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On Foreign Policy, Trump Is No Reagan
There's Only One Real Question in Trump's Impeachment
Meet the New Trade War, Same as the Old Trade War
My Son Sam, His Caregivers, and Our Circle of Grace
How Pelosi Got Her Impeachment Trump Card
America's Mitch McConnell Problem
Come Watch the Russian-Republican Propaganda Machine in Action
Dems’ PBS Debate No Match for Trump’s WWE Campaign
Seven Takeaways from the Impeachment Vote
A Close Textual Reading of Trump's Letter to Nancy Pelosi
“The Framers’ Worst Nightmares”
North Korea: A Case Study in Geopolitical Incompetence
Food Stamps and the 2020 Election
Here's How Each of the Big Five Democrats Wins the Nomination
Why Is Mitch McConnell Afraid of This Man?
How A Small Group of Senators Can Shape the Impeachment Trial and Vindicate the Constitutional Order
All Shall Gaze Upon the Future—and Despair
Trump’s Drug Pricing Mess Is His Own Fault
Everyone Should Leave Greta Thunberg Alone
If Trump Is a Unique Danger Why Aren't Democrats Acting Like It?
Trump’s Defense of Last Resort
Why Is Everyone Sleeping on Joe Biden?
Two Cheers for the Articles of Impeachment
America's Strategic Alliances Are a Slow Motion Trainwreck
The Senate as an Impeachment Court Should Not Be the Senate as Usual
The IG Report Came at the Perfect Time
Read the Articles of Impeachment
The Trump Defenders Make Their (Weak) Case
Weighing the Evidence Against the President
How Are Republicans Going To Explain Voting Against an "Obstruction" Article of Impeachment?
Impeachment and Constitutional Rot
Trump Is Obstructing Justice. And It's Working.
Trump's Personal Pathology Is America's Foreign Policy
Bill Barr and the Authoritarian Impulse
Constitutional Scholars Explain: This Is Just Why We Have Impeachment
Of Course Trump Was Laughed Out of the NATO Summit
Phone Records Drag Nunes into the Ukraine Scandal
Impeach with All Deliberate Speed
Reforms Beyond School Choice: How to Fix The Education System
Is There Any Rationale For a Bloomberg Candidacy?
Warren’s Hidden, Destructive Tax Proposal: The Head Tax
"Free College" Isn’t About Free College
The Twelve Senate Republicans Who Might Vote to Remove Trump from Office
This Is the Single Best Argument For Why Trump Should Be Impeached and Removed
The Swampiest Swamp in the History of Swamps
Death by Doctor: Coming Soon to a State Near You
Fiona Hill, Alexander Vindman, and the American Creed
Dear Republicans: Welcome to the New Establishment
Trump’s Turkey Corruption Is Way Worse Than You Realize
Impeachment Should Focus on Actions, Not Motives
Pity the Revolution: The Future of Lebanon Hangs in the Balance
Impeachment in an Alternate Universe
Sondland and Trump Deserve Each Other
Google Is Trying to Clean Up Political Ads
It’s Not “Never Trump.” It’s “Country First.”
Six Takeaways from Gordon Sondland’s Testimony
The Self-Pity of the Never-Warren Democratic Donors
Warren's Medicare for All "Transition" Plan Is Surrender in Disguise
The Unbelievable Gordon Sondland
The Republicans’ Impeachment Shrug
Trump Is Even Wrong About "Witch Hunts"
Political Advertising on Facebook Is Different Than Normal Political Advertising
This Is How Trump's Gangster Government Works
Yovanovitch’s ‘Devastating’ Tale of Two Cities
Parroting Putin to Own the Libs
The GOP Rolls Out Trump’s “It Wasn’t Me” Defense
What to Watch for in Today’s Impeachment Hearing
Make Communists the Villain Again
10 Takeaways From Day One of Impeachment
Trump Defenders Sputter in First Public Impeachment Hearings
The Only Deep State Is the One Donald Trump Created
Trump Hurts Downballot Republicans
The Impeachment Hearings Go Public
Deindustrialization Isn't (Just) a White Working-Class Problem
Roger Stone Is Finally a Big Deal
Medicaid will Shape the 2020 Election. Are Republicans Ready?
The Alt-Right Turns on the GOP Establishment
The Trials of Vladimir Bukovsky
Where Does Trump Really Stand with Voters, One Year Out?
The Unnecessary Peace: The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 Years Later
The Looming Constitutional Crisis
Everything Trump Touches Dies: "Dancing with the Stars" Edition
Elizabeth Warren Is Trapped. And She Did It To Herself.
WeWork, SoftBank, and the Road to Socialism in Four Slides
The Future of Rural Republicans
It's Not the President's Foreign Policy. It's the Foreign Policy of the United States.
Republicans Need a "Witch Hunt." Even If They Have to Manufacture One.
TFW Republicans Get Crushed at the Polls and Talk Radio Guys Say "Hug Trump Tighter"
Remember, Trump Just Gets Worse
Actor Politicians > Reality TV Politicians
Iran's Order in the Middle East is Beginning to Crack
‘No Harm, No Foul’ Is No Defense
The Real Witch Hunt: Going After the Whistleblower
Beto and the Danger of Bubbles
Actually, Giving Aid to Ukraine Is Putting America First
Eventually Trump Will Throw Everyone Under the Bus
Congratulations, "Deep State" Conspiracy Theorists, You've Discovered Bureaucracy
How to Understand the House Impeachment Process Vote
Does the U.S. Have Ammunition to Fight the Next Recession?
Why Would a Republican Senator Want to Tax College Athletes?
