The Bulwark Podcast

Wed, 04 Dec 2024

We're going back to a president who can't be bothered to read his briefing books. So who will be get...

Tue, 03 Dec 2024

Russ Vought, Trump's nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget—and a Project 2025 author—...

Mon, 02 Dec 2024

Kash Patel, who could potentially run the FBI, is a compulsive liar who can't keep his facts straigh...

Wed, 27 Nov 2024

Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox & Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit ...

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

For those living under a gray cloud because of what the American electorate has done, it's time to g...

Mon, 25 Nov 2024

The danger of Trump's nominees is that the main condition of employment—aside from being on Fox—...

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

The country is now paying for the pathologies of the oligarchs and baddies who were stuffed into loc...

Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Because Trump wasn't penalized for trying to steal the 2020 election, our democracy has already been...

Wed, 20 Nov 2024

The incompetent and compromised nominees Trump has assembled at record pace show how little regard h...

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

The Democrats focus too much on reaching white college-educated voters, and the threat to democracy ...

Mon, 18 Nov 2024

Trump is flooding the zone with unqualified nominees who would destroy government norms and standard...

Fri, 15 Nov 2024

Ted Cruz and Jim DeMint ground things to a halt in the Senate quite effectively during the Obama era...

Thu, 14 Nov 2024

Trump's appointments—like degenerate Matt Gaetz and Putin stooge Tulsi Gabbard—are about his raw...

Wed, 13 Nov 2024

Republicans have been good at telling a story about the economy and how people should feel about it,...

Tue, 12 Nov 2024

The worst people believe their worldview has been validated, while the best people are uncertain, sc...

Mon, 11 Nov 2024

The Trump team is moving quickly to sell out Ukraine, but it's not clear yet whether Putin would set...

Sat, 09 Nov 2024

It's time to get our opposition organized and develop a narrative about Trump. And one narrative tha...

Fri, 08 Nov 2024

The Trump trials were a cosmic democratic disaster, and the justice system did not do justice: Trump...

Thu, 07 Nov 2024

The American people made their choice, and the fight to preserve the global democratic coalition aga...

Wed, 06 Nov 2024

Kamala's tailored campaign message and ground game didn't matter. Voters were unhappy with Biden and...

Tue, 05 Nov 2024

Whatever happens tonight, Never Trumpers and voters should be proud that we rose to the challenge of...

Mon, 04 Nov 2024

Republicans are crowing about a big turnout of early rural voters and a decrease in African American...

Sun, 03 Nov 2024

Few states are as red as Iowa, and yet the legendary Iowa pollster Ann Selzer found that Kamala has ...

Fri, 01 Nov 2024

The WSJ wants readers to think that Trump is too stupid to coup—despite Jack Smith's indictment sh...

Thu, 31 Oct 2024

Trump and his pack of dude-bros are pitting men against women, even inside the home—the current Re...

Wed, 30 Oct 2024

The character of the nation is on the line: We have to stop an autocratic minority from imposing its...

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

Kamala Harris sees the world as divided between those who follow the rules and those who break them—...

Mon, 28 Oct 2024

By de-prioritizing The Washington Post in his business empire, Jeff Bezos is showing exactly how a f...

Fri, 25 Oct 2024

Trump is corrosive to the soul of our democracy. He's a bigot, an ogre, and an isolationist. And for...

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

 A whole faction of Red America thinks the judges and tax cuts in the first half of Trump's preside...

Wed, 23 Oct 2024

Donald Trump doesn't share our values or our norms, and he wants the privilege of being able to shoo...

Tue, 22 Oct 2024

The ex-POTUS has resolved that his route to regain power is creating hate, fear, and anger. Meanwhil...

Mon, 21 Oct 2024

Remember those few weeks when Trump ceded the stage to Kamala and didn't do any campaigning? How glo...

Fri, 18 Oct 2024

The Bulwark kicked off its weekend 'Swing State Swing" in the City of Brotherly Love Thursday befor...

Thu, 17 Oct 2024

Since the release of Woodward's "War," Gen. James Mattis has reached out to the journalist to endors...

Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Amb. Rice says Trump is a "surrender monkey" who is all about building up Russia and China for his o...

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Trump's fitness for office is a central question now more than ever after his bizarre town hall Mond...

Tue, 15 Oct 2024

Trump used to be considered an existential threat throughout Silicon Valley, but now the tech world ...

Mon, 14 Oct 2024

Trump's authoritarianism has intensified—with his calls for using military force against political...

Fri, 11 Oct 2024

Barack Obama made a direct appeal to people who don't like Trump, but may end up voting for him anyw...

Thu, 10 Oct 2024

Voters have a real hunger for something beyond the constant state of pugilism and the weaponizing of...

Wed, 09 Oct 2024

The information ecosystem is getting crazier than ever: The monster Trump created must be fed, even ...

Tue, 08 Oct 2024

Trump and Vance are pioneering a form of politics where American power means nothing, everything is ...

Mon, 07 Oct 2024

Do not sleep on this: The billionaire tech bros are on board with the authoritarian project so they ...

Fri, 04 Oct 2024

The second gentleman says Kamala has really stepped it up for this abbreviated campaign, and is show...

Fri, 04 Oct 2024

Liz Cheney sticks to her values under incredible pressure in an old-fashioned Republican way. And sh...

Thu, 03 Oct 2024

Jack Smith's filing on Jan 6 reads almost like a novel—with Trump shrugging about Pence having to ...

Wed, 02 Oct 2024

The Harris campaign clearly opted not to send out an attack dog in last night's debate. While JD Van...

Tue, 01 Oct 2024

JD Vance may be a good debater, but his creepy obsession with lady parts could put him on defense. M...

Mon, 30 Sep 2024

While the Trump campaign is opting for trans panic, Kamala really needs to remind people to be alarm...

Fri, 27 Sep 2024

If Mitt Romney and Mike Pence really want to have influence over a future GOP, then they need to joi...

Thu, 26 Sep 2024

Trump likes to promise a manufacturing renaissance as though one isn't going on right now. But we al...

Wed, 25 Sep 2024

The current Congress is the most do-nothingest since 1861—when the Union was falling apart right b...

Tue, 24 Sep 2024

Longtime conservative talk show host Michael Medved believes America was chosen for a special missio...

Mon, 23 Sep 2024

Melania is selling Christmas ornaments, while Trump is offering up 99.9% silver coins—the vibe fee...

Fri, 20 Sep 2024

Mark Robinson thinks so much about porn, he wouldn't have enough head space or time to do the job of...

Thu, 19 Sep 2024

We're swimming in polling data, but we should also consider that Kamala has more money and a superio...

Wed, 18 Sep 2024

JD Vance thought he had confirmation of his Haitian migrant conspiracy when a Springfield, OH reside...

Tue, 17 Sep 2024

The presidential race is essentially tied, with movement on the margins that may not be picked up in...

Mon, 16 Sep 2024

MAGA is trying to take political advantage of what was apparently a second assassination attempt on ...

Fri, 13 Sep 2024

The former president doesn't think our country is exceptional, and the political press won't hold hi...

Thu, 12 Sep 2024

While Republicans paint a vision of America as a dystopian hellscape, Kamala is helping herself to t...

Wed, 11 Sep 2024

Kamala laid trap after trap during the debate, and because he's so impulsive, Trump walked into ever...

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Trump and Kamala are meeting for the first time at tonight's debate, because in 2021, he took his ba...

Mon, 09 Sep 2024

This is not a close call, Bush 43: Follow your vice president's lead and say you're voting for Kamal...

Fri, 06 Sep 2024

Before a packed house in D-Town, Tim Miller and Adam Kinzinger covered it all, from Trump's incohere...

