Ron Brownstein: Don't Take the Bait
Trump governed as a wartime president against blue America, so expect him to keep stirring up culture battles—but the Dems have to avoid getting drawn into them. Kamala and the party were undone in '2...
17 Jan 202550min
Melissa Murray and John Avlon: The Dark Legal Clouds Ahead
Pam Bondi is likely to sail to confirmation—even if she's an election denier and pretends she was born yesterday—because she meets the simple qualifications of being a lawyer and former prosecutor, an...
16 Jan 202556min
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret
Being secretary of defense is one of the hardest jobs on the planet. But after Pete Hegseth was plucked from a part-time Fox & Friends gig, Republican senators could only kiss his ass and act starstru...
15 Jan 20251h 4min
Peter Hamby: The Politics of a Firestorm
Real estate is everything in Los Angeles. Karen Bass's absence from the city when the fires broke out, and now her seeming aloofness, has instantly made her look unfit for the job of mayor. Even Gavin...
14 Jan 20251h 7min
Bill Kristol: Cannons All the Way Down
Trump's favorite judge, Aileen Cannon, has been attempting to exercise authority she doesn't have over Jack Smith's required report on his investigations of the Jan 6 case and the hoarding of classifi...
13 Jan 202552min
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)
"Mother" Pence is owed an apology. She snubbed Trump so hard and so beautifully at Jimmy Carter's funeral—and wasn't about to make nice with the man who was all-in on Jan 6 rioters trying to lynch her...
10 Jan 202555min
Derek Thompson and Elizabeth Weil: The Trend Toward Solitude
Americans have been spending more time alone—and less time doing face-to-face socializing—than we have for at least 60 years. And our alone time is impacting the economy, our politics, and our persona...
9 Jan 20251h 13min
Liam Donovan and Brendan Boyle: The Great Grift
Trump talked a lot more about Hannibal Lecter during the campaign than one of his actual top priorities: extending his 2017 tax cuts. With those $4.5 trillion in cuts set to expire by the end of the y...
8 Jan 20251h 6min
