Lis Smith: Dems Need to Burn Down the Party Establishment
There's a direct line between when the Democratic Party got nationalized and when it started getting wiped out in red states. Dems need to embrace heterodoxy in their candidates—running in New York Ci...
8 Aug 202549min
Anne Applebaum: What USAID's Absence Looks Like on the Ground
The United States, through USAID, not only supplied a big chunk of the world's humanitarian aid, it also provided almost all of the logistical support for other aid organizations to deliver relief as ...
7 Aug 202548min
Zerlina Maxwell and Josh Barro: We Are in a Bad Place
Gerrymandering has always been partisan, but what's happening in Texas is straight-up racial politics. Republicans are targeting and trying to disenfranchise black voters while betting that Latino vot...
6 Aug 20251h 10min
Chuck Todd: Is the Economy the Biggest Political Threat to Trump?
Voters in the seven swing states that elected Trump in 2024 thought he'd make the economy better. His perceived strength on the economy is the cornerstone Jenga piece of the whole Trump Tower. And he ...
5 Aug 202554min
Bill Kristol: This Is So Third World
The boss only wants to hear good news: that's the takeaway from Trump's high-profile firing over the weak job numbers. So if a government worker has something bad to report, they now know they'll have...
4 Aug 202556min
Dan Osborn: Connecting with Working People
Osborn, the populist independent who ran a surprisingly close campaign for a Senate seat in Nebraska last year, is back for another run in the 2026 midterms. A steamfitter and union member, he says he...
1 Aug 202554min
Marc Elias: An Election War Machine
Texas Republicans are busy gerrymandering their already gerrymandered congressional map, and other red states are looking to do the same—all aimed at blocking the Dems from winning back the House and ...
31 Juli 202549min
Franklin Foer: Elon, the Man Who Ate NASA
The rise of Elon—and why he is still involved with our government—has everything to do with the dimming of America's one-time crown jewel, NASA. We are now dependent on his rockets and his satellites ...
30 Juli 202545min