Thu, 05 Sep 2024

After the decade we've been living through, we will remember the people like Liz Cheney, who have ma...

Wed, 04 Sep 2024

The media still haven't figured out how to cover Trump, so they don't scrutinize even his most shock...

Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Kamala is showing that she's good at politics by uniting the party's coalition and making appeals to...

Mon, 02 Sep 2024

Kamala looks to have a very narrow lead in the polls, but she needs to do more to drive Trump down—...

Fri, 30 Aug 2024

Harris has been watching and learning about the ways of Washington, and she keeps sticking the landi...

Thu, 29 Aug 2024

Policy differences pale in comparison to maintaining self-governance and restoring sanity in the cou...

Wed, 28 Aug 2024

The pundit class keeps talking about how Trump hasn't figured out how to respond to Kamala—but she...

Tue, 27 Aug 2024

Rumors have surfaced about Joe feeling sad and resentful about the re-energized party. At the same t...

Mon, 26 Aug 2024

Some of the people best suited to make the case against Trump are the jilted Cabinet members and oth...

Fri, 23 Aug 2024

Kamala delivered a real work of art—a perfect American story filled with love of country, democrac...

Thu, 22 Aug 2024

The former senator from Minnesota recounts his early fandom for Tim Walz and how he won an unlikely ...

Wed, 21 Aug 2024

Michelle Obama killed it last night, and did the job that every speaker at the Democratic convention...

Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Kamala's genuine smile and Walz's empathetic version of manhood is coming through loud and clear—a...

Mon, 19 Aug 2024

Kamala's first month as a presidential candidate before the Democratic convention has gone exceeding...

Fri, 16 Aug 2024

Swapping out Biden for Kamala has been such a big mood boost that consumer confidence among Dems and...

Thu, 15 Aug 2024

Two Democratic members of Congress who called on Biden to pass the torch join Tim Miller today. Both...

Wed, 14 Aug 2024

The anti-MAGA world should keep going on right-wing media platforms, and maybe embarrass their hosts...

Tue, 13 Aug 2024

Trump may be holed up at Mar-a-Lago because he's afraid of another attempt on his life. Meanwhile, h...

Mon, 12 Aug 2024

Biden's departure from the race has put Trump in a real funk. He's in denial about Kamala's crowds, ...

Fri, 09 Aug 2024

Kamala is now the star of a story involving a woman called into duty at a moment of crisis with a si...

Thu, 08 Aug 2024

Trump and his supporters don't like America as it currently exists, and their veep pick JD Vance is ...

Wed, 07 Aug 2024

Tim talks to a local Minnesota reporter to get the low-down on Tim Walz's recent political history, ...

Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Tim Walz is a great foil for Kamala's West Coast vibe: He looks like he'll fix your car, then grab a...

Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Recent polls are showing some pretty significant movement to Harris, and she hasn't even had to play...

Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Donald Trump checks all the boxes of a person with narcissistic personality disorder, but the mainst...

Thu, 01 Aug 2024

We are witnessing a man who thought he was cruising to a landslide who's now afraid he doesn't know ...

Wed, 31 Jul 2024

Sure sounds like kind words and affection were in short supply in the Trump household in Queens. Per...

Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Republican men used to be stoic and quiet technocrats, but now they're screechy and freaky. Meanwhil...

Mon, 29 Jul 2024

Democrats are leaning into the 'Republicans are weird and creepy' talking point—a strategy Tim has...

Fri, 26 Jul 2024

Women candidates get asked different questions than male candidates—that's just a fact. Kamala has...

Thu, 25 Jul 2024

Nancy Pelosi has amassed power through persuasion, and she had the nerve to push a sitting president...

Wed, 24 Jul 2024

The modern conservative movement has a built-in ratcheting-up mechanism, so that even when Republica...

Tue, 23 Jul 2024

We may have been conditioned to just accept candidates who share their meandering thoughts or end se...

Mon, 22 Jul 2024

It's now the Kamala Harris parade, and James Carville has grabbed his whistle and baton for the marc...

Sun, 21 Jul 2024

After banging the drum for quite a while, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller got their wish, and the politi...

Fri, 19 Jul 2024

Republicans wanted a 'do no harm' convention, but it was too corporate and lacked any joie de vivre....

Thu, 18 Jul 2024

Republicans are tamping down the crazy and the weird at the convention—like no election fraud, no ...

Wed, 17 Jul 2024

Trump's shark/electrocution anecdote was not a sign of deterioration. Trump is actually getting bett...

Tue, 16 Jul 2024

J.D. Vance is an incredibly polarizing figure, and his addition to the ticket signals a complete rea...

Mon, 15 Jul 2024

We begin with a rejection of the fatalist rhetoric from the left. It may be an uphill battle, but th...

Sun, 14 Jul 2024

In this bonus episode following the assassination attempt on Trump, The Bulwark's managing editor Sa...

Fri, 12 Jul 2024

Not having dementia is not enough to change the dynamic. Biden needs a proactive message against Tru...

Thu, 11 Jul 2024

Inviting "populist slut hero" Amber Rose to speak at the Republican convention and adjusting the pla...

Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Top Democrats say they don't see a way for Biden to win, and some are resigning themselves to being ...

Tue, 09 Jul 2024

This is not a moment for a politician's origin story or soaring oratory. Some think that means danci...

Mon, 08 Jul 2024

It would have been nice if Biden had gone on Morning Joe the day after the debate instead of waiting...

Fri, 05 Jul 2024

Housing prices, the cost of insurance, and sticker shock at the supermarket are still stressing Amer...

Thu, 04 Jul 2024

Author, poet, and native New Orleanian Clint Smith grew up in the city that was the heart of the dom...

Wed, 03 Jul 2024

The quiet coming from the White House sure suggests that the people around the president don't think...

Tue, 02 Jul 2024

No matter how much the Supreme Court pretends that the words 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are not ...

Mon, 01 Jul 2024

All Americans who love this country and hate Donald Trump deserve answers about Thursday's abysmal p...

Fri, 28 Jun 2024

The Secret Pod makes an emergency appearance to work through last night's terrible performance by Bi...

Thu, 27 Jun 2024

Former White House comms director Kate Bedingfield serves up some keen insights into Poppa Joe—he ...

Wed, 26 Jun 2024

So many of the people who worked around POTUS 44 think no one will ever be as good as Obama, but Stu...

Tue, 25 Jun 2024

Project 2025 sounds mundane, but it would institutionalize Trumpism, eliminate the Department of Edu...

Mon, 24 Jun 2024

Gov. Jared Polis says Biden should focus on what he'll do for the American people in his campaign, r...

Fri, 21 Jun 2024

Trump is not drawing support from black voters because of his criminality—that's just MAGA's bigot...

Thu, 20 Jun 2024

Felon 45 didn't even really like being president and no one is taking his ludicrous tariff plan seri...

Wed, 19 Jun 2024

Phoenix is a microcosm of the big issues in the election and the country generally, including politi...

Tue, 18 Jun 2024

Justice Alito and his wife seem to have some pretty deep and dark feelings about the people they dis...

Mon, 17 Jun 2024

Trump visited an African American church in Detroit and the pews were filled with white people; Repu...

Thu, 13 Jun 2024

Republicans had a tête-à-tête with Trump to remind him how, if he wins, he should extend the tax ...

Wed, 12 Jun 2024

A coalition of Christian lawyers, activists, and politicians methodically and secretly took down Roe...

Tue, 11 Jun 2024

Pulitzer-Prize winning Jen Senior joins Tim Miller for a free-form conversation about jail-bound, fa...

