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Election Factor Four: Abortion
Just for Xeets and Giggles (12.30.23)
Election Factor Three: Constitutional Challenges to Trump’s Eligibility
Election Factor Two: The Criminal Trials of Donald Trump
Election Factor One: The Economy
Trump Has a Nikki Haley Problem
Just for Xeets and Giggles (12.23.23)
A Second Taped Call Imperils Trump
How to Anti-Trump for the Holidays
Colorado Removes Trump from the Ballot. Now What?
Is Moms For Liberty Imploding?
Just for Xeets and Giggles (12.16.23)
Your Vote Is a Tool To Help Others. Use It Wisely.
The Decision that Could Flip Control of the House
Jack Smith to Trump: “Let’s Do This Right Here, Right Now.”
Just for Xeets and Giggles (12.10.23)
Impeachment Proceedings Are the GOP’s Newest Shame
The New Unindicted Co-Conspirator
Tommy Tuberville Is Still A Disgrace
Two Rulings in D.C. Knock Trump Back
Just for Xeets and Giggles (12.2.23)
The Congressional Coup Plotter
Blue Cities Under Red State Rule
Liz Cheney Has Warned Us. Will We Listen?
Is It Time To Take Nikki Haley Seriously?
The Stealth Case That Could Destroy Voting Rights
Just for Xeets and Giggles (11.25.23)
Some Bright Thoughts on Black Friday
The Supreme Court’s New Ethics Rules: Strong Brew or Weak Tea?
Gag Me With An Order, Appellate Version
How A Win In Colorado Actually Spells Trouble For Trump
Just for Xeets and Giggles (11.18.23)
Kitara Ravache, You In Danger, Gurl
The GOP Ate Its Own Face Again
Abortion Rights Will Wedge the GOP Brutally in 2024
Jenna Ellis Deals A Blow To Trump
Just for Xeets and Giggles (11.11.23)
The GOP Is Ungovernable. So Now What?
Did Ivanka Trump Just Low-Key Throw Her Dad Under The Bus?
Forget the Polls. Look at these Election Results!
A quick note on the Kindle version of the book
Trump Blustered… And Blundered
A Political Lightning Round Ahead of Tuesday’s Elections
One Year Out from Election 2024
Sen. Tommy Tuberville Faces Down His Own Party Over His Military Holds
Is the GOP Disintegrating Before Our Eyes?
Speaker Mike Johnson’s Past Holds Many Unanswered Questions
MAGA Mike Johnson’s Poison Pill
The UAW Deal with the Big Three Is a Big Deal
What’s Up With the Gag Orders?
Just for Xeets and Giggles (10.28.23)
🎶 Me and My R.V., Me And My R.V… 🎶
So, the Dog Caught the Car Again
Lightning Round: Flippers and Floppers
The Big Q&A With David Wallace-Wells
Just for Xeets and Giggles (10.21.23)
The Battle for Speaker Takes A Dark Turn
So Is Jordan Going to Win? How Bad Is That?
Strongman Leaders Are Making Us Weaker
It’s Déjà Vu for the Disarrayed GOP
The Other Heel Just Dropped on George Santos
The Gaza Terror Attack Has Reshuffled the Deck
Playing Politics with Gaza, Part 2
Playing Politics with the Gaza Terror Attack
Legal Lightning Round, Schadenfriday Version
So, The Racist Dogwhistler Or The Sexual Assault Enabler?
The Big Q&A With Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Scott Hall’s Plea Deal Could Be A Gamechanger
It’s Even Worse Than Minority Rule Now
The Summer of Strikes Yields Another Big Win
Conspiracy Theories and the MAGA GOP
“It’s Hard To Pass Anything In This Place.”
So Much For That Defense, Donald
Political Legal Lightning Round!
Mitt Romney Calls It Quits. And His Burn Book Is Something Else.
The Impeachment Drive Is Already In Trouble
We’re on a Collision Course with the 14th Amendment and Trump
Kevin McCarthy Made His Bed. And Marjorie Taylor Greene Is In It.
