Steve Millies tells me. It’s time to force them to vote on a funding measure like the one that ended the Vietnam War.
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Trump declares war on blue cities
Last month, he tied the Big Lie to the Great Replacement on the world stage, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
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If the ‘big beautiful bill’ passes, you'll save $14 a week in taxes. If it fails, you'll lose $9 a week
Who’s this legislation for? Not normal people.
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Dems’ choice: impeach Trump or face a ‘political earthquake’
No public trust without punishment for countless crimes.
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Unsaid: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ means kill the sick
Charles Gaba tells me that that, for Robert F Kennedy Jr, “would make those who survive healthier on average, achieving his ‘maha’ goal.”
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Don't be fooled. Iran and Israel are leading Trump by the nose
A made-for-TV war came with made-for-TV humiliation.
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Trump says Iran diplomacy is the answer, but war makes great TV
For him, it’s about optics, not details, says Elizabeth N. Saunders.
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Why Schumer, Jeffries were silent in face of Trump’s war drum
Politics is a schoolyard, Will Stancil tells me. Dems gotta speak up.
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By any objective standard, Stephen Miller is a hater
Terry Moran erred only in deleting his tweet, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
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The Republican budget bill is ‘welfare’ for the very, very rich
They didn’t earn it. They don’t deserve it. So the Republicans lie.
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Liberals are distracted, but Trump isn’t doing it
Our fighting spirit is drained by our own clever arguments.