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Michigan Just Showed Us All How American Democracy Really Can Still Work
These Governor Races in 2022 Hold the Key to the 2024 National Election. Here’s Why.
All Is Not Lost! Not Everything Is a Catastrophe. A Deep Breath Moment As We Look Ahead to 2022.
The Big Lie Is a Virus, and It Already Has Variants.
Turning Point USA Is Dangerous. Here’s Just How.
The Jan. 6 Committee Likely Has the Goods on Trump. Here’s What That Means.
Sure, We’ve Got Manchin to Deal With. But They’re Stuck With Trump.
It’s the Obstruction, Not the Violence, We Should Be Tracking
About Those Fox News Hosts’ Texts to Mark Meadows…Five Key Takeaways
Did You Catch It? Rep. Liz Cheney Just Fired a Legal Warning Shot over Trump’s Head.
Pentagon Officials Reportedly Lied to Congress About Jan 6. Mark Meadows May Know Why.
The Court of Appeals Just Dealt Trump a Big Blow. But What Does It Really Mean, and What’s Next?
Key Witness Mark Meadows Is Flailing and Desperate Because of Newly Surfaced Receipts.
You Might Be Thinking About the Jan 6 Committee and These Defiant Witnesses All Wrong.
The DoJ Just Sued Texas For Its Racially Gerrymandered Maps. Can the Lawsuit Succeed?
Why Does Everything Feel So Awful? And What Should Democrats Do About It?
Jeffrey Clark Will Plead the Fifth. What That Means and Doesn’t Mean for the Jan 6 Investigation.
Stacey Abrams Is Running for GA Governor. And That Has National Implications.
A Public Twitter Feud Begun By Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Part of the Great GOP Unraveling
Unpacking Tomorrow’s Big Abortion Case: Fetal Viability, Undue Burden, and Roe v. Wade
Omicron Variant Conspiracies Are Already a Thing on the Right
Something About the Rally at the Ellipse before the Capitol Attack Doesn’t Add Up.
The January 6 Committee Already Has Some Interesting Goods on Alex Jones.
Could Two Senators Sink Build Back Better Entirely? It’s Possible...But Also Unlikely.
“House Speaker Donald Trump” Is a Boogeyman That Just Jumped Out at Us Again
Speaker Pelosi Has Now Hit Two GOP Reps with Disciplinary Votes. Republicans Want Revenge.
Michael Flynn Was Central to the Coup Conspiracy. The January 6 Committee Wants Him To Testify.
Should We Start to Freak Out About Biden’s Poll Numbers? A Deep Breath Moment.
Lordy, There Are Memos. And Jenna Ellis Is About to Go Through Some Things
Was It Self-Defense? Or Were the Victims Provoked? The Answer Requires Bigger Questions.
In Two Big Murder Cases Before Two Juries Today, the American Justice System Is Also on Trial
Democrats’ Hopes For Holding the Senate Just Got a Big Boost.
The January 6 Committee Issued Six New Subpeonas. And It’s Clear What They’re After.
Additional Audience Questions from My First “Fireside Chat”
Justice Pushed Forward Hard Yesterday. A Recap of the Many Important Moves.
The Second Amendment May Get a Big, Scary Boost Following SCOTUS Arguments Yesterday
After Virginia, We Know What the GOP Playbook Will Be in 2022. And We Can Beat It.
Take a Deep Breath. Manchin Is Up to His Three Usual Tricks.
Abortion Goes Before the Supreme Court Today. So Does a Sane System of Law Enforcement.
The GOP Is Freaking Out Over Merrick Garland. So What’s Up with All That?
Trump Has Endorsed Two Candidates in Key Senate Races and…Yikes. Only the Worst People.
A Billionaire Wealth Tax Is Squarely on the Table for the First Time. So What’s the Deal With It?
The Sh*t Just Hit the Fan on January 6. Here’s What We Know So Far and What It Means.
Having a Bad Week? Matt Gaetz Is Probably Having a Much Worse One.
The House Votes Tonight on Steve Bannon’s Contempt Charge. Here Are Some Things To Know.
Moscow Mitch, the Trump Campaign and an FBI Raid on a Russian Oligarch: The Puzzle Pieces
Steve Bannon’s Defiance of the Jan 6 Committee’s Subpoena is Garbage, Legally Speaking.
A Budget Deal Could Still Happen. But Few Would Be Smiling, at Least on the Inside.
How an Anti-“Critical Race Theory” Law in Texas Spawned a Holocaust Denial Controversy
Don’t Let Trumpism Shatter Your Faith in the Rule of Law.