Mon, 10 Jun 2024

Tommy Tuberville's know-nothing appeasement of Putin lines up exactly with where the ex-POTUS is—B...

Fri, 07 Jun 2024

Young Latinos are a giant emerging voter bloc with populist leanings—who also favor tougher border...

Thu, 06 Jun 2024

This D-Day is a good reminder that the growing nationalist movement across the globe aims to undermi...

Wed, 05 Jun 2024

Trump and MAGA, with all their banana republic claims, are not being America First—they're being a...

Tue, 04 Jun 2024

Rep. Ritchie Torres joins Tim Miller to discuss how to win working-class voters, his Dickensian upbr...

Mon, 03 Jun 2024

This is a good moment for Biden to proudly raise the flag right-side up, and share his love of Ameri...

Fri, 31 May 2024

Donald Trump collaborated with a slimy crew to break the law, and it may have swung the 2016 electio...

Thu, 30 May 2024

America is currently stuck in a negativity vibe, and it's shaping the media we consume, impacting ho...

Wed, 29 May 2024

If Trump were to win, his plans to sabotage the Justice Department and consolidate power would plung...

Tue, 28 May 2024

If persuadable voters are going to back an octogenarian, they are going to need to see less caution—...

Fri, 24 May 2024

First off, Nikki, you're canceled. And while Trump's out on bail flaunting his partnership with Puti...

Thu, 23 May 2024

Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins Tim Miller to talk about the origins of "bleach blond bad built butch bo...

Wed, 22 May 2024

Former FBI Director James Comey joins Tim Miller to discuss the choices he made in 2016, the DOJ's s...

Tue, 21 May 2024

The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court pu...

Mon, 20 May 2024

Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a modera...

Fri, 17 May 2024

Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy e...

Thu, 16 May 2024

This election is about being a grownup and making a choice. One candidate is clearly preferable, and...

Wed, 15 May 2024

Michael Cohen substantiated 99% of what's needed to prove Trump's hush money reimbursement scheme—...

Tue, 14 May 2024

Joe has to tell campus protesters it's OK to disagree with him—and that they can hold him to accou...

Mon, 13 May 2024

Today's GOP is not a governing party—it's a grievance and trolling party, and Trump has the nihili...

Fri, 10 May 2024

Mike Johnson may have seen the light in the SCIF, but is he scheming with Trump for Jan 6, 2025? Plu...

Thu, 09 May 2024

In New York, we are getting the trial we deserve: It's not about high principles and democracy, but ...

Wed, 08 May 2024

The ex-POTUS who claims he was taken down by the deep state is looking even smaller in court, gettin...

Tue, 07 May 2024

Two conservatives describe their break with Trump. Former DHS official Elizabeth Neumann saw both th...

Mon, 06 May 2024

Any apprentice who wants to join Trump's ticket has to prove they won't accept the election results ...

Fri, 03 May 2024

Will Saletan and (Hubert Humphrey alum) Bill Kristol join Tim Miller before a live audience in Phila...

Thu, 02 May 2024

The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, sits down with Tim Miller in Philly to talk about the ki...

Wed, 01 May 2024

Trump went on the record, explaining how in a second term, his staff would only be (election denying...

Tue, 30 Apr 2024

In the very hot summer of George, Breonna, and Ahmaud, we seemed to be on the brink of a third Recon...

Mon, 29 Apr 2024

Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glar...

Fri, 26 Apr 2024

The polling isn't there yet, but Biden is delivering on the job, MAGA is extreme and dangerous, the ...

Thu, 25 Apr 2024

To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to st...

Wed, 24 Apr 2024

The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what h...

Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grie...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024

Tom Mauser lost his son, Daniel, in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. He joins Tim Miller ...

Fri, 19 Apr 2024

Hey, look: Republicans and Democrats are working together! Meanwhile, Trump is still trying to destr...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024

Mike Johnson shows hints of Reaganism with his new push for a foreign aid bill that includes support...

Wed, 17 Apr 2024

For 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States lived in a delusion that Russia an...

Tue, 16 Apr 2024

Trump wins voters who don't read The New York Times or listen to The Bulwark Podcast, and elite oppo...

Mon, 15 Apr 2024

While Biden spent the weekend helping fend off Iran's missile and drone attack, supposedly pro-Israe...

Fri, 12 Apr 2024

Pound for pound, the media treats Trump better than any Democrat. Plus, talking about abortion in a ...

Thu, 11 Apr 2024

Steve Bannon fueled the rise of MAGA by offering true believers a sense of community and purpose. A ...

Wed, 10 Apr 2024

Kari Lake can deliver a good performance, but she's not really a true believer, as her flip on the A...

Tue, 09 Apr 2024

Two powerful Republican congressmen say some of their colleagues are advancing Russian propaganda, b...

Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Trump's billionaire donors had it so bad under Obama, Clinton, and RINO presidents that they just ha...

Fri, 05 Apr 2024

While Trump's calling card is stoking white grievance, he's making unprecedented inroads with Black ...

Thu, 04 Apr 2024

Republicans can't get off the Trump highway to hell, but business and media elites are also cozying ...

Wed, 03 Apr 2024

The 118th Congress has made history: by removing a speaker, expelling a member, and holding sham imp...

Tue, 02 Apr 2024

Kari Lake said she'd fight to the bitter end to prove the AZ governor's race was stolen from her, bu...

Mon, 01 Apr 2024

MAGA spent the holiday weekend arguing that Trump is more faithful than Biden, and also managed to s...

Fri, 29 Mar 2024

Cheney makes clear where she comes down on the POTUS rematch and is showing ex-Trumpworld figures ho...

Thu, 28 Mar 2024

Republicans have entrapped themselves with the promise of a massive surveillance state for American ...

Wed, 27 Mar 2024

As local news is hollowed out, rightwing news fills in the gaps. In Tennessee—ground zero for the ...

Tue, 26 Mar 2024

Elon Musk, for all his keyboard courage, couldn't handle Don Lemon's Q and A, but then sicced his Tw...

Mon, 25 Mar 2024

Mike Gallagher is following Ken Buck out the House door, as they both abandon their jobs, their vote...

Fri, 22 Mar 2024

Rural white voters wield outsized power in our democracy, yet they are also more likely to support v...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024

It used to be that politicians who had affairs, took bribes, and paid people off lost their office o...

Wed, 20 Mar 2024

A recent editorial in The Dispatch rejected both Trump and Biden as acceptable choices in 2024. Tim ...

Tue, 19 Mar 2024

Trump's 2024 lies are not just the familiar ones about a 'rigged election' and 'Sleepy Joe.' He's al...

Mon, 18 Mar 2024

Trump stands and salutes the  insurrectionists during the national anthem, and may rehire the treas...

Fri, 15 Mar 2024

He lost, he's low on campaign cash, and he's juggling criminal court dates. Are the bad things he sa...

Thu, 14 Mar 2024

One of the biggest reasons voters are not happier about the economy is because interest rates are mu...

Wed, 13 Mar 2024

In 2016, the Trump campaign used microtargeting to suppress the Clinton vote. Since then, digital ma...

Tue, 12 Mar 2024

Biden has the air of a man with no doubt about his campaign strategy—which is not exactly soothing...

Mon, 11 Mar 2024

Old guy Biden got Ezra Klein to back down—and Kristol a little bit as well. Plus, Orbán at Mar-a-...

Fri, 08 Mar 2024

The White House explains why Biden led his State of the Union speech with the threats to democracy a...

Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Republicans keep painting Biden as an antifa-loving, Iran-coddling communist as they try to create a...

