Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown
Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox & Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit war crimes, and purge non-MAGA leaders from the military aligns with Trump's views—and is probably the r...
27 Marras 202452min
George Will: Democracy Rests on Persuasion
For those living under a gray cloud because of what the American electorate has done, it's time to get to work on changing opinions. People who follow the news and read op-eds may be in a minority, bu...
26 Marras 202445min
Bill Kristol: We Were Right To Be Alarmed
The danger of Trump's nominees is that the main condition of employment—aside from being on Fox—is their fealty to him, and a willingness to go along with the ideological fervor of Stephen Miller, Rus...
25 Marras 202451min
Sarah Longwell and Jonathan V. Last: The Lonely Boy Club
The country is now paying for the pathologies of the oligarchs and baddies who were stuffed into lockers when they were kids. And let's be honest: A chunk of MAGA doesn't mind the sexual assaults at a...
22 Marras 202457min
Sam Harris: Our Democracy Is Already Unraveling
Because Trump wasn't penalized for trying to steal the 2020 election, our democracy has already been damaged. And he was laying the groundwork to do it again in '24, with the assistance of MAGA's oppo...
21 Marras 202458min
Marc Caputo and Dan Goldman: Trump v. the United States
The incompetent and compromised nominees Trump has assembled at record pace show how little regard he has for the essential functions our government provides. He wants to harness its power for his own...
20 Marras 202453min
Jen Psaki: Don't Speak to Me
The Democrats focus too much on reaching white college-educated voters, and the threat to democracy was not the right closing message. Plus, Nancy Mace needs to get a life beyond getting MAGA street c...
19 Marras 202441min
Bill Kristol: A Power Play for Autocracy
Trump is flooding the zone with unqualified nominees who would destroy government norms and standards and create the kind of chaos that would let him do what he wants—and Senate Republicans may be too...
18 Marras 202449min
