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The Downfall of Andrew Tate Isn’t Just Deliciously Ironic. It’s Also Vitally Important.
A Top DeSantis Aide Behind the Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Flight Is In Some Deep Shit
SCOTUS Just Deployed Its Most Potent Weapon Again, This Time at the Border
George Santos Confessed to Lying, But There’s a Lot More Out There. And It’s Really Weird.
The Fake Electors Scheme Could be Trump’s Achilles Heel. Here Are Some Receipts.
A Very Special Thank You to the Democracy Defenders
Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony is Shocking and Spells More Big Trouble for Trumpworld
Kevin McCarthy is Desperate and Lashing Out
The GOP Could Lose a Precious House Seat Because of a Con Artist
Hope Hicks Has Entered the Jan. 6 Chat With Some Bombshells
The Final Action by the January 6 Committee Is Its Most Consequential
Two More Pieces of the Coup Puzzle Just Fell Into Place
With Deep Appreciation and Gratitude
Did We Just Dodge A Constitutional Bullet?
Greetings from London, and a Look to the Week Ahead
The Eleventh Circuit Was Not Amused
Republicans’ Problems Are Already Baked Into Their Party’s Genetics
Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes Was Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. Here’s Why That Matters.
Today’s Moment of Absurdity, Courtesy of Arizona Extremists
In China, Worries about a Different Contagion
So About The New Special Counsel…
The Motive Behind the Massacre Isn’t the Right Question To Ask
Governance or Grievance? The House under GOP Rule
The Respect for Marriage Act: An Important Yet Incomplete Win
You-Know-Who Made It Official, and It’s Already A Trumpster Fire
So Just How Bad Did Gerrymandering Hurt Us?
The Close Race to Control the House Reveals Important Lessons
The Senate Math Looks Very Good.
The Day After, and a Sigh of Relief
Democratic Voters Have Delivered. The Question Is, Will a Red Wave Swamp Them?
Trump Just Lost Bigly to the New York AG
A Key Trump Aide Has Been Offered Immunity and Might Soon Spill the Beans
The Battle for the Senate Majority: Three States in the Spotlight
Three Deep Breaths We Need To Take Together
The Keystone State Holds the Key to the Senate— But a Danger Lurks
Two Witnesses the DoJ Wants to See Cooperating Share One Thing. And That’s a Problem.
Can the Early Voting Data Tell Us Anything About the Midterms?
Crime-Fraud and the Orange Dude
The New Jim Crow: DeSantis Voter Suppression on Full Display in Florida
Two Lesser Known Wild Card Races Could Tip the Senate’s Balance of Power
So About That Surge of Enthusiasm among Women Voters
Three Reasons Trump Just Had a Terrible Day
The NARA-Lago Investigation Now Has a Key Witness
The Midterms Are Four Weeks Away. Here Are Three Scenarios.
Two Women Near Trump Are Speaking To Investigators in Two Separate Legal Matters
A Break, on World Mental Health Day
So There Are Likely More Missing Documents. What Does This Mean for the Case against Trump?
Roevember, Election Denialism, and the Swing States of America
All Hail Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Who Came with the Constitutional Receipts
Mitch McConnell Was Right: The GOP Has a Bad Candidate Quality Problem
Our Critical Wetlands Are Endangered Before SCOTUS Today
The Three Ways the NARA-Lago Special Master Is Putting the Screws to Trump
They’re Finally Plugging Holes in the Electoral Count Act, and That’s Great News
The Roger Stone Connection to the Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy Charges
The GOP’s Moral Pillars Have Collapsed.
Trump Suffers Three Legal Body Blows: Accountability in the Age of Absurdity
What Do We Do When They "Flood the Zone"?
The Midterm Elections Are 50 Days Away…
Gov. DeSantis Just Tried a Move from a Racist 1960s Playbook. It Has Backfired.
We Now Can Confirm That Key Trump Allies Are In Deep Legal Peril
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Was Stopped by the FBI and His Phone Was Seized. Here’s Why.