Wed, 06 Mar 2024

The Biden campaign is facing a buyer's market among voters and will really have to up its persuasion...

Tue, 05 Mar 2024

Trump's plans to add tariffs and shrink the labor force— via an immigration crackdown— would lik...

Mon, 04 Mar 2024

The courts aren’t taking care of Trump and we can’t live in denial about the state of play. Mean...

Fri, 01 Mar 2024

Tech has allowed some very bad people to do some very bad things—including in the democracy arena....

Thu, 29 Feb 2024

McConnell wouldn't put the stake in the heart of Trump—will that overshadow his legacy? Plus, Dan ...

Wed, 28 Feb 2024

The MAGA crew in the House is against majoritarian democracy and thinks bipartisanship is bad—Demo...

Tue, 27 Feb 2024

In our first crossover pod, Tim queries Yglesias and Beutler about Biden's Gaza response, and why De...

Mon, 26 Feb 2024

Voters who backed Haley in South Carolina are not buying the American carnage message, and may repre...

Sat, 24 Feb 2024

Tim is joined by John Heilemann, Jennifer Palmieri, and Mark McKinnon, his former colleagues from "T...

Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Christian nationalism is not only a threat to democracy, but also to Christianity itself. Prominent ...

Thu, 22 Feb 2024

A rundown on double agent Alexander Smirnov, and Republicans' eagerness to amplify information sourc...

Wed, 21 Feb 2024

Couric revisits the impact of her Sarah Palin interview, and shares her views with Tim on the evolut...

Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Charlie Kirk hates Taylor, pro sports, Disney—and anything normal. Plus, the Alabama ruling on fro...

Mon, 19 Feb 2024

The vulgar carnival barker used the holiday weekend to hawk crummy, over-priced sneakers, and compar...

Fri, 16 Feb 2024

Alexei Navalny heroically stood up to Putin, but Tucker and MAGA's worst actors can't get enough of ...

Thu, 15 Feb 2024

The immunity order Mark Meadows has in the election subversion case could be a big problem for Trump...

Wed, 14 Feb 2024

The congressman states his case for why he's challenging Biden, and Tim Miller grills him.

Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Much of MAGA thinks Trump was sent by God, but King Cyrus probably didn't wear a diaper. Don't skimp...

Mon, 12 Feb 2024

A Super Bowl W for Dark Brandon & the Deep State brings MAGA tears. Plus, Mike Gallagher steps a...

Fri, 09 Feb 2024

The special counsel's report on Biden's docs—and a gaffe about Mexico—have placed Joe's age and ...

Thu, 08 Feb 2024

The Supreme Court sounded ready to reject a Colorado ruling that barred Trump from the state ballot....

Wed, 07 Feb 2024

The Supreme Court's legitimacy would really be on the line if it took up Trump's completely lunatic ...

Tue, 06 Feb 2024

Four billionaires—Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel, and Andreessen—are part of an antidemocratic turn in ...

Mon, 05 Feb 2024

J.D. Vance has extended Trump's Fifth Avenue immunity claim to sexual assault, espionage, RICO, and ...

Fri, 02 Feb 2024

Surprise, surprise, Biden drops F-bombs when he talks about the former insurrectionist president. Pl...

Thu, 01 Feb 2024

Trump hasn't re-defamed E. Jean Carroll, so it basically takes about $83 million to get him to shut ...

Wed, 31 Jan 2024

MAGA has put Taylor at the top of its enemies list, Greg Abbott is inviting another Jan 6 at the bor...

Tue, 30 Jan 2024

The world feels like it's falling apart, and black swan events are on the rise. Is this the result o...

Mon, 29 Jan 2024

Haley has taken a hard turn against Trump, and is calling on him to 'man-up' and explain why he grew...

Fri, 26 Jan 2024

Tax cuts and a gutted regulatory state are a big draw for Wall Street. But under a Trump 2.0, it wou...

Thu, 25 Jan 2024

Moscow Mitch capitulated to Trump's electoral interests, Justice Scalia speaks from beyond, Lindsey ...

Wed, 24 Jan 2024

As we pivot from primary season to the general election, Biden is telling Democrats to accept that T...

Tue, 23 Jan 2024

As a longtime legal combatant, probably no one else on earth is more prepared to leverage four prose...

Mon, 22 Jan 2024

Trump wants to put his knee on the neck of America with a violent, illegal presidency. Plus, the sel...

Fri, 19 Jan 2024

Donald Trump has been making extreme promises on the campaign trail. And unlike in 2016, this time h...

Thu, 18 Jan 2024

No, American presidents don't need to be able to commit crimes to do their job. Plus, Trump is beggi...

Wed, 17 Jan 2024

The young people who show up at CPAC and Turning Point events are there because of a deeply entrench...

Tue, 16 Jan 2024

Almost half of Iowa's caucus-goers voted for someone besides Trump—evidence that a criminal defend...

Mon, 15 Jan 2024

Republicans are racing to bend the knee before the Iowa caucuses even start, while also looking like...

Fri, 12 Jan 2024

As Trump prepares to clean up in the Iowa caucuses, his campaign narrative has gone full 'Trump: The...

Thu, 11 Jan 2024

Chris Christie dropping out shows that one party is at war with the idea of democratic self-governme...

Wed, 10 Jan 2024

While North Korea has jumped in to arm Russia, Republicans in Congress are dallying over supporting ...

Tue, 09 Jan 2024

Trump is hoping for a market crash on Biden's watch, vowing revenge prosecutions, and plotting on ho...

Mon, 08 Jan 2024

Jan 6 insurrectionists are innocent, and the Art of the Deal guy could've taught Lincoln how to nego...

Fri, 05 Jan 2024

Harvard was justified in protecting its academic standards and the institution itself. But people ar...

Thu, 04 Jan 2024

SCOTUS will have to take up up the insurrectionist clause, after Colorado and Maine took steps to re...

Wed, 03 Jan 2024

The Trump experience can't just be undone—we are a different country now, and we're not going back...

Tue, 02 Jan 2024

Chris Christie makes clear he's not dropping out, because Nikki Haley is not the one we've been wait...

Fri, 22 Dec 2023

ABC's The Day After, the 1983 drama about a nuclear strike on America, was the most-watched movie i...

Thu, 21 Dec 2023

Coppola is like a Method actor behind the camera—living the movie to make the movie. For The Godfa...

Wed, 20 Dec 2023

The left is lazily applying American ideas about racial identity and intersectionality to the Israel...

Tue, 19 Dec 2023

Anne Applebaum discusses a ray of hope in Europe with the defeat of Poland's authoritarian governmen...

Mon, 18 Dec 2023

On the stump in New Hampshire, Trump parroted Putin condemning the American political system. Plus, ...

Fri, 15 Dec 2023

It was a year of heroes and zeros, highs and lows, and shocks and fizzles. Mona Charen, A.B. Stoddar...

Thu, 14 Dec 2023

The special counsel is short-circuiting Trump's foot-dragging strategy and mining his phone data to ...

Wed, 13 Dec 2023

Democrats used to be the party of the common man and woman, but they have taken a back seat to Holly...

Tue, 12 Dec 2023

If Trump wins, the first crime of his second term will be committing perjury—when he swears to def...

Mon, 11 Dec 2023

Kevin swears that Trump will stop with the retribution talk. Meanwhile, the aspiring dictator says i...

Fri, 08 Dec 2023

Is the Almighty, who made heaven and earth, also biting his nails over next year's election? Tim Alb...

Thu, 07 Dec 2023

And now no one is afraid of Mike Johnson—so he won't be able to lead either. Plus, a Christie-Hale...

Wed, 06 Dec 2023

Donald Trump will never be the lesser of two evils. We must unite, look beyond partisanship, and vot...

