Jim Messina and Michael Weiss: Midwestern Nice

Jim Messina and Michael Weiss: Midwestern Nice

The Harris campaign clearly opted not to send out an attack dog in last night's debate. While JD Vance helped the reputation of the Yale debate club, the coverage today is about abortion and Jan 6—Tim Walz's best lines. Meanwhile, the race remains a coin toss, and the legal drama over the election is already becoming a nightmare. Plus, Iran's ballistic missile attack and Israel's coming retaliation.

Jim Messina and Michael Weiss join Tim Miller.

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Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

For some reason, the president thinks he is winning the news cycle by occupying a great American city and ordering his agents to violently confront U.S. citizens. But polling and anecdotal evidence su...

15 Jan 51min

Mark Hertling: The Cowards of ICE

Mark Hertling: The Cowards of ICE

To the people who have actually served in war zones—and been up close and personal in real do-or-die situations—the masked, heavily armed agents who are stalking our streets are thugs and cowards. And...

14 Jan 53min

Susan Glasser and Jacob Soboroff: A Dangerous Lame Duck

Susan Glasser and Jacob Soboroff: A Dangerous Lame Duck

Trump's low approval ratings may be giving people the idea that he is weak and disempowered. But Trump backed into a corner could well be more unconstrained and more dangerous—and it could also fuel h...

13 Jan 1h 6min

Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism

Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism

Grandpa Trump looked like he was losing the pep in his step at the end of the year. But with him threatening the independence of the Fed, justifying the killing of an American in cold blood for teasin...

12 Jan 56min

Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE descended on his city with hopes of rounding up undocumented Somalis. When agents couldn't find any, they started driving around terrorizing people. And now with ...

9 Jan 1h 9min

Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution

Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution

Most law enforcement departments train officers not to stand in front of vehicles—or shoot at moving ones—but masked ICE agents in Minneapolis did just that after descending on Renee Good's Honda Pilo...

8 Jan 1h 6min

George Conway: Trump Is a Vampire

George Conway: Trump Is a Vampire

Biden and Merrick Garland thought Trump would just go away, but malignant narcissists must be made to leave. And with Congress not fulfilling its constitutional obligation to hold Trump accountable fo...

7 Jan 49min

Jonathan Blitzer: The Stars Aligned Against Venezuela

Jonathan Blitzer: The Stars Aligned Against Venezuela

Trump wanted to alpha male and take some oil, Hegseth wanted to bomb something, Rubio wanted Maduro gone, and aggrieved Stephen Miller wanted to bully the weak. The White House eventually settled on V...

6 Jan 1h 15min

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