The Party of Lawlessness and Disorder
A Thursday Legal Lightning Round, With Memes!
Yes, Trumpism Is A Cult. So What Do We Do Now?
Wisconsin Politics Are A Hot Mess. And That Affects Us All.
Legal Showdowns and High Stake Moves
The GOP Is Coming for the Prosecutors
The Trials and Tribulations of Rudy Giuliani
All Rise for Judge Tanya Chutkan, Presiding
Stop it. Mark Meadows Actually Took the Stand?
The Trump Game Plan Sure Feels Shaky
Kenneth Chesebro Chose the Dark Side
Donald Trump Is a Stochastic Terrorist
Fani Willis Lays a Trap for Mark Meadows
Free Lawyers! But Big Strings Attached
The Ugly Danger of Scapegoating
Trump Wants His Trial To Begin in Two Thousand and Never
“Two Frauds Don’t Make A Right”
How Judge Chutkan Could Tame Trump
Twitter, Trump and a Potential Trove of Data
How To Think About The New Georgia Charges
Georgia RICO Law: An Indictment Week Primer
It’s Even Worse Than We Thought With Clarence Thomas
Was Merrick Garland’s Approach Correct All Along?
The GOP Tests the Bounds of Democracy in Ohio Today
Trump’s Lawyer Made the Sunday Talk Show Rounds, and Wow.
Jack Smith Has Set a Trap for Trump
Trump’s “Free Speech” Defense Is A Sham
I Analyzed the Indictment. Here Are My Big Takeaways.
Trump’s “Defenses” Aren’t Aimed at the Courtroom
Trump Is Pissing Off Judges in Georgia. Bigly.
Was “Stop the Count” a Criminal Conspiracy? It Sure Seems Like It
The Week Ahead, and Some Thoughts
The Week in Tweets (Xs?) and Memes
Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss Score Some Justice
Need One Bit Of Good Economic News? How about Four?
Time For a Red State Smackdown
Conspiracy to Obstruct: A Tale of Two Hotels
The Economic Numbers Are Great. Why Are We So Down?
Three Southern States, Three Deadly Serious Challenges
Trump Made His Bedminster. Now He Has To Lie In It.
The Prigozhin Debacle: A Damage Assessment
How I Think, And Feel, About Hunter Biden
The Puppeteer’s Strings: A Solid Schiff and a Miserable McCarthy
A Message of Hope, Sprung from Love
A Schiff In the GOP’s Fortunes?
The GOP Is In Disarray. And Not Just Over Trump.
Loose Cannon: Common Questions about the Judge in the Trump Documents Case
Trump Indicted: What To Know and Look Out For
Mark Meadows Has Likely Ratted Out Donald Trump
DeSantis’s Migrant Stunts Come Back to Bite Him
A Trump Indictment Could Be Near. Here’s What We Don’t Yet Know.
Trump Was Just Caught in the Act
Did Trump Violate the Espionage Act?
DeSantis Is DeClaring Nationally, But in Florida Progressives Are Hitting Back
It Sure Feels Like Obstruction
Trump Screwed McConnell Out of Power in 2022. Is He Doing It Again?
The Week in Review: Focus on the Debt Ceiling Crisis
Liars and Racists and Crooks, Oh My
The Deep Data Is In. And Democrats Should Cheer.
A Bombshell Sexual Abuse Complaint Against Rudy Giuliani Contains Some Big, Buried Ledes
Gov. Ron DeSantis Goes Full Tilt
RWDS: A Massacre in Texas and a Warning to Us All
The Oregon GOP Walked Out… Because the Bill Summaries Are Too Hard To Read?
Things Keep Looking Worse for Justice Thomas and his Billionaire Buddy
The Democrats Unveil a Secret Weapon on the Debt Ceiling
Kevin McCarthy Is Having His Moment. It May Be Short-lived.
The GOP Holds Some Dangerous But Heavy Bricks
The Suppression Has Begun. But We Can Stop It.