Tue, 05 Dec 2023

The smoking gun turns out to be a dud, but James Comer and the Republicans move ahead on their evide...

Mon, 04 Dec 2023

The progressives both-sidesing the sexual violence against Israeli women and girls has only added to...

Fri, 01 Dec 2023

Trump wants to weaponize the office of the presidency, and who would stop him? We have a built-in we...

Thu, 30 Nov 2023

From Elon to Trump to Kanye, public decompensation is a part of our culture now. Plus, Georgia's ina...

Wed, 29 Nov 2023

This is the era of political humiliation: From Kevin nursing Trump back to health after Jan 6, to do...

Tue, 28 Nov 2023

Don't underestimate the power of the belief that Trump is part of a prophecy for many evangelicals. ...

Mon, 27 Nov 2023

Trump wants you to know that he remembers who the president is. Plus, the asymmetry in the hostage-p...

Fri, 24 Nov 2023

Hamas triggered the Gaza war—and signed the death warrants of thousands of Palestinians—when it ...

Wed, 22 Nov 2023

A disconnect from reality has descended on the US: Republicans practice fantasy politics day and nig...

Tue, 21 Nov 2023

New Hampshire voters are famously contrarian, and the non-MAGA set is showing up for Haley and Chris...

Mon, 20 Nov 2023

We are in an age where internet randos are beating out reality. Plus, Haley's abortion dance, the co...

Fri, 17 Nov 2023

Fox launched the Big Lie based on a random email from a woman in Minnesota who heard voices in the s...

Thu, 16 Nov 2023

One person we can be certain will not be called as a witness in Georgia: nutty Sidney Powell. Plus, ...

Wed, 15 Nov 2023

We may have averted a government shutdown for the moment, but the new speaker of the House believes ...

Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Deep down, Trump knows the truth, and is running again to stay out jail—just like authoritarian le...

Mon, 13 Nov 2023

Very powerful and strong Donald Trump is promising his supporters the freedom to go after the people...

Fri, 10 Nov 2023

Jack Smith's office filed an epic motion this week laying out the central role of Trump's lies in th...

Thu, 09 Nov 2023

Trump wants to melt the constitutional order, but NBC didn't bother to ask the also-rans about that ...

Wed, 08 Nov 2023

When Gen Z began attending college and demanding protection from speech, the left argued that cancel...

Tue, 07 Nov 2023

Next year's election is not a vote for a Democrat or a Republican: It's a vote for the survival of o...

Mon, 06 Nov 2023

Recent polls have some Democrats reverting to bed-wetting, Christie calls out the deplorables, and S...

Fri, 03 Nov 2023

Trump is glorifying insurrectionist prisoners, Bannon-world is using Confederate code words, and Rep...

Thu, 02 Nov 2023

Romney's journey from the party's standard-bearer to its pariah is also a story of the dramatic tran...

Wed, 01 Nov 2023

A Colorado case will determine whether Trump should be kept off the ballot there because of that ann...

Tue, 31 Oct 2023

The former congressman says he wasn't always fighting the good fight, and that he feels some respons...

Mon, 30 Oct 2023

Trump talked about a new Muslim ban and the media barely covered it. Meanwhile, the House only could...

Fri, 27 Oct 2023

The vast majority of Democrats support Israel, but a very loud, younger segment on the left is lendi...

Thu, 26 Oct 2023

Sarah, Mona, and Sonny join Tim in The Big Easy to talk about new Speaker Mike Johnson, Biden, Israe...

Wed, 25 Oct 2023

Jenna Ellis will not be the last flip in Georgia, former Trump water carrier Michael Cohen testifies...

Tue, 24 Oct 2023

Remnants of the pre-Trump party are hanging on and putting the brakes on MAGA in the House, B-lister...

Mon, 23 Oct 2023

House Republicans don't have a platform, and in the absence of Trump, they can't pull together. Plus...

Fri, 20 Oct 2023

Republican threats and bullying have finally gone too far when it comes to Jim Jordan. But what abou...

Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Sidney Powell pleaded guilty and agreed to testify for the state in Georgia—Trump's legal woes jus...

Wed, 18 Oct 2023

Ordinary Americans pored through reams of digital evidence to ID hundreds of people who stormed the ...

Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Jim Jordan spent the weekend bullying moderates, but threatening shame on social media and Fox may n...

Mon, 16 Oct 2023

Jordan was not just another Republican who voted against the election—he was behind the scenes in ...

Fri, 13 Oct 2023

The Republicans elevated fringe players who have no interest in governing, and now they don't have e...

Thu, 12 Oct 2023

Jack Smith signaled he will be able to prove why Trump held onto the classified documents. Plus, Tru...

Wed, 11 Oct 2023

The U.S. is knee-deep in the war in Ukraine, and now another potentially enormous war in the Mideast...

Tue, 10 Oct 2023

Lincoln's political skills were a key part of his legacy, but the politics he practiced were not lik...

Mon, 09 Oct 2023

The attack by Hamas on Israel was barbaric, but the incursion—by land, sea, and air—was also sop...

Fri, 06 Oct 2023

The Republicans have been on a trajectory to get a Jim Jordan-style speaker for 11 years, and the De...

Thu, 05 Oct 2023

The Crazed Slavering Jackal Caucus is running the GOP. Plus, Giuliani's drinking may undermine Trump...

Wed, 04 Oct 2023

Kevin McCarthy aspired to the speakership for his resume, not because of legislative talents. In the...

Tue, 03 Oct 2023

Kevin McCarthy hasn't been doing much of anything all year as speaker, except lurching from crisis t...

Mon, 02 Oct 2023

The bipartisan loathing of Gaetz is almost a kumbaya moment. Meanwhile, Trump likes to say the US is...

Fri, 29 Sep 2023

The first impeachment hearing was panned on both sides, while House Republicans keep promising a new...

Thu, 28 Sep 2023

The kids' table debate was a cacophony of speed talking, interruptions, and yelling. Plus, Milley re...

Wed, 27 Sep 2023

The ex-POTUS has been put out of business in New York, after his fraud was found so overwhelming tha...

Tue, 26 Sep 2023

Cassidy Hutchinson atones. Bob Menendez refuses. Plus: the government shutdown about nothing. And MA...

Mon, 25 Sep 2023

Olivia Nuzzi, Bret Stephens, and Ben Terris joined Charlie Sykes on stage in Austin over the weekend...

Fri, 22 Sep 2023

Our democratic order is facing a two-front war. While the immediate crisis may be from the right, th...

Thu, 21 Sep 2023

Trump is trying to intimidate witnesses and jurors in the election case, and Chutkan's only remedy m...

Wed, 20 Sep 2023

House Republicans are bickering and calling each other names, while the Matt Gaetz caucus threatens ...

Tue, 19 Sep 2023

The system feels rigged for the millionaires and the billionaires, and the populist red lights are f...

Mon, 18 Sep 2023

Trump threw the pro-life movement under the bus in his NBC interview, and essentially pleaded the Fi...

Fri, 15 Sep 2023

The billionaire was duped by Russian nuclear propaganda, but he's not the only one in the West who w...

Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Romney's text message to Mitch McConnell renews questions about what law enforcement knew ahead of t...

Wed, 13 Sep 2023

The speaker is trying to sate the MAGA wing with a sham impeachment, and maybe a government shutdown...

Tue, 12 Sep 2023

McCarthy has caved on an impeachment inquiry so he can hold onto his gavel. Meanwhile, Congress shou...

Mon, 11 Sep 2023

Biden giving a press conference while jet-lagged may not quell rising concerns about his age. Plus, ...

