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Bill Pulte Lacks Intelligence Qualifications. He’s Perfect for the Job Trump Just Gave Him.
President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that Bill Pulte will serve as acting Director of National Intelligence—taking over the post from the embattled Tulsi Gabbard—makes a […]
Texas Senate race shows the rot runs deeper than Trump
During this year’s Republican Senate primary campaign in Texas, the National Republican Senatorial Campaign distributed one of the most devastating campaign advertisements ever made. This […]
How Trump reversed Biden’s crackdown on gun trafficking
Marianna Mitchem grew up in the Denver suburbs, where she played high school soccer. One day in April 1999, her team faced off against a […]
Trump vendetta has left GOP ripe for ‘scary’ extremist coup: expert
The conventional wisdom on Rep. Thomas Massie’s primary loss in Kentucky last month is that the election was a referendum that settled the question of […]
GOP candidate for pivotal Senate seat blurts admission about Trump’s war
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), the presumptive Republican nominee for Iowa’s critical US Senate race, has acknowledged that Donald Trump’s unpopular Iran war threatens her electoral […]
Maistre the Prophet
The Count who wrote “original sin…explains everything” and argued nothing else could be explained without it (126) seemed an odd ally for the Jacobins—a fact […]
How English Teachers and College Faculty Are Navigating AI in Their Classrooms
Educators are taking the extra time to explain to their students why writing, reading, and doing their own work is crucial for critical thinking in […]
Mark Fuhrman: The Derek Chauvin of the ’90s
The racism of Mark Fuhrman, the Los Angeles police detective whose involvement in the O.J. Simpson murder investigation helped sink the prosecution’s case, was so […]
In Trump’s Cabinet, flattery is the job. Governing is secondary
Donald Trump has the title and the great powers of the presidency. But it is not enough for him. His real goal is to be […]
Democrats ignored him in 2024. Now, he wants to show them how to win
Abbas Alawieh is no stranger to politics. The Michigander spent years as a top aide to progressive ex-Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich, and Squad members Rep. […]
Brickbat: Pawned Off
Police Chief Earl Mayo of New Chicago, Indiana, is facing criminal charges after investigators say he sold a handgun to a pawn shop that had […]
How Chris Rabb Won, Precinct by Precinct
New York, LA slates on deck, “Not On Our Dime” reintroduced, Houston DSA backs police reform initiative and more in the May edition of Chapter […]
Diana Moreno: Organize as if the World You Want is Within Grasp
Democratic Left interviews New York State Assembly candidate Diana Moreno as part of a series of interviews with members of New York City DSA’s insurgent […]
Massive Defeat For Trump As His Weaponization Fund Is Dead
Trump’s slush fund to pay off those who committed crimes while trying to help him overturn an election that he lost is dead. After having […]
Gregory Bovino lashes out after stinging rebuke from MAGA official: ‘I’m guilty’
Gregory Bovino, the former leader of President Donald Trump’s Customs and Border Protection force, lashed out at a MAGA Trump official on Monday after he […]
Trump attacks ‘corrupt and irrelevant’ foes in raving late-night posting spree
President Donald Trump attacked several of his political foes, whom he called “corrupt and irrelevant,” in a raving late-night posting spree on Truth Social. Trump […]
The Power and Impotence of Vincent Bolloré
Something strange happened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival: A number of French films were greeted with loud boos and cries of “Fascist!” The audiences […]
Editor’s Note: Fixing Institutions Won’t Guarantee Political Outcomes
America’s institutions are so poorly designed that, should we ever muster the political will, we could pluck a great deal of low-hanging fruit. Gerrymandering is […]
New Jersey Governor Acquiesces to DHS, Deploys Police Outside Delaney Hall
On Sunday night, New Jersey police arrested dozens of protesters for defying a curfew outside of Delaney Hall, the immigration jail in Newark, New Jersey, […]