The Department of Justice Just Upped the Ante on Trumpworld
After 200 Days of War, a Stunning Victory by Ukraine. Is This a Turning Point?
A Trump Appointee Issued a Damaging Ruling in the NARA-Lago Case. The DOJ Just Struck Back.
Radical Federal Judges Pose a Threat from Within
Steve Bannon Is About To Go Through Many Things
A Trump Appointee Hands Down a Troubling Ruling. Here’s the Damage Report. (We’ll Be Fine.)
The Impossible Keeps Happening
I Gotta Say, This Sure Looks Terrible for Trump
Conservatives Are Demanding that Trump Be Treated Like…Hillary Clinton?
Trump’s NARA-Lago Defenses Are Looking Shaky
Abortion Is Wedging the GOP. And They Don’t Know How To Respond.
How Biden Answered the Biggest Critiques of his Student Loan Forgiveness Program
The Yuge Upset in NY-19 has Many People Saying “What Red Wave?”
Trump’s Latest Motion Is a Legal Trainwreck. And It Could Come Back to Haunt Him.
Six Months into Russia’s War in Ukraine, a Critical Shift in Putin’s Once “Sacred Place.”
Could We See a #Roevember Election?
A CFO’s Plea Deal and a Grand Jury Archives Subpoena: The Struggle to Pin Trump to Crimes
Liz Cheney’s House Career Is Dead. Long Live Liz Cheney.
Trump’s Deflections and Defenses to the FBI Search and Seizure: A Primer on Why Each Fails
It’s Way Worse Than We’d Ever Imagined
Hey GOP: That’s How It’s Supposed to Work
The FBI’s Unprecedented Search of Mar-a-Lago, Explained
Your Questions About the Big Budget Win, Answered
Sinema Is a “Yes” on the Budget Bill. But What Did She Change in It, and Will It Now Pass?
The Promise (and Perils) of the Kansas Abortion Vote. Could the Victory There Lead to a Blue Wave?
Tuesday’s Surprising Election Results Just Changed Everything.
The PACT Act Debacle: Republicans in Disarray
Trump’s Legal Team Is Reportedly Lining Up His Likely Defenses. How Strong Are They?
“But Their Texts…” How Could So Much Critical Data around Jan 6 Simply Go Missing?
Joe Manchin, the Unlikely Thorn Now in Mitch McConnell’s Side, Surprises Everyone
Trump Is Now the “Subject” of a DoJ Criminal Investigation. So What Does That Mean?
The Hearing Last Night Was Riveting. But Did It Move the Legal Ball?
Fulton County DA Fani Willis Is Now Going After the Fake Electors. But Was What They Did Illegal?
Merrick Garland Has Given Trump Another Reason to Announce His Candidacy. Should We Worry?
Is the Secret Service Hiding Something?
We Can Keep the House. But Control Will Come Down to Some Unexpected Places.
The Jan. 6 Committee Didn’t Connect Some Dots on Tuesday, So Let’s Complete the Picture
December 18, 2020 Is the Other Date We Should All Understand and Remember
Steve Bannon Must Be Feeling Desperate by Now
There’s Something Bothering Me about What Trump Did the Day Before the Jan. 6 Attack
The Nervous Lawyer in the Room: Why Pat Cipollone’s Testimony Matters So Much
A Grand Jury in Georgia Just Upped the Stakes with a Slew of Subpoenas to Top Trump Aides
On Bodily Autonomy and the Battles Ahead
The Texas GOP Just Went Full Fascist
It Sure Sounds Like a Conspiracy
Federal Prosecutors Are Watching the Hearings. But What Are They Looking For?
The Big Grift Could Open a New Legal Front Against Trump
Trump’s Case Could Turn on a Single Word—and the Committee Knows It
The Witness List for Day 2 of the Hearings Is Out. And You Might Notice Something I did.
Why Those Bombshells From Last Night’s January 6 Hearing Matter
Judge Carter Just Gave Four Gifts to Jan 6 Investigators. John Eastman Can’t Be Happy.