Fri, 08 Sep 2023

Tucker is in some corner of Elon's basement testing to see what he can get away with, while Elon is ...

Thu, 07 Sep 2023

Trump did himself no favors talking to Hugh Hewitt, the Proud Boys could've spared themselves a lot ...

Wed, 06 Sep 2023

Never forget it was Donald Trump telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" which ultimatel...

Tue, 05 Sep 2023

Republican leaders in Wisconsin sound like they're planning an end-run around democracy, Musk is run...

Fri, 01 Sep 2023

How different would things be if other Republicans had stood up to MAGA like the way Kemp did for Fa...

Thu, 31 Aug 2023

Giuliani is going to pay $$$$ for defaming Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss—and Trump may too, for his ...

Wed, 30 Aug 2023

Does cynical Nikki Haley have the guts to run an edgier campaign? Plus, Vivek's Hermain Cain moment,...

Tue, 29 Aug 2023

From Trump's court calendar to concerns about Biden's age, we may be underestimating how bad next ye...

Mon, 28 Aug 2023

The new hotness, Ramaswamy, is serving up a load of bull. Plus, the risks of our political gerontocr...

Fri, 25 Aug 2023

We were always going to get this first-of-its-kind presidential portrait. What else would you expect...

Thu, 24 Aug 2023

At Wednesday's debate, Ramaswamy touched all the MAGA erogenous zones, Haley had a great night while...

Wed, 23 Aug 2023

Almost nothing concentrates the mind more than an indictment, so expect other minor players in Trump...

Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Trump's co-defendants don't even dispute what they're accused of doing—they just claim it wasn't i...

Mon, 21 Aug 2023

The base gives Trump higher marks for speaking truth than they give to religious leaders, Vivek will...

Fri, 18 Aug 2023

The governor of Florida is being treated like a low-IQ child. Meanwhile, Trump hasn't been treated l...

Thu, 17 Aug 2023

Could Trump have been dumb enough to use Twitter DMs for his plot? Plus, the dangers of not fearing ...

Wed, 16 Aug 2023

A one-time Peace Corps volunteer, Chris Miller was posted to Ukraine, fell in love with it, and deci...

Tue, 15 Aug 2023

Donald Trump has been a low-rent mobster for his entire career, and now he's getting the indictment ...

Mon, 14 Aug 2023

Even with Trump out of the White House, Lindsey Graham says that Trump is the organizing principle o...

Fri, 11 Aug 2023

Remember one of the worst quotes in history about just 'humoring' Trump after he lost in '20? Well, ...

Thu, 10 Aug 2023

The ex-POTUS's ugly threats and intimidation against Jack Smith, Fani Willis, and Judge Chutkan will...

Wed, 09 Aug 2023

The former Texas congressman says he's running for president because America deserves a sane conserv...

Tue, 08 Aug 2023

The CNN anchor and author re-visits the 70s with a new thriller, featuring a Murdoch-esque character...

Mon, 07 Aug 2023

After the 2020 election, Lindsey Graham had a chance to be free—of Donald Trump, and all the ratio...

Fri, 04 Aug 2023

Lindsey Graham says the federal courts in DC are illegitimate, the FBI is being called the Gestapo, ...

Thu, 03 Aug 2023

Trump defenders are arguing that the charges in the latest indictment infringe on his free speech ri...

Wed, 02 Aug 2023

Jack Smith has filed a case for the ages. It's not only an indictment of the Big Lie itself, but als...

Wed, 02 Aug 2023

A federal grand jury indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday with a series of crimes related to his efforts...

Tue, 01 Aug 2023

Trump's high floor of support—the voters who think God sent him to save the country—combined wit...

Mon, 31 Jul 2023

By the time of the Ukraine scandal and impeachment, Lindsey Graham and other Republicans had grown t...

Fri, 28 Jul 2023

Federal prosecutors have added new charges against Trump in the classified documents case, including...

Fri, 28 Jul 2023

We are living in a time when an evangelical pastor can literally quote Jesus Christ and a theo-bro w...

Thu, 27 Jul 2023

Republicans are going to launch an impeachment inquiry against Biden to divert attention from the cr...

Wed, 26 Jul 2023

The presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor wants to take the Republican Party in the di...

Tue, 25 Jul 2023

The film captures the race against the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb, and Oppenheimer's gen...

Mon, 24 Jul 2023

After the 2018 midterms, Lindsey Graham moved to a new stage of collaboration with Trump. Graham was...

Fri, 21 Jul 2023

The dick pics, RFK, jr,'s testimony, and McCarthy's promise to expunge impeachment records are all f...

Thu, 20 Jul 2023

Jack Smith will move very quickly on a new indictment, numerous court appearances and trials can be ...

Wed, 19 Jul 2023

Plans are already being drawn up for Trump's revenge plans in a second term, including special couns...

Tue, 18 Jul 2023

Going after a former president for an attempted coup had seemed like 'mission impossible,' but the s...

Mon, 17 Jul 2023

After Trump's first year in office, the power shifted in Washington. Republicans went from humoring ...

Fri, 14 Jul 2023

Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews had gumption, while the grown-ass men who were their bosses di...

Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Prosecuting Trump for Jan 6 presents novel issues, but that's not the case when it comes to Giuliani...

Wed, 12 Jul 2023

House Republicans keep stepping on rakes when it comes to Hunter Biden: Turns out their 'missing inf...

Tue, 11 Jul 2023

The masculinity contest in the Republican presidential primary ramps up, Chris Christie keeps droppi...

Mon, 10 Jul 2023

Within days of the 2016 election, Lindsey Graham began transforming into Trump's chief apologist—i...

Fri, 07 Jul 2023

How Obamaworld views the weird attempt by Team DeSantis to mimic Ted Cruz's failed 2016 campaign. Pl...

Thu, 06 Jul 2023

The docs case against Trump is bigger than Snowden's, the people of South Florida should be cut more...

Wed, 05 Jul 2023

House Republicans are racing to the crazy again as they try to nail down who they're going to impeac...

Mon, 03 Jul 2023

Lindsey Graham was once one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics—before becoming one of his most imp...

Fri, 30 Jun 2023

If Trump wanted to impress a memoir writer with classified documents, wouldn't he also want to do th...

Fri, 30 Jun 2023

Will Saletan has a story to tell: It’s about what’s happened to the United States since Donald T...

Thu, 29 Jun 2023

Charging Trump for Jan 6 just got meaningfully harder after a Supreme Court ruling that has nothing ...

Wed, 28 Jun 2023

Grassroots Republican leaders increasingly favor Trump, and he's getting significantly more coverage...

Tue, 27 Jun 2023

Why is DC so weird? The Washington Post's Ben Terris describes his hitchhiker's guide through the ba...

Mon, 26 Jun 2023

After this weekend's mutiny in Russia, the world is suddenly seeing Putin in a new light. Meanwhile,...

Fri, 23 Jun 2023

The celebrification of running for president continues to grow, Boebert and MTG are a couple of igno...

Thu, 22 Jun 2023

Trump keeps undermining his own defense, but he's not wrong that if he wins, he can make the cases a...

Wed, 21 Jun 2023

Special Counsel Jack Smith is racing the clock, Justices Alito and Thomas seem to be taking cues fro...

Tue, 20 Jun 2023

Gov. Christie joins Charlie Sykes to explain campaign strategy, his error in judgment in 2016, and h...

Mon, 19 Jun 2023

Former AG Barr protected Trump while he obstructed justice, but he's now staked out a spot in the an...

Fri, 16 Jun 2023

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has found the sweet spot in the horseshoe— between QAnon-ers waiting for JF...