What the New Impeachment Vote Means for Trump’s Defenders
Don’t Read Too Much Into DOJ’s Investigation of the Russia Probe—Yet
Dealing with the Devil: A Story Collection for the Age of Anxiety
Al-Baghdadi Is Dead. The War Against Islamism Continues.
Facebook's Libra: Still a Terrible Idea
Trump’s Doral Scandal: An Impeachable Offense
Struggling with Demographic Changes, a Midwest School District Loses Control
Why Elizabeth Warren Is Never Going to Do Medicare For All
What the Reactionary Right Gets Dead Wrong About Modern Liberal Democracy
How to Fight the Shifting Impeachment Goalposts
Last Time Congress Got Its Mojo Back
Donald Trump Has Made Russia Great Again
House Republicans May Have Committed Some Light Treason
The Collision of Constitutional Powers
Welcome to the Whataboutism Museum
Jacob and Jack and Milo and Me
WeWork Is Why People Are Open to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders
This Is Why Hillary Is Attacking Tulsi
Impeachment and the ‘Due Process’ Canard
LeBron James and the Narrow Tribalism of "Social Justice"
Does Doral Prove That Donald Trump Is Still Running the Trump Organization?
Trump Is the Definition of Shameless
The Grim Prospect of a Trump Second Term
Through a Glass Darkly: Donald Trump's “Great Deals” With World Leaders
Trump to Kurds: Ethnic-Cleanse Yourselves
Jane Fonda Arrested in Latest Political Stunt
Meet Trump's Illuminati Scholar
Trump Made Two Big Mistakes in the Trade War
Are the President’s Advisers on Strike?
Elizabeth Warren's Big Weakness: She Doesn't Tell the Truth
One Big Reason "Bad But Not Impeachable" Is Wrong
Tulsi Gabbard's "Regime-Change War" Is a Fraud
Donald Trump, Constitutional Ignoramus
Trump's Betrayal of the Kurds May Be a Turning Point
So Much Winning: Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, and the Washington Nationals
Trump’s Syria Cut-and-Run Is an Act of Unimaginable Weakness
Continue the Investigation. Begin the Impeachment.
Unfriendly Skies: Trump Wants to Scrap Valuable Intelligence Treaty
Rudy Giuliani Is in a Lot of Trouble
History Did Not Begin With Donald Trump
How to Run Against Trump's Racism
A Brief, Painful History of Ukraine
The Supreme Court Is Not Debating Your "Humanity"
The ‘No Collusion’ Song Goes Silent
Dear Republicans, Is This the Idol to Whom You Have Sold Your Souls?
Trump and Cipollone's Made-Up Defense of Stonewalling Is a Fraud
Watch How Trump Moves the Goalposts on Ukraine
Trump’s Fake "War on Corruption" Is a Real War on Joe Biden
Trump Betrays the Kurds, Republicans...Speak Up?
Lindsey Graham's Moment of Truth
Jacob Wohl and Rudy Giuliani or Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Trump Forgot To Corrupt the Inspectors General. Oops.
Being Donald Trump: Inside the World Where Conspiracies Are Reality
Impeachment Is a Symptom of Runaway Presidential Power, Not the Answer
No Longer Crying Wolf: Why the GOP Went Cold on Calling for Impeachment
This Is Not the Time to Remain Silent
"Coups," "Treason," and Trump's Corruption of Language
It's Time for Biden to Take Control of the Narrative
What the Democrats Must Do Now
No, We Shouldn’t Be Outing Whistleblowers
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Impeachment
Did Trump Just Sign a De Facto Ban on Refugees?
The Republicans’ Arguments Against Impeachment Are All Terrible
Democrats Should Stop Drinking Hemlock
The Whistleblower Complaint Is Required Reading for All Americans
DNI Maguire, The President, and the Attorney General
Keeping Religion Out of Politics Is Better for Both
Memo to Trump: The Whistleblower Is Not a Spy
Everything Bad About the Trump-Zelensky Call That Had Nothing to Do with Biden
The President of the United States Is Unwell
The Conservative Propaganda Site That’s Best at Owning the Libs
Senate Republicans Can’t Just Run and Hide From Impeachment
About That ‘Favor’ Trump Wanted From Ukraine
How to Do Impeachment Right (And How the Dems Could Blow It)
Donald Trump Went to the U.N., and All We Got Was a Lousy Campaign Speech
Trump to Zelensky: 'We Do a Lot for Ukraine'
Voting On Impeachment Is the Senate GOP's Nightmare
Why Trump’s Ukraine Shenanigans are Actually Good for … Vladimir Putin
Kamala Harris Lets Trump Do Her Dirty Work
Since When Does Trump Care About Corruption?
Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine Meddling Isn’t Just Foolish. It’s Dangerous.
Rudy Is the World’s Most Expensive Free Lawyer
Truth, Lies, and the Nonsense Trump-Biden-Ukraine False Equivalency
What the Democrats Need to Do This Week
Republicans Have Four Options on Trump and Ukraine. They're All Bad.
The Trump-Ukraine Story is a Stress Test
Brett Kavanaugh Is Not Going Anywhere. Thanks, Obama.
Trudeau, Buttigieg, Harris, Yang: Identity Politics Eats Its Own
How Did the Democrats Step on This Rake? Again?
Everything You Need to Know About the DNI, the IG, and the Whistleblower Report
Why Is the Media Sleeping on Joe Biden?
Is Germany the ‘Weakest Link’ in Western Democracy?
Bernie Tries To Outflank Warren On Immigration
What Happens When the World’s Policeman Goes Off Duty
33 Questions About Lewandowski's Lie
Reminder: Valerie Plame Is Lying
Early Post-Debate Polling Is A Horror Show For Beto
Brexit Won the Popular Vote But Lost the Electoral College
Why Does Kamala Harris Hate the Constitution?