The GOP Has Grown Dangerously Extreme. What’s Driving That, and How Do We Respond?
Trump and His Allies Plan To Seize Control. They’ve Already Told Us How They’ll Do It.
Why Some Horrible Things Feel So Very Wrong While Others Only Produce a Shrug
Subpoenas. Subpoenas Everywhere.
A Federal Judge Just Smacked Down Texas’ Abortion Ban. So What’s Next?
Neither Truth Nor Common Sense
The Debt Ceiling Game: Imagine a Scene of “Chicken” on the Open Seas
No, the Democrats Are Not in “Disarray” or “Chaos.” In Fact, a Deal Is Probably Not Far Off.
(Possibly) Off for Jury Duty This Week
We Need To Change How We Talk about the Standoff in Washington.
YouTube Finally Bans Vaccine Misinformation. But How Far Did It Go, and Is It Too Late?
The Debt Ceiling Crisis Is Fixable. Bring Back the Gephardt Rule.
Houston, We Have a Problem. And One in Dallas, Too.
Trump’s Lackeys Were Just Subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 Committee. Can They Evade Testifying?
Did the GOP Just Badly Miscalculate with their Threats Over the Debt Ceiling and Default?
The Pieces of the Coup Puzzle Are Falling Into Place. And the Picture Is Frightening.
How to Get Away with a Coup: A Terrifying White House Memo Shows How Close They Came
Vaccine Requirements for Kids 5 and Over Are Coming to Schools. But Will They Hold Up Legally?
Republicans in PA Just Jump-Started an AZ-style Election “Audit.” It’s Already a Circus.
New York Can Tip the Balance in the House Through a Partisan Gerrymander. Will It Do It?
Gov. Newsom’s Recall Win Is Roadmap For Democrats
It’s Sanders v. Manchin, and the Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher
A Nationally Organized, Far-Right Rally Is Planned for Saturday in D.C. Should We Be Worried?
Joe Biden Has Had It With Anti-Vaxxers. But Will His Vaccine Mandates Hold Up?
Merrick Garland Is Suing Texas Over Its Abortion Ban. Here’s How He Can Win.
The Scary California Recall Election: Deep Breath Time!
Rebuke, Reward, or Retrench? GOP Leaders Can Only Stick Their Heads in the Sand So Long.
Democrats Need a Win Badly. But Will Manchin and Sinema Deny Them?
The Supreme Court Just Opened Pandora’s Box. And It’s Very, Very Bad.
The Texas GOP Weaponized the Courts To Stop Abortions There. And They Just Won.
SCOTUS Could De Facto Overturn Roe v. Wade Tomorrow. What Just Happened?
Pictures from Sardegna and Corsica
The GOP Is Already Bungling Its Messaging on the Afghan Crisis
The GOP Will Spin Failure and Humiliation in Afghanistan Hard. Here’s How To Counter That.
Gerrymandering Will Cost Dems the House….Or Will It?
The Senate’s Coup Investigation Is Heating Up and the Stakes Are Sky High
The GOP’s Performance Politics Failed To Stop Another Huge Win For the Biden White House
Chaos, Fear and Resistance in Texas Schools
Trump’s Plot To Steal the Election: Why This Weekend’s Testimony Is Game-changing
In DeSantis v. White House, Guess Who’s Winning?
An Unlikely Hero Is Now a Star Witness Against Trump. He May Just Have Saved the Republic.
A Draft DoJ Letter Shows How Close We Were To a Coup. The GOP Is Learning For Next Time.
Millions of Families Face Eviction This Week. Who Bears the Blame For This Catastrophe?
Trump’s Risk of Federal Prosecution Just Shot Higher
The GOP Is Locked in a Covid Disinformation Death Spiral. Here’s Why.
The Democrats Are Close To Going To War With Each Other. What Will Stop Them?
The Stupidest Rebuttals by the GOP to January 6 Are Also the Most Dangerous
The Truth Could Set America Free. That’s What Kevin McCarthy Fears.
Florida Is In Deep Trouble. And So Is Ron DeSantis.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Is A HIPAA-Critical Idiot.
Mitch McConnell Just Tried to Hold a Gun to America’s Head. It Could Backfire.
Another Domino Falls for Trump. But Are We Any Closer To Seeing Trump Himself Charged?
In 2022, We Must Hold the Line. But How and Where?
Is Majority Leader Schumer Finally Playing Some Political Hardball?
Georgia Is Still On My Mind. Here’s Why.