Thu, 15 Jun 2023

The special prosecutor had his eyes on Trump during the arraignment, but Trump—who seemed tired an...

Wed, 14 Jun 2023

Trump likes to convey that he is invincible and has a massive army of people behind him. But he's sc...

Tue, 13 Jun 2023

Even after winning the White House, Trump is still the consummate grifter who's got no time for poli...

Mon, 12 Jun 2023

Republicans spent the weekend defending Trump by pointing to Biden, Pence, other ex-presidents, and ...

Sat, 10 Jun 2023

This is a reading of the classified documents indictment against former President Trump that was uns...

Fri, 09 Jun 2023

Fox calls Trump's prosecution an insurrection. The GOP shrug off his hoarding, hiding, and sharing o...

Thu, 08 Jun 2023

Jack Smith will need a barn burner of a case, rich in facts, and one that holds up under the scrutin...

Wed, 07 Jun 2023

Chris Christie launched his presidential campaign by calling out Trump—and hit him on the kleptocr...

Tue, 06 Jun 2023

Too many of today's politicians don't care that they are undermining their own parties with messages...

Mon, 05 Jun 2023

Steve Bannon and company are helping give anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy a boost in the polls, Trump ...

Fri, 02 Jun 2023

It wasn't like the boring 90s, but politics this week felt almost normal. Meanwhile, Trump's bleats ...

Thu, 01 Jun 2023

Trump's own recorded words appear to undercut his already weak defense that he had declassified the ...

Wed, 31 May 2023

The media thinks the GOP base could still want 'Morning in America,' Citizens United is keeping no-h...

Tue, 30 May 2023

McCarthy cut a normal deal with Biden when the GOP caucus couldn't agree on what to demand—beyond ...

Fri, 26 May 2023

In the summer of 2016, on the eve of the Republican and Democratic conventions, Luke Russert—an NB...

Thu, 25 May 2023

Jack Smith is wrapping up his investigation into the Mar-a-Lago classified document collection, and ...

Wed, 24 May 2023

DeSantis claims he doesn't back down, but most of the time, he is flinching and cowering—and now h...

Tue, 23 May 2023

Reality is Kari Lake's biggest opponent, Tim Scott is warmly welcomed into a growing candidate field...

Mon, 22 May 2023

Are Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, and Mike Pence really running for the VP slot—or a chance to increase ...

Fri, 19 May 2023

Charlie Sykes and Tim Miller held court on the Upper West Side Thursday night, weighing in on Rudy's...

Thu, 18 May 2023

Justice Alito frequently complains that critics of the court are trying to delegitimize it. But it's...

Wed, 17 May 2023

John Durham didn't report anything new, and he took longer to produce less useful material than Muel...

Tue, 16 May 2023

Ukraine's freedom is on the line, but America's role in the world is also at stake. And if a democra...

Mon, 15 May 2023

DeSantis tries to pretend he's normal, James Comer can't find his Biden informants, Republicans are ...

Fri, 12 May 2023

Girls are blowing past boys in school, and while most men are poorer than they were 50 years ago, wo...

Thu, 11 May 2023

From promising a general amnesty to Jan 6 rioters, to re-victimizing E. Jean Carroll on CNN's town h...

Wed, 10 May 2023

Turns out that being a star doesn't allow you to get away with sexual assault after all. The GOP sti...

Tue, 09 May 2023

Globalism is dead, the remote work revolution is here to stay, and more people are pursuing their bi...

Mon, 08 May 2023

Greg Abbott says gun violence is due to a mental health crisis, not guns. So, America is exceptional...

Fri, 05 May 2023

Clarence and Ginni are enjoying the grift that keeps on giving, Fox's PR moves are not helping, sedi...

Thu, 04 May 2023

It was not an Ocean's 11-style conspiracy that convicted the Proud Boys in their sedition case. But ...

Wed, 03 May 2023

The pioneers of the digital media age thought they were building a progressive answer to Drudge—th...

Tue, 02 May 2023

For the first time since 2016, Trump will be back on CNN for a live event. It's a huge gift to Trump...

Mon, 01 May 2023

Greg Abbott chose to be breathtakingly inhumane, MAGA cancel culture is a runaway train, Biden gets ...

Fri, 28 Apr 2023

Republicans are so weak and craven: DeSantis has three bad weeks, and they've thrown in the towel—...

Thu, 27 Apr 2023

State and federal prosecutors may be closing in on Trump, so we've launched a new companion pod—in...

Wed, 26 Apr 2023

Conservatives surrendered on gay marriage, but kept their fear about societal change bottled up. And...

Tue, 25 Apr 2023

Tucker Carlson's firing shocked the media world and Tucker himself. He thought he could say and do a...

Mon, 24 Apr 2023

Trump's negative poll numbers are not high enough, Alito couldn't get other justices to go off the c...

Fri, 21 Apr 2023

Marco Rubio thinks he's in office just to send tweets, No Labels couldn't have picked a worse time f...

Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Elon Musk says that running Twitter is very painful, but it's a pain he brought on himself with firi...

Wed, 19 Apr 2023

The unsettling Dominion settlement, DeSantis is not fooling MAGA, and the "Taliban 20"—who demande...

Tue, 18 Apr 2023

Oklahoma sheriffs pining for lynching, Tennessee legislators trying to teach young Black men a lesso...

Mon, 17 Apr 2023

At the annual NRA meeting, Kristi Noem bragged about her 2-year-old granddaughter's rifle, while oth...

Fri, 14 Apr 2023

Dominion v. Fox is not only about defamation—it's also about the erosion of truth at the network a...

Thu, 13 Apr 2023

The military runs on young soldiers, and sometimes, chatroom braggarts who want to share classified ...

Wed, 12 Apr 2023

Trump may excel at firing up resentment in the base, but the party is squandering support from an en...

Tue, 11 Apr 2023

Too many GOP leaders failed to grasp that going along with Trump would increase his hold on the part...

Mon, 10 Apr 2023

Republicans have boxed themselves in on abortion, Elon continues his petulance, the knives are out i...

Fri, 07 Apr 2023

The Tennessee GOP lives in such a bubble, they thought it was a good idea to expel two Black legisla...

Thu, 06 Apr 2023

In the parts of the country where Ashli Babbitt is a martyr, pastors glorify guns, and conspiracies ...

Wed, 05 Apr 2023

Trump's indictment may be tied to his hush money payments, but it's also bound up with democracy con...

Tue, 04 Apr 2023

Trump threw the anti-abortion movement under the bus after losses in the midterms — which prompted...

Mon, 03 Apr 2023

Trump always calls for his enemies to get prosecuted and now he's getting a taste of his own medicin...

Fri, 31 Mar 2023

Trump faces a 34-count indictment in New York and more charges may be on the way. But will it hurt h...

Thu, 30 Mar 2023

"Tiny D" thought he'd puff up his chest to go after Mickey Mouse — only to get outflanked. Plus, l...

Wed, 29 Mar 2023

While Republicans frequently overdo it on cultural issues, Democrats still are vulnerable on race, g...

Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Trump's incitement of Jan 6 and his call to terminate the constitution were treason-like. And the Re...

Mon, 27 Mar 2023

Down in Waco, Trump was on double duty: Blowing up the DeSantis' campaign on the launch pad, and cle...

Fri, 24 Mar 2023

DeSantis gets over his skis on Ukraine, 'Don't Say Gay' escalates, and it's not racist to criticize ...

Thu, 23 Mar 2023

Ron DeSantis threw a couple of very small rocks at Trump this week, and he's angling to get to the r...