Liberty University's Civil War
What If Biden Isn't the "Most Electable"?
Democrats Should Run Against the Trump Economy
The Problem with Trump’s Iran Strategy
The New Kavanaugh Story Is Really About Biden 2020
How the Right Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Deplatforming
Foreign Policy Is Serious Business. Alas, We Have an Unserious President.
Beto O'Rourke Is Mortgaging His Future
When Ethics Violations Are as Bad as Breaking the Law
No Man Is an Island (But Trump Is Getting Kind of Lonely)
The Chinese Threat That’s Hiding in Plain Sight
Doing Nothing Is a Choice, Too
Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Starting to Sound a Lot Like Donald Trump
How Mitch McConnell Made Himself King of the Senate
The Democrats are Blackmailing Themselves
Three Ways the GOP Could Be Vastly Better on Race Relations
Can Trump Be Trusted With State Secrets?
Three Horsemen Are Coming for Trump
David French DESTROYS Sohrab Ahmari (and the idea of 'illiberal conservatism')
Trump Is Trading Safe Schools for His Precious Wall, Which Is Really a Fence
The EU is bad. Brexit is bad. Both things can be true.
Sharpie-gate Proves We Are Living in a Real-Life 'Onion' Article
Why Trump Thinks He's the Biggest Victim of Hurricane Dorian
Cancel Culture Will Never Die. It Will Only Evolve.
What the Pentagon Is Sacrificing to Pay for the Border Wall
Actually, True Conservatives Love Eminent Domain
The Problem with Dan Crenshaw’s Tweet on Lending Guns
Joe Walsh Is Here to Reveal What Republicans Really Think About Trump
DOJ Indictments Should Not Be Political Paybacks
This is Why Americans Trust Neither the Media Nor the Government
The Problem Isn't the "Lungs of the Earth." It's the Brains of the Earth.
Why James Mattis Deserves Praise, Not Scorn
Here's a Better Way for Conservative Student Groups to Garner Attention
We Can End the Comey Worship Now
Mass Shootings Are Not a ‘Mental Health Problem’
For Trump Defectors, the Apology Is Only the First Step
Trump's Statements on Jews Align—Dangerously—With His Conspiracy Dabbling
Trump Exposes the Peril of Presidential Power Grabs
The Fox Is Now Guarding the Hen House
Playing Hooky, Coddling Dictators, and Dissing Americans: Highlights from Trump's G7 Weekend
Military Action Against Venezuela? It's Harder Than Trump Thinks.
Trump Is a Terrible Commander in Chief for a Trade War
How America Lost Its Moral Compass
Trump’s Animus Toward Immigrants Now Threatens the Constitution
John McCain's Fighting Spirit Lives On
Trump Tweets. The Markets Tank. This Is Totally Normal.
The Greenland Kerfuffle Is Not Just an Embarrassing Sideshow
Why Biden’s ACA Exaggerations Are Problematic
Scapegoating the Fed Won’t Prevent a Recession
There Is No Method To His Madness
'They Had No Intention of Becoming Addicts'
We Need a New Generation of Mavericks
Who Had 'War With Denmark' on Their Trump Bingo Card?
Joe Biden Is a Gaffe Machine (And His Campaign Should Embrace It)
Could Michael Bennet Make Us Sane Again?
Thanks to Trump, More Americans Support Free Trade
Three Ways Joe Biden Could Lose the Nomination
New Polls Show That Trump Should Be Afraid. Very Very Afraid.
Public Schools Are Not Value-Neutral
Attorney General Kamala Harris Was Even Worse Than You Think
How the ‘Public Charge’ Rule Change Harms Legal Immigrants—Especially Christians
The Taliban Is Getting Sick of #Winning
Here's Exactly What Trump Can Do About Hong Kong
Why the Supreme Court Is Broken. And How to Fix It.
Woodstock Actually Accomplished Nothing
How Russia Is Tempting Fate—And the Next Chernobyl
Why the Cease-Fire in the Trade War on Christmas?
We Need All the Trump Defectors We Can Get. Even Mooch.
Standing Up to the Moral Outrage Industry
Why Trumpworld Keeps Gaslighting About the 'Charlottesville Hoax'
Trump Is Not a "White Supremacist"
Sue Gordon Should Have Made Trump Fire Her
What’s Next for Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims?
If Only We Could Be Surprised That Trump Is Retweeting Epstein Conspiracy Theories
Meet Trump’s Princess of Racism (and Reality Television)
When Humans Are Seen As Pollutants
The Government Should Let People Buy Dishwashers That Work
So Now Pictures of Chinese Takeout Are Racist
Beijing, Moscow, and Shades of the ‘80s
The Right’s Continuing Glorification of Violence
Trump Is Politicizing the Military, Too
What Laws Stand in the Way of 8Chan’s Hate-Mongering? Virtually None.
Trump's Lawless Reliance on Acting Secretaries
What the Democratic Candidates Have to Say About Gun Control
No Relief in Sight for the Casualties of Trump's Trade War
Donald Trump Is an Arsonist Pretending to Be a Fireman
Trump's Trade Policy Is His Worst Export
Elizabeth Warren's Nuclear Policy Would Make the World More Dangerous
Could This Be the Moment Trump Loses America?