New Seditious Conspiracy Charges Against the Proud Boys Point to Who Might Be Next
Creeping Fascism, Florida Style
So Why Didn’t They Indict Meadows and Scavino for Contempt of Congress, like they did Navarro?
Congressional Redistricting Is Finally Done. But Where Does It Leave the Dems’ House Majority?
It Doesn’t Matter What White House Conspirators Believed About Election Fraud. They’re Still Guilty.
SCOTUS Very Nearly Changed Social Media Forever. A Closer Look at a Troublingly Narrow Win.
These Aren’t the Subpoenas We’re Used To Seeing
Everything They Said We Needed To Stop School Shootings Failed in Uvalde
The Fraud of the Second Amendment
The Primary in Georgia and a Test of Trump’s Hold on the GOP
In Trying To Cover His Own Ass, John Eastman Threw His Client Under the Bus. How Trumpian.
Was the Attack on the Capitol an Inside Job? The Jan 6 Committee Just Re-raised That Possibility.
They’re Counting Mail-in Ballots in Pennsylvania Again. And Revealing Their Election Fraud Playbook.
The Danger and the Opportunity in Pennsylvania
It’s Primary Day in Key States, and Trump Is Definitely on the Ticket
Justice Alito and the Abdication of Judicial Review of Abortion Laws
SCOTUS Finally Gave Conservatives What They Wanted. That May Become a Big Problem for Them.
A Leaked Opinion Reveals Roe v. Wade Is About to Be Overruled. Here’s What You Need To Know Now.
When They Punch Down, We Punch Back: A New Fighting Spirit Emerges with Democrats
DeSantis Is Not Trump or Even Trump-lite. Many Don’t Get That, and That’s a Danger.
As the Clock Ticks Down on Trump Cases in New York, Prosecutors Catch a Possible Break
The Big Steal and the Big Lie: What the Mark Meadows Texts Reveal about the Coup Plot
The Jan 6 Committee Has Linked Key Members of Congress to the Plot to Overturn the Election
We Knew Kevin McCarthy Is a Liar, Coward, and Traitor. We Didn’t Know Liz Cheney Has Receipts.
Alex Jones Wants To Snitch to the Feds in Exchange for Immunity. So, What Might He Know?
What Can One Person Do in the Face of All This?
Florida Banned Almost Half Its Math Textbooks. That’s Not Just Weird, It’s an Attack on Core Values
These Two Congressional Trump Allies Should Explain Their Damning Texts with Mark Meadows
Ron DeSantis Is Carving Up Florida’s Congressional Map in the Worst Way Possible
50 Days into the War in Ukraine: Where Things Stand Today, and Where They Might Be Headed
Rudy Giuliani Is in the News Again. Is a Charging Decision by the Justice Department Imminent?
The Jan. 6 Committee Has the Goods on Trump To Make a Criminal Referral. So Why Is It Hesitating?
Just How Corrupt Is Jared Kushner? A New Deal With the Saudis Tells Us
Donald Trump’s Legal Problems Are Mounting…So Naturally He’s Blabbing to the Press
A Trump-Appointed Judge Has Cut the Legs out from under Steve Bannon’s Only Real Defense
Did Ivanka Just Throw Her Father Under the Bus?
A Wily Russia Has Managed To Prop Up the Ruble. But Can the Illusion Last?
NATO’s Borders Are Likely To Change, and Soon.
The Justice Department Just Answered its Critics with a Grand Jury Investigation of Jan. 6
Sen. Ted Cruz Is Getting Pretty Uncomfortable over His Alleged Ties to the January 6 Coup Attempt
Two Big Stories Just Broke Over January 6. And Donald Trump Can’t Be Happy About Either.
Trump Proves a Slippery Target for Prosecutors. Could He Really Avoid Any Accountability?
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Face Said It All
Here’s How Awful the GOP Was on Day 1 of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing
Mark Meadows Is Truly In Deep Sh*t.