Wed, 22 Mar 2023

Using a page from his well-worn playbook, Trump framed the narrative about the Manhattan grand jury ...

Tue, 21 Mar 2023

The Republican Party had been showing signs it was beginning to move on from Trump, but now it's wra...

Mon, 20 Mar 2023

Trump's rhetoric is more apocalyptic and more confrontational, and the party still can't renounce it...

Fri, 17 Mar 2023

Trump is crystal clear that he wants retribution against the people who wouldn't let him remain in o...

Thu, 16 Mar 2023

America has long responded to the needs of Baby Boomers, and the generation reshaped the country as ...

Wed, 15 Mar 2023

Pence warned us about the threat to our democracy, and we shrugged. Plus, Bethany Mandel can't defin...

Tue, 14 Mar 2023

Ron DeSantis chose to pander to Tucker Carlson on Ukraine and shows himself as unserious on one of t...

Mon, 13 Mar 2023

Mike Pence is trying win over the DC press corps but still refuses to do his part to hold Trump acco...

Fri, 10 Mar 2023

People not having kids because of climate change anxiety are not thinking about a future with Josh H...

Thu, 09 Mar 2023

The largest threat of extremist violence right now is coming from the rightwing. But 100 years ago, ...

Wed, 08 Mar 2023

Tucker has been dining out on how much the media supposedly despises Donald Trump — when by his ow...

Tue, 07 Mar 2023

Tucker's attempting to white-wash Jan 6, Trump and DeSantis have a thing against prosecutors, Kari s...

Mon, 06 Mar 2023

John Bolton thought he could create a coherent foreign policy for Trump, but now sees he was naive. ...

Fri, 03 Mar 2023

The base wants the sugar, the fat, and the salt — not someone afraid to say how they're different ...

Thu, 02 Mar 2023

Master interlocutor Mehdi Hasan says come to a debate prepared — bring receipts and know the other...

Wed, 01 Mar 2023

People over 40 tend to see themselves as about 20% younger than their actual age. Is it because agin...

Tue, 28 Feb 2023

The former Speaker of the House tells Charlie Sykes a Reagan 2.0 candidate would have a shot in '24....

Mon, 27 Feb 2023

Scott Adams has the right to carry on about white victimhood, and newspapers have the free speech ri...

Fri, 24 Feb 2023

The Georgia jury forewoman needs to stop talking, Norma Desmond took a break from Mar-a-Lago, Charli...

Thu, 23 Feb 2023

Fox isn't news, and it isn't propaganda. It's about getting the biggest audience it can, to make the...

Wed, 22 Feb 2023

With abortion and election integrity on the line, Democrats got the opponent they wanted for the mos...

Tue, 21 Feb 2023

Conspiracy theories had been gaining ground in the GOP before Trump, but after he became conspiracy-...

Mon, 20 Feb 2023

Biden went to an active war zone, Lindsey Graham shows his old McCain-sidekick self, DeSantis weighs...

Fri, 17 Feb 2023

The text messages in the Dominion case show that Fox was intentionally pushing lies about 2020 — l...

Thu, 16 Feb 2023

Mike Pence is erasing his own profile in courage by trying to resist special counsel Jack Smith's su...

Wed, 15 Feb 2023

In early 2021, both Kushner and Trump needed a game plan for making money. MBS — who both men had ...

Tue, 14 Feb 2023

Even people who aren't racist and aren't anti-trans can get rubbed the wrong way by the heavy-handed...

Mon, 13 Feb 2023

What is flying above us? Is it more than sky garbage? Meanwhile, the House GOP radar is against what...

Fri, 10 Feb 2023

The weaponization committee hearing was an embarrassing bust. Plus, James O'Keefe's love of musicals...

Thu, 09 Feb 2023

The drunken heckling caucus around Marjorie Taylor Greene is not out of control — it did exactly w...

Wed, 08 Feb 2023

Biden's shrewd State of the Union address played rope-a-dope with Republicans, and he relished the s...

Tue, 07 Feb 2023

The balloon set off a performance theater among members of Congress that was unbecoming of their ran...

Mon, 06 Feb 2023

It wouldn't have mattered how Biden had handled the balloon — Republicans would have said he was w...

Fri, 03 Feb 2023

Too many normies STILL won't say "Never Trump," but Paul Ryan may be coming around. Plus, Kari keeps...

Thu, 02 Feb 2023

Merrick Garland likes to say that no one is above the law, but the DOJ's own guidelines make it clea...

Wed, 01 Feb 2023

Trump has longed complained about a deep state plot to smear him with the Russia investigation, but ...

Tue, 31 Jan 2023

History became more politicized in the Trump era and the conservative media ecosystem has helped amp...

Mon, 30 Jan 2023

Training and diversity are not enough — cops who break the law must be prosecuted. Plus, the norma...

Fri, 27 Jan 2023

Republicans are so out of touch, their public brand is in trouble. Plus, MTG is Queen of the GOP, Sc...

Thu, 26 Jan 2023

It took a lot of arm-twisting, but the West has finally committed to arming Ukraine with battle tank...

Wed, 25 Jan 2023

Biden has been seen as scandal-free, but his classified docs case may cost him a big political asset...

Tue, 24 Jan 2023

Republicans may have underperformed in the midterms, but the RNC chair fight is not about changing t...

Mon, 23 Jan 2023

The pro-life movement, undaunted by the midterms, is pushing for more restrictions— and the politi...

Fri, 20 Jan 2023

Republicans are back to extortion and holding the debt ceiling hostage after adding $4.7 trillion to...

Thu, 19 Jan 2023

Before John Kelly became chief of staff, he thought the chaos at the White House was due to the peop...

Wed, 18 Jan 2023

The shift in attitudes about defense and foreign policy in Germany has been dramatic since the war i...

Tue, 17 Jan 2023

New York Times-bound David French tells Charlie Sykes how he re-thought same-sex marriage, how he fe...

Mon, 16 Jan 2023

RonAnon Johnson wanted to get beat up on "Meet the Press" — so he could weaponize it. Plus, the ac...

Fri, 13 Jan 2023

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele had a front-row seat for the start of the ugly transformation at CPA...

Thu, 12 Jan 2023

Watching from a distance, former Rep. Kinzinger tells Charlie Sykes that House moderates have a lot ...

Wed, 11 Jan 2023

Without his secret pact, Kevin McCarthy likely would not be Speaker. Now, the American public — an...

Tue, 10 Jan 2023

Trump rarely leaves his 'weird' smelling, moldy mansion, he seems bored and tired, and D-List MAGA a...

Mon, 09 Jan 2023

McCarthy paid the ransom, Bannon is openly supporting violence in Brazil, and even normie Republican...

Fri, 06 Jan 2023

The hijackers have the energy in the House, Biden is quietly succeeding, no-mentum Trump's biggest f...

Thu, 05 Jan 2023

Rep. Elise Stefanik was a star pupil and the future of the GOP — now she's joined the kids in the ...

Wed, 04 Jan 2023

McCarthy thought he could appease the kamikaze caucus with cash and playing along with Stop the Stea...

Tue, 03 Jan 2023

The House Republican caucus is a jackal pack, with George Santos — the poster boy for our era of g...

Mon, 02 Jan 2023

The clock is ticking down on whether to bring charges against Trump for what was essentially a "simp...

Fri, 30 Dec 2022

During his four years in office, Trump kept testing the weaknesses in our Constitutional system — ...

Thu, 29 Dec 2022

Donald Trump is the product of an exacting and brutal father who undermined him in private, and his ...

Wed, 28 Dec 2022

Steve Bannon is a card-carrying member of the coastal elite, but he's trying to light a bonfire unde...