All the Disturbing Parallels Between Radical Islam and White Nationalism
Josh Hawley Wants to Break Higher Education to Own the Libs
The Only Thing Trump Should Say Right Now Is "I'm Sorry"
Democratic Hopefuls Will Be Asked Whether They Will Prosecute Trump
Will Hurd and the Hollowing Out of the Republican Party
In Case of Emergency: 20 Democrats Who Could Step in and Upend the Race
Trump’s Assault on the Guardrails of Democracy
Why Joe Biden Is Rolling the Dice
Do Any of the 2020 Democrats Have a Foreign Policy?
Four Ways Not to Indict Donald Trump
Joe Biden Is Already Running Against Trump As the Democratic Nominee
Beto O'Rourke's Humble-Brag for the Intersectional Age
Progressivism Is the New Establishment
Why Does No One Care That Trump Is Lying About Elijah Cummings' District?
Does It Matter If Trump Is a ‘Real’ Racist?
Everything We Like About the Electoral College Is a Result of Its Corruption
Republicans Can Defend Elijah Cummings Any Time Now
The Young and Beautiful Lives of Dimwitted Villains
In Defense of the Electoral College (sort of)
Meet Danielle Stella: The Trump Loving Republican Running Against Ilhan Omar
Louie Gohmert Is Very, Very, Very, Very Angry (at Robert Mueller)
Trump's Racist Electoral Chess Board
So What if FaceApp Is From Russia?
America’s Dangerous Love Affair With Sanctions
'Russian Interference' Is a Democracy Killer. What We Can Learn From Mueller’s Testimony.
On Wednesday, We Got the Robert Mueller We Needed
There Are Actually People Who Think Trump Is Mentally Fit for Office, But Mueller Isn't
No, Trump Could Not "Wipe Afghanistan off the Face of the Earth"
The Rad-Trads Have Decided That, Akshualllllly, George Will Is a Liberal
We Jailed An American Citizen for Having Brown Skin
Trump vs. Mueller: The Tale of the Tape
The Rapidly Decaying Feedback Loop of Trump's Twitter Scandals
The Alternate Reality of Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows
Amy Wax and the Trouble with "Nonwhite" Immigrants
How Netflix’s ‘The Great Hack’ Misses the Point
Nancy Pelosi Is the Grownup in the Room
Donald Trump Is Political Meth
SCOTUS: Not Our Job To Safeguard Democracy
When Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Were BFFs
Jeffrey Epstein’s O.J. Defense
Kris Kobach Demonstrates Why Republicans Have to Pretend That Trump Isn't a Racist
Bowe Bergdahl's Case Shows Why Trump Shouldn't Tweet
The GOP's Surrender to Trump is Complete
Can Scott Walker Save the Future of Conservatism?
What Would It Cost for Republicans to Condemn Trump?
But What About All the Americans Trump Didn't Tell to Go Back to Africa?
The F-35 Has Been a Mess. Is Our Military Aviation Dominance in Trouble?
The Evil Genius of Trump's Bigotry
Silence of the Reluctant Trumpers
The Method Behind Trump’s Racism
The Making of the Counter Culture
The Protocols of the Euphemisms of Zion
Paul Ryan’s Way-Too-Belated Confession
‘It’s Your Job to Lead, and to Persuade, and to Change Opinion.’
The Neo-Nationalists Are Coming to Town
Pete Buttigieg and the Crucible of Race
Who Was Alex Acosta's Intended Audience at His Press Conference?
Can Christian Compassion Influence How We Treat Migrants?
Fascism with Communist Slogans
Can President Trump Add a Citizenship Question to the Census by Executive Order? Maybe.
An Open Letter to Megan Rapinoe, from America
The Very Real Dangers of "Speech Equals Violence"
A Digital Census Is a Stupid Idea
Scenes from America’s Nervous Breakdown
The Saving Principles: Colin Kaepernick vs. Frederick Douglass
(Woke) Corporations Are People, My Friend
'A Nation Built on a Universal Claim to Human Dignity'
The Fourth of July Is an Idea and Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand It
The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Cop-Out
Don’t Underestimate Mayor Pete
Twitter Got the Democratic Debate Wrong
The American Public Needs to Hear These 10 Things from Robert Mueller
The Intergalactic Presidency of Marianne Williamson
Meet the Carbon Copy Candidates
Putin Wants Chaos. Here’s How He Gets It.
Our Bizarro McLuhanesque President Needs To See It On TV
It's Hypocrisy, All the Way Down
Facebook Is Starting Its Own Cryptocurrency. We Should Kill It With Fire.
The Haley-Trump Trial Balloon Is Pitiful
The Vetting of the Swamp Dwellers
The Problem With “When They See Us”
The Iran Crisis Demands a Coherent Response
Trump, Iran, and the Thin (Red) Line Between Ambiguity and Weakness
Conservative Justices Endorsed Limited Executive Powers in Gundy. Will They Be Consistent?
How Many Times Do We Have to Say This?
How to Lose Friends and Alienate Allies
At the World's Most Important Building, No One Is Minding the Store
Big Brother Has Terrible Eyesight
A Brief, Painful History of Nationalism
Josh Hawley's Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Internet Bill
Is Trump's Brand Compatible with Incumbency?
Why the Supreme Court’s Double-Jeopardy Decision Is Bad News for Trump
Iran Could Close the Strait of Hormuz. America Needs to Be Prepared.
It’s a Terrible Idea for Trump to Cozy Up to Nigel Farage
And the Dead Shall Rise: The June Democratic Power Rankings
The Boring Lies of Sarah Huckabee Sanders
What Corporations Really Mean When They Shout Their Support for Abortion
The Case for Progressive Capitalism
Live From Capitol Hill With Diamond and Silk
How Franklin Graham Is Perverting His Father’s Legacy
Why Is Congress Letting This Man Set America's Trade Policy?