The Dominion Voting Systems “Outside” Report Was Actually Created by the Trump White House
Russia and Ukraine Are Talking a Peace Deal. But What Red Lines Might Prevent It From Happening?
Should We Close the Skies Over Ukraine?
The Arrest of Proud Boy Leader Enrique Tarrio Already Has Revealed Startling New Evidence
The Russian Mouthpieces Among Us
SCOTUS Just Handed Democrats Big Wins in PA and NC. Wait, what?
Is a Total U.S. Ban on Russian Oil Imports Coming Soon? And What Would That Mean?
A Step Away from Trump: Did Roger Stone Commit Seditious Conspiracy?
The Jan. 6 Committee Just Showed Its Hand on a Criminal Referral for Trump.
President Biden’s State of the Union Was a Pivot. Did You Catch It?
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Redefine Biden’s Presidency.
Putin Rattled His Nuclear Sabers Again. Should We Worry?
Democrats Are Cheering Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Nomination to SCOTUS. Now for the Hard Part.
Economic Sanctions Are Coming. But What Will that Mean and Could They Ever Really Work?
Unity Abroad, Dysfunction at Home: Allies vs. Underminers of U.S. Policy Toward Russia
Ukraine: How We Got Here, What Putin Is Saying and Doing, and How the West Is Responding
The Trumps Were Just Ordered To Testify in New York. That’s Really Good, Right? Let’s Unpack.
The Sandy Hook Families Just Showed Us How To Take On the Gun Industry
Trump’s Accountants Say, “You’re Fired.” Here’s Why That’s Really, Really Bad for the Trump Org
“Goofballs”: McConnell’s Quest To Retake the Senate Falters, Again.
The Canadian “Trucker” Protest Is Spreading. It Could Mean Real Chaos Here, Too.
It’s Clear Trump Violated the Presidential Records Act. So Now What?
Fissures Widen with McConnell’s, Former GOP Officials’ Sharp Statements
Chief Justice Roberts Suffers a “Told Ya So” Moment on Voting Rights.
GOP Cracks and Democratic Wins Could Shift the Fortunes of the Parties By the Mid-term Elections
Jeffrey Clark, Like Other Key Witnesses, Pled the Fifth Before the January 6 Committee. Now What?
Excuse Me While I Go Off on This Wisconsin Election Lawyer
Lawmakers Want to Prevent Electoral Count Abuse. But Is Their Solution Even Worse?
Trump Goes All In: A Key Admission, Obstruction in Plain Sight, and a Call for Violence
The Battle for America’s Schools
The State of the Gerrymanders: What Happened to the Big GOP Advantage That Democrats Feared?
She Alone Could Fix It? The Jan. 6 Committee Zeroes in on Ivanka Trump’s Role.
SCOTUS Has Cleared the Way for Trump’s Withheld Documents. Here’s What To Know.
NY AG Reports “Significant Additional Evidence” in Case Against Trumps. Here’s What To Know.
Republicans Who Signed The Fake Electoral Certificates Are Having a Really Bad Week.
A Personal Reflection on the Long Road to Full Civil Rights
Prosecutors Requested Some Curious Language About Pence Be Added To Jan 6 Plea Deals
Faked Electoral Count Certifications Point to White House Coordination, Possible Criminal Violations
President Biden Will Raise the Stakes on Voting Rights Today. But Is He Playing a Weak Hand?
It’s Clear Trump Tried To Delay the Electoral Count. But Was That Criminal?
All Eyes Are on a Lawsuit in North Carolina, Where the Fate of the House Majority May Be Decided
The Jan. 6 Committee Wants To Talk to Mike Pence. But Here’s What It Likely Already Knows.
Can Don Jr. and Ivanka Trump Successfully Resist the NY AG’s Subpoenas? Maybe. Here’s Why.
Trump and His Allies Will Argue Their “Soft Coup” Attempts Were Legal. Could They Prevail?