Trump Said He Will Be Arrested On Tuesday (And A Free Novel)

Is today the day? Maybe. Regardless, you shouldn't waste energy fretting. It's time to let go of the idea that delays mean dead...

The GOP's Epidemic Of Unseriousness

You don't play games with Putin. Full stop. It shouldn't even need to be said of a man directing his country to commit genocide against its...

Those Are The Screams of Millions of GOP Normie Hearts Breaking

Since 2015 the persistent magical thinking inside the Republican establishment of Washington operatives, elite donors, and legacy conservative media...

The ‘Perfect Republican Campaign’

Betrayal: When Veterans Choose Killing Americans Over Protecting Them

Radicalization takes time, but the initial challenge of finding the freakshow of preppers, anti-government militias, and racists online is a part of...

The Rogue Prosecutors

Teri Kanefield has two messages for us this week: Don't freak out, and be careful what you wish for. Take a deep breath and settle in as Teri...

The Groundhog Campaign of 2024

They've learned nothing. The GOP is repeating the 2016 strategic mess that got Trump elected the first time. Reed and Rick write that...

Victim And Avenger: The Fascist Roots of Trump's CPAC Speech

Trump recognizes the need to be the "Strongman" voice for his base and used his CPAC speech to echo Fascist leaders like Mussolini and Hitler.

CPAC & The Night of Long Knives

The Impending Threat of DeSantis

Yes, DeSantis is a little dumpy and seems pretty dimwitted, but he's also dangerous and the perfect malleable vessel for the GOP writes Amee...

A Year of War in Ukraine, with Malcolm Nance, Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, and Stuart Stevens

Defeating Fascism: From "Yes, We Can" To “Now We Must.”

As Putin's fascist forces work to terrorize Ukraine, instead of finding condemnation, they find collaboration from America's right. We must...

Moral Clarity In The Most Amoral Of Wars

Putin wrongly believed Trump had made America and NATO weaker and seized the moment to invade Ukraine. Dan Barkhuff writes Putin's...

Wake Up, Republicans. Your Party Stands For All The Wrong Things Now

Stuart Stevens warns those expecting the GOP to rise to the challenges it faces: there are too many lies that have been told for too long.

The Steamy Fantasies Of The 2024 Republicans

Bodice-ripper? Maybe not so much given Republicans' fantasies are more in the vein of "DirtyImmigantExpulsionFlights.com. Whatever they are,...

The Manhattan Trump Criminal Investigation: The Saga Of Mark Pomerantz & Alvin Bragg

Speculation and leaked information in criminal proceedings are just that, so don't be surprised when speculation turns out to be wrong and the...

Culture Wars: Why Democrats Should Run Towards The Sound Of Gunfire

GOP attacks on education, marriage equality, LGBTQ children, abortion rights, and thinly veiled (and blatant) racism put them outside the mainstream...

Young, Armed, And Prepared To Defend Their Egos

We as a society must honestly ask ourselves how we deal with the danger of a generation of lost men infatuated with violence and lacking the judgment...

How To Save Democracy: Weirdify Fascism

Fascists want to control what we talk about and how we think about it. To save democracy, we have to weirdify what fascists desperately want to make...

The Power Of Disinformation

Wannabe "Strongmen" have been using disinformation to create legends about themselves and deceive the masses for as long as there have been...