Only the Blockchain Can Save Us from Deepfakes
Why Has the White House Been Silent on the Hong Kong Protests?
The Problem With the Democrats' 'No Enemies to the Left' Strategy
The Old School Grift of Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao
Only the Best Deals: How Trump Got Pantsed By Mexico
The Definitive Explanation of Why Donald Trump Is Bane from The Dark Knight Rises
No, We’re Not Going to War With Iran
How Tit-for-Tat Game Theory Hacked Politics
Can the Courts Decide Turf Battles Between Congress and the White House?
Just Because You CAN Defend Steven Crowder Doesn’t Mean You HAVE To
Meet the New National Emergency, Same as the Old National Emergency
What Biden's Hyde Amendment Kerfuffle Says About His Campaign
Sohrab Ahmari’s 'Culture War' Is Really Just About Donald Trump
Trump's Poverty-Line Proposal Is Wonkier Than It Seems
Trump Wants Our Allies to Spend More on Defense. Is That a Good Idea?
Trump's Mexico Tariffs Are Forever
On Education, Sanders Is Saying the Quiet Part Loud. Very Loud.
Sohrab Ahmari, First Things, and the High Church of Victimology
Sohrab Ahmari and the Futile Rage of the Illiberal Conservatives
In Defense of Robert Mueller’s Unifying Voice for the Justice Department
Amash’s Critics on the Right Are Betraying Their Own Principles
This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Conservatism
The Six Rules Everyone Should Follow When Flying
Today’s Reminder That the Plural of ‘Anecdote’ is Not ‘Data’
America's Trade Laws Were Not Designed for a President Like Trump
Henry Olsen says Justin Amash Acts Like a Typical Democrat Because . . .
Choose Your Own Dystopian Adventure
What Are We Supposed to Think of Martin Luther King Jr. Now?
Why Beto Is Bombing (And How He Can Make a Comeback)
Who's Looking at Mueller's 'Underlying Work Product?'
Mueller Refuted Three Bad Arguments About the Special Counsel Investigation
This Is How Trump Is Going to Meddle In the 2020 Democratic Primary
New Poll Data Shows Trump Is More Vulnerable to a Primary Challenge Than Ever
The Supreme Court Is Highly Unlikely to Take the Alabama Abortion Law. Here's Why.
"American Citizenship Is a High Estate"
Did We Learn Anything From Michael Avenatti?
How Even NPR Weaponizes the Language of Abortion
America's Debt Problem Is a National Security Problem
There’s a New Assange Indictment. This One IS Terrible for Journalism.
This Is Literally the Only Piece You Need to Read About Trump's Trade War
How to Hack Politics with Design . . . and How Not To
Democracy Is In Danger. Do Americans Care?
Chris Collins, Grifting It Old School
The Grand Unified Theory of Deplorability
It's Not Enough to Pay Lip Service to Religious Liberty
Justin Amash Could Keep Trump From Getting Re-Elected
What Changed My Mind About Climate Change?
The Wall Street Journal’s Innocence Project: the Case of Conrad Black
Mayor Pete Shows Why Democrats Need Fox News to Win the White House
Pardoning War Criminals Isn't Just Wrong. It Hurts the Military and American Interests.
Hey Kids, The SAT Will Now Check Your Privilege For You!
Roger Stone Needs Your Help to Maintain His Standard of Living
Nixon's "Madman Theory" Doesn't Work with Trump
The Politics of Abortion Are Polarized, But People Aren't
It’s a Mistake for American Evangelicals to Cozy Up to the European Far-Right
Alabama’s Abortion Bill Is a Naked Ploy to Challenge Roe v. Wade
We're Laughing At Trump, Not With Him
Congress Has a Duty to Intervene in Trump’s Trade War
Trump Is Now Defending War Crimes
Galaxy Brain: Trump Plans to Solve World Hunger with Surplus Hog Feed
We Must Restore the Dignity of Work. All Work.
The FEC Is Vulnerable. It’s More Important Than Ever to Protect It.
Mayor Pete’s Sister Souljah Moment
Why Republicans Should Want to Hear from Mueller
Mike Pence, Leader of the Resistance?
Happy Monday. Everything is Terrible.
How Hungary’s Viktor Orban Is Punching Above His Weight
Trump Drops the Fig Leaf on Trade
No, Not All Nationalists Are ‘Inspired By Trump’
Trade Wars Are Good. But Hard to Win.
Brian Sims Shows Why Politicians Should Stay off Twitter
All Joe-Mentum: The May Democratic Power Rankings
Republicans Are Now Looking on the Bright Side of Climate Change
On Abortion, Don't Fight Crazy With Crazy
What, Exactly, Does McConnell Mean When He Says ‘Case Closed’?
Stacey Abrams, Donald Trump, and the Assault on the Democratic Process
Ilhan Omar Is Now Just Spouting Off Hamas Propaganda
The 'Very Fine People' of the Fever Swamps
Trump and the Maximum Security Metaphor
Everything You Need To Know About Congress’s Attempts to Subpoena the Trump Administration
Bernie-Biden Is a War for the Future of the Democratic Party
What’s Wrong with Free College?
Why Did the Government Kill So Many Adorable Kitties?
Jacob Wohl Couldn't Hold Roger Stone's Jock
What Barr's Rift With Mueller Reveals
We Should Not Have Been Surprised About Bill Barr
Let Immigrant Families Pay Us—Not Cartels—to Come
Russia Will Try to Interfere in 2020. But Will Putin Even Back Trump?
What Ann Coulter Needs to Know About the Mueller Report
Did We Learn the Wrong Lesson From the Clinton Impeachment?