Vacation along the Côte d’Azur
They Indicted His CFO. But Is Trump Going Down, Too? What “Many People Are Saying” on That.
Trump’s CFO Allen Weisselberg Was Just Indicted. Big Deal, or Big Meh?
Everyone Can Hold the Twin Infrastructure Deals Hostage. That Makes for a Tough Path Ahead.
A Misstep By Biden Nearly Derails a Hard-Won Infrastructure Compromise. So Where Are We Now?
The Race To Prove Their Loyalty to Trump Is As Tricky As It Is Transparent
The Right Has Whipped Parents into a Frenzy over “Critical Race Theory.” We Need to Understand Why.
“The Fight Is Not Over.” — VP Kamala Harris on Voting Rights. So What Next?
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Doesn’t Know What She’s Talking About
Speaker of the House Donald Trump? A Nausea-Inducing Idea Gains Traction. But Is It Likely?
Meet the Incredible “Grandmother” of Juneteenth, Opal Lee
A Leaked Donor Call, A Filibuster Warning, and Bipartisan Infrastructure and Voting Rights Deals?
The GOP Is Anti-Truth, and It’s About To Catch Up To Them. No Matter What McConnell Tries To Do.
The GOP is Facing a Roy Moore Problem in 2022, and Mitch McConnell Knows It.
The G7 Failed To Conclude with an End Date to Coal Production. You’ll Probably Hate To Hear Why.
Merrick Garland Just Threw Down a Gauntlet on Voting Rights. Here’s Why That Matters a Lot.
Yes, Trump Should Be Prosecuted, Charged and Sentenced. But That Won’t End Trumpism.
Bombshell: Per Leaked Filings, the Uber Rich Pay a Lot Less of Their Income in Taxes Than You.
A Group of Centrists May Hold the Key to the American Jobs Plan. Few Are Happy About That.
Manchin Has Killed the For the People Act. Now What?
Schumer Hopes to “Harry Reid” His Way Into Ending The Filibuster. But Here’s the Problem.
Redress and Reparations Are Hard. But They’re Not Impossible, Nor Without Precedent in the U.S.
Could Gen. Michael Flynn Face a Court Martial For Advocating a Coup?
The Debate Over Killing the Filibuster Hides a Much Deeper Dysfunction
Finally, Some Amazingly Good News in the Battle Against Climate Change.
The Manhattan DA Has Convened a Grand Jury To Possibly Indict Trump. So Now What?
This Keeps Me Up At Night: A 2022 Election Disaster and a Nightmare Scenario in 2024
Now There’s a “Review” of Ballots Ordered in Fulton County Georgia...and the Circus Continues
The Senate Is Hopelessly Compromised.
McCarthy and McConnell Might Have Badly Miscalculated.
Liz Cheney Dropped Big Insider Truth Bombs Over the Weekend. She Says We Should All Be Worried.
The Arizona “Fraudit” Just Went Code Red, and Trump Is Licking His Chops
The NRA Just Lost Bigly in Texas. So What Happens Next?
The For the People Act is Very Popular. The GOP Wants to Change That.
The GOP Is Having A “Deep Plow” Moment. And It’s Incredibly Dangerous.
2022 Will Test Whether We Still Have a Functioning Democracy
Giuliani Has Put Trump In a Bind. And There May Be No Safe Path Forward.
Liz Cheney Is Almost Certainly Toast. But What Does That Mean for the GOP?
Could the GOP in Florida Have Screwed Itself with Its New Voter Suppression Law?
Florida Just Passed a Really Bad, Georgia-Style Voter Suppression Law. Here’s What It Does.
The Raid on Rudy Giuliani’s Home and Office Is Remarkable and a Very Big Deal. Here’s Why.
The Initial Census Figures Are Out. What the New Numbers Mean for 2022 and 2024.
What the Hell Is Going on in Arizona with this New “Recount”?
The Bleach Speech Was a Year Ago. It Must Never Happen Again.
There’s a New Justice Department in Town, and It’s Out To Enforce Changes to Police Practices
Derek Chauvin Will Serve Time. But How Much?
Derek Chauvin Was Convicted on Three Counts. But Will The Verdict Be Reversed on Appeal?
Florida’s New “Anti-Riot” Law Is an Attack Upon Free Speech and Minority Communities.
We’re at Closing Arguments in the Chauvin Trial. Here’s Exactly What The Jury Must Now Decide.
U.S. Homicides by Police: The Grim Numbers
The Battle for the Supreme Court Has Begun.
We Need To Bust Some Myths About Police Killings.
