Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Michael Kranish: The Trump/Kushner/Saudi Vortex
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In early 2021, both Kushner and Trump needed a game plan for making money. MBS — who both men had ...
Damon Linker: How Not to Fight Wokeness
14 Feb 2023
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Even people who aren't racist and aren't anti-trans can get rubbed the wrong way by the heavy-handed...
Will Saletan: The Weekend of the UFOs
13 Feb 2023
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What is flying above us? Is it more than sky garbage? Meanwhile, the House GOP radar is against what...
Tim Miller: It Was Dumber than You Might Have Imagined
10 Feb 2023
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The weaponization committee hearing was an embarrassing bust. Plus, James O'Keefe's love of musicals...
Tom Nichols: The Kook Bench
09 Feb 2023
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The drunken heckling caucus around Marjorie Taylor Greene is not out of control — it did exactly w...
A.B. Stoddard: Dark Brandon Rising
08 Feb 2023
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Biden's shrewd State of the Union address played rope-a-dope with Republicans, and he relished the s...
Mark Hertling: What My Oath Means
07 Feb 2023
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The balloon set off a performance theater among members of Congress that was unbecoming of their ran...
Will Saletan: Popping the Red Balloon
06 Feb 2023
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It wouldn't have mattered how Biden had handled the balloon — Republicans would have said he was w...
Tim Miller: Never Should Mean Never
03 Feb 2023
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Too many normies STILL won't say "Never Trump," but Paul Ryan may be coming around. Plus, Kari keeps...
Elie Honig: Is Trump Untouchable?
02 Feb 2023
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Merrick Garland likes to say that no one is above the law, but the DOJ's own guidelines make it clea...
Charlie Savage: The Real Witch Hunt?
01 Feb 2023
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Trump has longed complained about a deep state plot to smear him with the Russia investigation, but ...
Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse: History Is Under Assault
31 Jan 2023
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History became more politicized in the Trump era and the conservative media ecosystem has helped amp...
Will Saletan: Policing the Police
30 Jan 2023
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Training and diversity are not enough — cops who break the law must be prosecuted. Plus, the norma...
Tim Miller: Deep Inside Tucker Carlson's Navel
27 Jan 2023
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Republicans are so out of touch, their public brand is in trouble. Plus, MTG is Queen of the GOP, Sc...
Michael Weiss: A Watershed Moment for Ukraine
26 Jan 2023
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It took a lot of arm-twisting, but the West has finally committed to arming Ukraine with battle tank...
Jonathan Alter: How the Documents Hurt Biden
25 Jan 2023
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Biden has been seen as scandal-free, but his classified docs case may cost him a big political asset...
David Weigel: MAGA v MAGA
24 Jan 2023
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Republicans may have underperformed in the midterms, but the RNC chair fight is not about changing t...
Will Saletan: It's In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
23 Jan 2023
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The pro-life movement, undaunted by the midterms, is pushing for more restrictions— and the politi...
Catherine Rampell: Psychotic Feral Cats with Machetes
20 Jan 2023
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Republicans are back to extortion and holding the debt ceiling hostage after adding $4.7 trillion to...
Michael Schmidt: "I Didn't Know They Made People Like That"
19 Jan 2023
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Before John Kelly became chief of staff, he thought the chaos at the White House was due to the peop...
Bill Kristol: Glimmers of Hope
18 Jan 2023
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The shift in attitudes about defense and foreign policy in Germany has been dramatic since the war i...
David French: Our Religious Freedoms Are Not Hanging by a Thread
17 Jan 2023
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New York Times-bound David French tells Charlie Sykes how he re-thought same-sex marriage, how he fe...
Will Saletan: Performative Garbage
16 Jan 2023
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RonAnon Johnson wanted to get beat up on "Meet the Press" — so he could weaponize it. Plus, the ac...
Michael Steele: Slapping Matt Schlapp
13 Jan 2023
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Former RNC Chair Michael Steele had a front-row seat for the start of the ugly transformation at CPA...
Adam Kinzinger: Detoxing from Congress
12 Jan 2023
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Watching from a distance, former Rep. Kinzinger tells Charlie Sykes that House moderates have a lot ...
Aaron Blake: Kevin McCarthy Is Keeping a Secret
11 Jan 2023
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Without his secret pact, Kevin McCarthy likely would not be Speaker. Now, the American public — an...
Olivia Nuzzi: Has Trump Become Norma Desmond?
10 Jan 2023
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Trump rarely leaves his 'weird' smelling, moldy mansion, he seems bored and tired, and D-List MAGA a...
Will Saletan: Expect More Hostage-Taking in the House
09 Jan 2023
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McCarthy paid the ransom, Bannon is openly supporting violence in Brazil, and even normie Republican...
A.B. Stoddard: A Desperate Man
06 Jan 2023
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The hijackers have the energy in the House, Biden is quietly succeeding, no-mentum Trump's biggest f...
Nick Confessore: The Theater of Elise Stefanik
05 Jan 2023
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Rep. Elise Stefanik was a star pupil and the future of the GOP — now she's joined the kids in the ...
John Avlon: The Bomb Throwers Just Don't Care
04 Jan 2023
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McCarthy thought he could appease the kamikaze caucus with cash and playing along with Stop the Stea...
Tom Nichols: Of Course They All Hate Each Other
03 Jan 2023
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The House Republican caucus is a jackal pack, with George Santos — the poster boy for our era of g...
Andrew Weissmann: The DOJ and Trump's Attempted Coup
02 Jan 2023
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The clock is ticking down on whether to bring charges against Trump for what was essentially a "simp...
Susan Glasser and Peter Baker: Trump's Hostile Takeover of the Government
30 Dec 2022
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During his four years in office, Trump kept testing the weaknesses in our Constitutional system — ...
Maggie Haberman: Trump Is Damaged and He Causes Damage to Others
29 Dec 2022
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Donald Trump is the product of an exacting and brutal father who undermined him in private, and his ...
Jennifer Senior: Steve Bannon Is an Asymmetric Threat
28 Dec 2022
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Steve Bannon is a card-carrying member of the coastal elite, but he's trying to light a bonfire unde...