Biden Has Bernie Running Scared
The NRA Civil War: Pitting Grifter Against Grifter
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller Are About to Throw Down. Do We Have to Pick a Side?
If Hillary Clinton Doesn't Shut Up She'll Re-Elect Trump
Trump Is Trying to Dismantle the WTO. That Can’t Happen.
Did Trump’s Attempts to Obstruct Actually Work?
Joe Biden's High Crimes Against Logo Design
Nixon and Carter Made Releasing Tax Returns a Norm. Then Along Came Trump.
One Way Trump Is Just Like Obama
The Primary System Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It.
Medicare For All Could Be Kryptonite For Dems in 2020
How Netanyahu Just Weaponized Trump’s Narcissism
Weld: It's Time for Trump to Resign
The Democrats’ Joe Biden Problem
Kamala Harris Is Coming After Guns
There’s Still Time to Save America from Autocracy
Why Do Teachers' Unions Want It to be Legal for Teachers to Have Sex with Their Students?
William Barr’s Dangerous Affection for the Imperial Presidency
The Return of the Paranoid Style
Should Congress Impeach Trump? Definitely Maybe.
We Need to Fix Campus Conservatism
Why Is Stephen Moore Hanging Out with the Alt-Right?
Politics or Principle: Congress Must Decide
Trump Sits on a Throne of Lies
Rise of the Notre Dame Truthers
Portrait of the President as a Gangster
Six Preliminary Takeaways from the Mueller Report
How Barr's Dizzying Attempt to Spin Failed
This Is What Obstruction Looks Like
A Deeply Disturbing Account of a Reckless Presidency
It’s Mueller Report Day! Can We Please Skip the Instant Hot Takes?
Government Officials Shouldn’t Act Like Pundits
The President Is Now Making Policy By Meme
Down With the ‘Binary Choice’ Nonsense
Trump Might Not Destroy Democracy. But He Can Do Plenty of Damage.
Will Assange Face Charges for 2016 Election Interference? Not Likely.
Will Anyone Defend the Free Markets?
Mayor Pete and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Logo
Why I Am Supporting Momo in 2020
It’s Time to Turn Down the Heat
No Honorable Middle Ground for Barr
Democrats, Please Take Whatever Precautions Are Necessary To Prevent This Terrible Disaster
What We Already Know About the Mueller Report Should Scare Us
Trump's Coming War with the Fed
Emperor Trump’s Favorite Horses
The Arrest of Julian Assange Is Not Bad for Journalism
The Overdue Downfall of Julian Assange
What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Mueller Report
Seven Reasons Not to Trust William Barr
How to Prevent the Next Lordstown
After Trump, We Really Will Have to Make America Great Again
@DevinCow Is Hilarious. Nunes’s Lawsuits Against Twitter and Others Are Not.
The Confession of Kirstjen Nielsen
Joe Biden Deserves Better Than This
Questions of Barr's Accuracy Will Fall to Mueller
What to Expect in the Battle Over the Mueller Report’s Grand Jury Material
Let's Not Forget About Biden's Gaffes
Joe Biden Is Not Harvey Weinstein
Conservatives Hated the Fairness Doctrine. Now They Want One for Social Media.
Trump, 2020, and the Dangers of "Sunk Costs"
What If We Did Have a Popular Vote for President?
Secret Wars: The April Democratic Power Rankings
Jerry Nadler Shows a Little Restraint
President Trump is Mentally Unwell
Democrats Need More Doug Joneses. And Fewer AOCs.
The Death Penalty and the Conservative Court
Democrats Are Already Playing Politics With the Mueller Report
Does the White House Care About National Security?
A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to . . . Pence?
The "Charlottesville Hoax" Hoax
How to Restore Our National Dignity
Pelosi Could Rein in Trump. Why Won't She?
Why Do We Love to Hate James Comey?
Donald and Jussie, Birds of a Feather
Beto O’Rourke is Genuinely Inauthentic
To Move Forward, the GOP Should Look to Ancient Athens
What Mo Brooks Got Wrong When He Quoted ‘Mein Kampf’ to Criticize Democrats
How Trump Keeps Getting it Wrong on John McCain
Debunking Three Myths About Barr’s Summary of the Mueller Report
Bill Barr, Unreliable Narrator
Why I Don't "Believe" in "Science"
What Kind of Information Might Barr Withhold From Congress?
Should Mueller Speak Out About Barr?
One Reason Mueller Was Right to Defer to Barr on Obstruction
Whataboutism, Trump, Hillary, and Covington
Mueller Report: What We Can Learn From Barr’s Initial Letter to Congressional Leaders
Lamar Alexander Is the Adult In The Room (Charlie Kirk Isn't)
Four Arguments About the Mueller Report You Should Ignore
We Should Be Paying More Attention to Somalia
The National Emergency Mess Shows Just How Broken Washington Is
The Crown Prince of Trumpistan
Let’s Maybe Not Trash the ‘Establishment,’ OK?
Congress’s Politicization of the Federal Courts Is Scary for Democracy
It's Time To Stop Talking About a "National Divorce"
What If Twitter You Is the Real You?
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Johnny Isakson Stands Up for McCain; Unloads on Trump
Lawfare Publishes an Oral History of the Mueller Investigation—So Far
An Open Letter to Sergey Brin About Socialism
Bill de Blasio 2020 Is a Terrible Idea
Trump Supporters Say the Darndest Things
The Senate GOP Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame
What Donald and Nancy Can Learn from Tip and the Gipper on St. Patrick's Day
Did Their Actions Match Their Words?
