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Jason Linkins
The Seven Trump News Cycles We’re All Stuck In
This administration is monomaniacally focused on constantly making headlines. Too bad it’s all the same bad news.
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Mark Hertsgaard
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Only Telemundo connected hydration breaks with the overheating of the planet.
July 16, 2026
Perry Bacon
The Two Chances for the Media to Show It Really Cares About Democracy
Thursday night’s address by Trump and the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner give the media two opportunities to show it can defend democracy. I am not optimistic.
July 10, 2026
Timothy Noah
Is There Any End to
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I am so tired of this lazy approach to social commentary.
July 7, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It
Mike Johnson is now floating a “legislative fix” to birthright citizenship. That’s an assault on the Constitution—and a vote that vulnerable Republicans will hate, if recent polling from Fox News is any indication.
July 3, 2026
Ian Head
My Front-Row Seat to the Slow Death of the Freedom of Information Act
I file FOIA requests for a living, and the landmark law—which turns 60 this week—is near a breaking point.
June 20, 2026
Mark Hertsgaard
Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says
New York Times
Publisher
A.G. Sulzberger urges the media to unite and fight back.
June 15, 2026
Michael Tomasky
2028 Democrats Litmus Test: Billionaires, I’m Coming After Your Money
In short order, a fresh crop of candidates will be vying for our votes for the right to face the GOP presidential nominee. Here’s what we’ll be asking in return.
June 11, 2026
Mark Hertsgaard
The Hottest World Cup in History Has Arrived
Science blames the scorching hot temperatures on global warming, but will sports reporters make the climate connection?
June 9, 2026
Mark Hertsgaard
Why Did NPR Fire Its Climate Editor?
Meanwhile, an exceptional AFP exposé shows what’s needed.
June 8, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Mixed Feelings About Platner? Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed.
I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this. He hasn’t spent the last 40 years transferring trillions of dollars from working people to the very rich.
June 5, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Why
The New York Times
Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise
She was at
The Wall Street Journal
and should have spent her career there. But the
Times
decided she was … interesting. Why do liberals do this?
June 3, 2026
Perry Bacon
Scott Pelley Knew Exactly What He Was Doing in Trashing Bari Weiss
Weiss and the Ellisons have an utterly transparent ideological agenda. Thank you, Scott Pelley, for calling them out.
June 1, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Trump’s America vs. Springsteen’s: I Know Which Is the “Real America”
While the president is crashing out over his concert cancellations, The Boss is rallying the majority.
May 23, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat
The president’s demand for a slush fund to pay billions of dollars to his cronies places him among the planet’s most infamous political criminals.
May 22, 2026
Greg Sargent
Even Fox News Admits It: Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall
A threshold has definitely been crossed in these last couple weeks as Trump shrinks his MAGA base down to its molten core.
May 15, 2026
Parker Molloy
Nobody Asked for This
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Podcast
Bezos’s new opinion section has 515 YouTube subscribers. CBS News is at historic ratings lows. The Daily Wire is shedding audience. The billionaires paying for all of it say it doesn’t matter.
May 15, 2026
Mark Hertsgaard
The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning
Higher temperatures, like this coming summer’s, bring more infectious diseases.
May 9, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA
MAGA hoped the Correspondents’ Dinner assassination plot would give the ballroom a big political lift. But Americans still hate the idea. Democrats must capitalize on that.
May 5, 2026
Virginia Heffernan
The Ex-MAGA Influencer Who Now Hates All Things MAGA—and Herself Too
Ashley St. Clair used to hang with Erika Kirk. And she bore Romulus, the zillionth child of Elon Musk. She’s now turned her back on MAGA—and wants to tell you all about it.
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