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Vote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political Agency
In America today we have a party of ordinary governance and a personality cult party. Those are the two options we are now offered every […]
War, Climate Change, and AI Are on the Agenda at This Year’s UN Indigenous Forum
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance and originally appeared on Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Hundreds of delegates are arriving at […]
Trump has a new avenger in chief
Sometimes it feels as if Donald Trump reinvented politics in whole cloth when he descended the Trump Tower escalator in 2015, and the world turned […]
Trump’s cruel “dual state” runs into a legal wall
After Operation Metro Surge, in which an estimated 3,000 federal immigration agents were deployed throughout Minnesota from December to February, resulting in over 3,700 arrests […]
Palantir Posts Manifesto Lamenting Post-War “Neutering” of Nazi Germany
Major military contractor and surveillance giant Palantir has posted a chilling manifesto on social media that calls for tech companies like itself to play a […]
Netanyahu Says Israel Is Refuge for Christians After Bombing Countless Churches
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel is the only place where Christians can thrive in the Middle East, after bombing countless […]
Kidnapping, robbery trial opens with alleged victim identifying two accused
I didn’t have much choice. I was definitely being held captive and I was in fear for my life,’ man testifies in relation to November […]
‘You have to finish the history!’ Abby Phillip brutally fact-checks GOP pundits on CNN
CNN’s Abby Phillip delivered a brutal fact-check to a pair of GOP pundits during Monday’s broadcast of “NewsNight.” The panel discussed a recent claim by […]
Cory Booker’s passionate speech in Michigan sparks MAGA meltdown: ‘Absolute disaster!’
Fans of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement melted down on Monday night over a video of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) making a passionate speech at […]
Remembering the Weight of Life and Death in a Profane Age
Procul o, procul este, profani. ‘If ye are unholy, begone, begone.’ Such strong-worded sayings were a regular part of Pinckney Sumner’s education at Harvard. Pinckney’s […]
The 12-Year-Old Superpower
Presidencies birth their own rhetorical shorthand. Bill Clinton is remembered for the definition of “is.” TV pitchman Donald Trump has given us numerous options, including […]
Trump Is Mentally Collapsing As His Lying Superpower Abandons Him
Donald Trump’s lies about the Iran war run like clockwork. Since the war started, usually just before the stock market opens and closes, Donald Trump […]
Elizabeth Prelogar’s Unexpected and Unusual Argument
Whenever a new petition is granted, I always check the counsel of record. I keep a running tally of how many cases leading members of […]
Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza
In the absence of on-the-ground reportage from Gaza, citizen journalists have stepped in to tell the stories that traditional news platforms could not.
The Greatest Act of Defiance in Music History
We will return to The Usual Stuff tomorrow. But first, I want to write about an unforgettable experience I had a few days ago. We […]
The Left Needs Bureaucrats
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, […]
Trump Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct probe
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the latest member of Donald Trump‘s Cabinet to make a hasty exit. White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung broke […]
This Is Hopeless
Just noting quickly that the U.S. has seized an Iranian cargo ship while preparing for talks. This is from the New York Times: A U.S. […]
WSJ highlights Trump nominee’s glaring red flags ahead of high-stakes confirmation hearing
As the confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve approach, Democrats are planning to focus on his finances, the Wall […]