The Green New Deal Reveals the Dismal State of STEM Education
The Argument That the President ‘Cannot Be Indicted’ Is Surprisingly Weak
The ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’? Yeah, Right.
Who's the Biggest Loser from the Emergency Declaration Vote?
Trump Shows His Authoritarian Hand
Biden, Beto, or Biden-Beto Is the GOP's Worst Nightmare
Why Isn't Howard Schultz Creating Any Buzz?
Is Socialism Really That Big of a Threat?
How the Democrats Are Working to Re-Elect Trump
Who is Defending Judge Jeanine’s Bigotry?
All the Reasons Joe Biden Could Win in 2020
What Democrats Mean When They Talk About Science
How MAGA Is Just an Extension of Hope and Change
The Real Lesson of the Celebrity College Admission Scandal
The Real Reason Pelosi Doesn’t Want to Impeach Trump
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is "Living in the World"? Funny, So Are We.
National Security? Or Just Cold, Cruel Nativism?
Three Takeaways from President Trump's Budget Proposal
What Will Happen After the Senate Votes on the Emergency Declaration
On Trump and Those Bibles in Alabama
Democrats Embrace Two (More) Bad Ideas
The Long, Bumpy Path Toward a More Principled Politics
House Passes Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism, Other Forms of Bigotry
Socialist? Yes. Democratic? Ehhhhhh.
Only Ken Jennings Can Save Jeopardy!
Sophistry in the Service of Evil
The March Democratic Power Rankings
Omar's Anti-Semitism Exposes a Rift on the Left
Sheriff David Clarke's Greatest Hits
Wealth Taxes Will Not Save Democracy from Inequality
Why Congress Is (Properly) Redoing Much of the Mueller Probe
William Barr Won't Recuse Himself From the Mueller Investigation. Good.
Why Did Evangelicals Flock to Trump? Existential Fear.
What Rand Paul’s Opposition to Trump’s Emergency Means for Other Republicans
How These Seven Counties Could Shape the 2020 Election
You’re Not the Asshole Twitter Makes You Out To Be
What Do the 13 Republicans Who Voted Against Trump's Emergency Declaration Have in Common?
CPAC, Abortion, and a Note on What We Do Here
Is Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Already Over?
CPAC: This Is Definitely the Bad Place
Hate Crime Hoaxes Are Real. But So Are Hate Crimes.
The Three Problems with the North Korea Walk-Out
Moderation Won't Cure Our Polarization. But Real Leadership Might.
It’s OK, Amy Klobuchar. Churchill Was a Jackass, Too.
The Five Biggest Takeaways from Michael Cohen’s Testimony
Michael Cohen's Testimony Is Really About Impeachment
The Republican Establishment Has Learned Nothing
The Humiliation of the Freedom Caucus
Congress Needs to Ask Michael Cohen: Is the Country Safe with Trump in Office?
What the Failure of the Sasse Bill Says About Democrats
Senate National Emergency Vote Prediction Contest
What’s the Endgame of Trumpism?
Pitfalls the Democrats Should Avoid for 2020
Time For the GOP to Take a Stand
Salem Host Promotes Kamala Harris-Jussie Smollett Conspiracy Theory
Byron York Is Just Asking Questions
How the Supreme Court Struck a Blow Against the Imperial Presidency
We Need Mitt Romney. And We Need Him Now.
Cable News Has a Problem, But It’s Not Sarah Isgur Flores
Laura Ingraham Goes All In on the Duke
Conservatives Should Not Abandon the Free Press
How Democrats Can Get Rid of Ilhan Omar
WWBBD: What Would Bill Buckley Do?
The President Is Not a Pageant Producer
Left, Right, Left: Anti-Semitism Marches On
How Ilhan Omar Slandered Venezuela’s Opposition
Make Authoritarianism Great Again?
Tomi Lahren Is Trump's Rightful Heir
Why Congress Should Force Trump's Hand on the National Emergency
Jussie Smollett and the Perils of Greater Wokeness
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Left's Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Democrats Learning the Perils of Actually Being in Power
No One Hates the Immigration Plan More Than Trump's Base
Five Reasons the National Emergency Is a Huge Waste of Time
Who Will Vote Against Trump's National Emergency?
The President Is Hallucinating and I Think We Should Be Concerned
Trump and Pelosi Want to Bring Back Earmarks; Republicans Shouldn't Let Them
William Weld Could Make 2020 Interesting. Here’s How.
Trump's Best Way Out of His Immigration Mess
The Devolution of Lindsey Graham
What Is Trump's Goal with Iran?
What’s the Big Deal About the Inaugural Committee ‘Pay to Play’?
Can the Republican Party Be Saved? Should It?
'Should the Government Help?' A Three-Part Test for Conservatives.
Why Ilhan Omar’s Latest Apology Fell Flat
Will the Ghost of Truman Haunt Trump?
Five Reasons the Green New Deal Is Worse Than You Thought
Michael Anton Is Back to Remind Us That There’s Such a Thing as a ‘Trump Intellectual’
It Would Be Stupid for Democrats to Torpedo Klobuchar’s Campaign
Why Elizabeth Warren Abandoned Her Native American Story
The Problem With Being a Popular Conservative
Lots of People Had a Worse Week Than Howard Schultz
Amy Klobuchar is Minnesota Nice
The Trouble With Candace Owens
Religious Freedom > Trade Wars
The Virginia Democratic Party Dumpster Fire, in GIFs
3 Things to Know About Matthew Whitaker and Executive Privilege
What David Pecker Could Have Learned From Paul Manafort
Matthew Whitaker Is Bad. Why Are Democrats Still Opposing William Barr?