Biden v. Trump, the 2024 Version
“A Significant Public Reaction”
The GOP Is Trying to Steal Democracy in Ohio. That Has National Implications.
Everyday Mistakes, Turned Bloody and Deadly
A Win for Dominion, But Not For Democracy
The GOP Is Getting Creamed on Abortion. But They Still Don’t Get How Badly.
A Convergence of Lies: Fox and the Trump Campaign
Gov. Abbott of Texas Declares Open Season for Violent, Armed Racists
Four Warning Shots for Our Democracy
Everything’s on the Line in Wisconsin. So What’s My Prediction?
How Things Are—and Aren’t—Supposed To Be
The Trump Indictments: Law and Politics Collide
Has CFO Allen Weisselberg Finally Flipped on Trump?
The Perils of Mike Pence: A Quick Civics Lesson
Israel Stares into the Abyss. And We Might Soon Follow.
Was Trump’s Hush Money Cover-up Also Tax Evasion?
Trump’s Legal Woes Keep Mounting: Two New, Bad Developments for the ex-President
The GOP Hasn’t Learned a Damn Thing
Is It Really Indictment Week? Great! But, So Now What?
Medical Abortion Drug Access for the Entire Country Is Now Hanging by a Texas Thread
Biden Approved New Drilling in the Arctic. I Have Some Thoughts.
What Many (Including Me) Didn’t At First Get about the Silicon Valley Bank Meltdown
It’s Dark in Trumpland today. But Is It Stormy?
The “Burn Book” Just Dropped on Fox News and the GOP
Sure, Tucker. They Were “Sightseers.”
When They Call for “Eradication,” It Means What It Sounds Like
Is Something Very Wrong Inside the FBI?
A Note About The Status Kuo and The Big Picture
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Dominion Drops a Second Bombshell Filing against Fox News
Why Haven’t Republicans Learned?
The Week Ahead and Some Thoughts
The War in Ukraine: A Look Back and Ahead on This Somber Anniversary
A Little Known Upcoming Election in Wisconsin Is a Hugely Important One for the Country
Kevin McCarthy Just Gave Fox News a Huge Gift
President Biden Delivers Another Historic Surprise
Did Fox News Act with Actual Malice? It Sure Seems Like It.
Who’s Responsible for the Toxic Train Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio?
MAGA: Make Attorneys Get Attorneys
Mike Pence Gets a Grand Jury Subpoena. Here’s What That Likely Means.
Suspended from Facebook Again…
Never Underestimate Joe Biden Again
The State of the Union Isn’t What’s Worrisome. It’s the State of the GOP.
Your support makes a difference
Lordy, There Are Yet More Tapes
Half As Black: The College Board Cowardly Caves to the Right
They Say They’re Protecting the Children. It’s a Damn Lie.
Bad Men Acting Badly—and Getting Caught
He’s Baaaaaack. But That’s Not the Real Problem.
Thank you, Mike Pence! (No, really.)
Hillary Clinton Is Probably Shaking Her Damn Head, and I’m Right There with Her.
The Supreme Court’s “Investigation” of the Dobbs Leak Is a Performative Sham
DeSantis’s “War on Woke” Is As Troubling As We Feared
Deplorable Is as Deplorable Does
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Had a Spiritual Brother. Their Friendship Helped Shape the World.
The Week Ahead and Your Questions
You Get a Special Counsel, and You Get a Special Counsel, Everyone Gets a Special Counsel!
“I’ve Done Nothing Unethical.”
The Justice System Is Broken. Just Look at Allen Weisselberg’s Recent Sentence.
Legal Developments and a Speed Bump in Trumpworld
The New House Rules Package Is Pretty Horrifying. But Will the GOP Really Pass It?
The Week Ahead, and Your Questions!
The Votes Are Over. But the Memes Live On.
The GOP Created Lauren Boebert. Now They Can’t Control Her.
A Very Red State Shines a Bipartisan Path Forward
Kevin McCarthy Made Three Big Mistakes. Can He Overcome Them?
Let the GOP Hunger Games Begin