It’s Not Our Politics. It’s Us.
America Suffers From Malignant Group Narcissism.
Matt Gaetz Has a $900 Problem.
The Insurrectionists Weren’t Who We Thought. That’s Key To Stopping Them in the Future.
The Hate Train Rolls on in Arkansas with a Third Blow to the Trans Community.
Mitch McConnell Just Got Owned by Chuck Schumer, and the Consequences Are Huge.
Matt Gaetz’s Legal Woes Keep Mounting. And He Still Won’t Shut Up, Which Is Pretty Hilarious.
Biden Just Signaled He’s Open to Cancelling Up To $50K In Student Debt. But Wait, Can He Do That?
Biden Wants Corporations To Pay Up. Here’s How To Force Them To.
Facebook Banned Alex Jones. So Why Did His Insurrection Messaging Still Flood the Site?
Summer Is Coming...for Trump. Will He Risk Testimony Under Oath?
The Battle for Georgia’s Soul Is Heating Up...And Trump Wants an Loyalist in Place for 2022.
There’s Another Georgia Criminal Statute That Could Snag Trump and Giuliani.
A Shameless Plug for Asian Stories
Dominion Has Now Sued Fox News for $1.6 Bil. But Just How Strong Is its Case?
It’s Not Just This Bill. Georgia Has a Long History of Voter Suppression. Here Are Some Facts.
Sidney “Kraken” Powell Is Back in Court with an Ironic Defense To that $1.3bil Defamation Action
The NRA Blocked An Assault Weapons Ban in Boulder Last Week. But Wait, Aren’t They in Bankruptcy?
The Lead Prosecutor of the Insurrection Just Dropped the S Word. Conspirators Beware.
The White House Just Fired Five People For Past Pot Use. Didn’t They Promise It Wouldn’t Matter?
Allen Weisselberg Has Been Trump’s Loyal CFO for 20 Years. But Could His Own Sons Get Him To Flip?
Biden Just Fired a Huge Shot Across the GOP’s Bow: Let’s Talk About the “Talking Filibuster”
The GOP Is Turning to White Grievance to Undermine Biden’s Relief Bill. But Will It Work?
The $234 Million Discrepancy That Could Finally Sink Trump
Voter Suppression 101: How Can They Just Eliminate So Many Polling Stations?
Cy Vance Just Announced He Won’t Seek Re-election. But What About the Case Against Trump?
There’s an Obamacare Easter Egg in the Relief Bill, and a Lot of People Are About to Be Very Happy
The American Rescue Plan Takes Aim at Child Poverty. But Will It Cost Dems Politically?
Hey Big Tech: Joe’s Just Not That Into You. And Seriously, You Guys Could Break Up.
Fulton County, GA District Attorney Ups the Ante Against Trump...And Brings in a Big Gun
So What Exactly Did Joe Manchin Do To the Covid Relief Bill?
Donald Trump Wants To Cancel Karl Rove. For Real.
A Modest Proposal on Limiting the Filibuster
Today’s Supreme Court Cases Could Sound a Death Knell for Voting Rights
Hate the Filibuster? Blame Aaron Burr. Yes, that Aaron Burr.
Voter Suppression 101: This Is How The GOP Does It (Part 1)
A New Report Shows a Takeover of Local GOPs by Its Most Radical Elements. And That’s Frightening.
Fear and the Vote: A Recent Poll Reveals a Worrisome Split
The Minimum Wage Hike Is In Trouble. Will Conservative Dems Sink a Key Campaign Promise?
The Grand Jury Now Gets To See Trump’s Taxes. But Is That a Big Deal, and What Comes Next?
Texas-Sized Bills: How Did Customers Get Socked With Huge Charges For Just Five Days of Power?
Rep. Bennie Thompson Wants To Put Trump Out of Business With His Lawsuit. Could He Do It?
Impeachment Didn’t End in Conviction. But It Did Ignite an Inferno within the GOP.
Facebook Just Unfriended All of Australia. Is this a Sign of Trouble Ahead for the Company?
Tilting at Windmills: Texas Leaders Are Lying about the Cause of the Winter Power Crisis
The GOP Is Trying To Steal the 2022 Vote. Can We Stop Them?
Could the Senate Still Vote To Bar Trump From Ever Holding Federal Public Office Again? In Fact...
Could that Phone Call Asking a GA Official to “Find” Votes Land Trump in Prison?
Impartial Jurors in the Senate? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Did Trump “Cause” the Insurrection and Riot? Ask Those Who Were There.