The Democrats Ignore Sasse’s Born-Alive Bill at Their Own Peril
There’s Nothing Wrong With Billionaires. We Could Use a Few More.
The Foxconn Boondoggle Was Even Worse Than We Thought
Seb Gorka Is a National Treasure
Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Falls Flat
Your Guide to Tonight’s Trumpian Word Vomit
Republicans Look to Push Democrats on Infanticide With Sasse Bill
Pressure Grows for Public Release of Mueller Report
3 Things to Watch For at the State of the Union
Congressional Republicans Caution Against Emergency Declaration for Wall Funding
"Team of Vipers" Is Actually a Mash Note to Trump
Why Kamala Harris' Health-Insurance Comments Were an Unforced Error
The Awful Game Theory Behind Ralph Northam
Why Is Lindsey Graham Jumping to Roger Stone’s Defense?
What If It Were Trump in Blackface?
Conservatives Need to Love the Filibuster Again
How the Foxconn Boondoggle Resembles the Fyre Festival
It’s Time for Pro-Lifers to Change the Culture on Abortion
Sherrod Brown Gives America the Bird
Ralph Northam Doesn't Get Why You're Mad at Him
Howard Schultz Might Not Help Trump
The 15 Things You Need to Know About Chris Christie’s Book
Remember Mueller’s Russia Indictments? They Matter Now More Than Ever.
History Offers the GOP a Path Away From Trump
Why Conservatives Should Avoid Panic-Button Politics
A Flake Primary Challenge Would Have Only Helped Trump
No, 'All Options on the Table' Doesn't Mean We're About to Invade Venezuela
VIDEO: The Man Who Brought Down Nixon
Professor Exposes Bogus Research, Faces Sanctions. Of Course.
Trump Exploits "Fake News." The Media Must Do Better.
Kamala Harris and Oakland: A Love Story?
Meet the Wisconsin Congressmen on Opposite Sides of Trump’s Trade War
Why Progressives Can’t Admit They Were Wrong About the MAGA Kids
Who Thought the Shutdown Was a Good Idea?
5 Reasons Ann Coulter Should Run for President
What the Stone Indictment Says About Mueller's Investigation
Trumpkins Say the Darnedest Things, Shutdown Edition
After the Senate Votes, What's Next for the Shutdown?
Trump's Loyal Senate Republicans
The Women's March and the Wars of the Tribes
Four Lessons From the Covington Kids Kerfuffle
Kamala Harris's Logo Is a Disaster. Here's Why.
The Real Stain on Angela Davis’ Legacy Is Her Support for Tyranny
Is It Manly to Use a Bunch of Kids to 'Own the Libs'?
RNC Signals Trump’s Weakness with Push to Endorse Him Now
May the Odds Be Ever in Their Favor
Beware of Saudis Promising Reform
Populism Has a Responsibility Problem
Is All Economic Growth Created Equal?
Trump's Slippage in Support is Real
What Do You Mean ‘No Mueller Report’?
What Trump Could Learn From Reagan on Trade
VIDEO: Will Trump Face a Primary Challenge in 2020?
What the Republican Split on the Deripaska Sanctions Vote Reveals
Trump, Cohen, and Buzzfeed: Is This the Big One?
Are Democrats Willing to Address Their Anti-Semitism Problem?
Trolls and Grifters: Jon Cooper and Ian Millhiser Edition
Ilhan Omar Doubles Down on Conspiracy Theory That Lindsey Graham Is ‘Compromised’
Everything You Need to Know About Milo and Eric Metaxas
About That National Emergency to Build the Wall . . .
There’s a Better Way to Achieve Drug-Pricing Reform
In Praise of Trump! No, Really.
Can the GOP Reverse the Ascendance of the Cranks?
When It Comes to Trump and Russia, Should We Apply Hanlon’s Razor or Occam’s?
Is AOC the Future of Politics? Is Trump?
Beware "If This, Then That" Conservatism
History Shows That Walls Can’t Fix Rot From Within
Sorry Folks: Federal Agencies Are Good for Us
Follow the William Barr Hearing Live
Five Questions the Senate Judiciary Committee Should Ask William Barr
What Conservatives Get Wrong About Rebuilding Struggling Communities
Republicans Rebuke King Over His Latest Racist Comments
What to Watch for at the William Barr Hearing
2020 Republican Primary Power Rankings
Why America Should Worry About China's Dark Side of the Moon Shot
In Cairo, Pompeo Critiques Obama’s Mistakes While Ignoring That Trump Is Repeating Them
Can the Courts Call B.S. on Trump's Potential "National Emergency"?
Actually, the GOP Needs More Elise Stefaniks
Steve King's White Supremacy Comments Send Conservatives Running
America Goes to the Dentist With Beto
What's Wrong With Trump's Wall?
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Trumpian Theology
A Glimpse Behind the Mueller Curtain
What ‘Trump Being Trump’ Hath Wrought
Iowa Rep. Steve King Draws a Primary Challenger for 2020
There Is a Crisis at the Border. Trump Created It.
Trump's 3 Biggest Falsehoods on the Wall
How the Democratic House Helps Mueller
Manafort's Lawyers Make Epic Clerical Error
If the Military Pays for the Wall, What Military Stuff Gets Cut?
The “Crisis” Isn’t at the Border
What Doves Can Learn From Trump's Walkback on Syria
The Tired Argument That NeverTrumpers Are to Blame for Trump
Ready for Aggressive House Oversight? Not so Fast (or Furious).
Trolls and Grifters: David Reaboi and Charlie Kirk Edition
The Trump Primary Has Already Begun
Why Trump Can’t Cut a Deal and Declare Victory on the Wall