November 11, 2022
The Attempt to Anoint Ron DeSantis as Trump’s Heir Will Fail
Republican elites are making the same mistakes they made in 2016.
November 10, 2022
The Democrats Lost Some Working-Class Support in the Midterms
The slippage is among nonwhite voters. But don’t despair: Union households, after stumbling in 2016, got back their Democratic mojo.
September 19, 2022
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
As his approval ratings sink, the former president is growing more and more unhinged—and more willing to indulge his most dangerous followers.
August 24, 2022
Two of the GOP’s Worst Ghouls Lost Their Primaries
It’s a relief to know that Carl Paladino and Laura Loomer won’t be coming to Congress. But that doesn’t mean the Republican Party’s 2022 slate is a normal one.
May 18, 2022
Did Democrats Make a Mistake by Hyping a Trumpy Insurrectionist in Pennsylvania?
The party believed Doug Mastriano would be the easiest candidate to beat in November, so they followed the same risky strategy that backfired tremendously in 2016.
May 13, 2022
If You Can’t Love Biden, He’ll Settle for You Hating Trump
The president has finally acknowledged that fear motivates voters more than love and started attacking MAGA America. Will it work?
April 29, 2022
Sure, Call Trump a Loser. Don’t Expect Republican Voters to Care.
Taking down Trump isn’t a simple matter of messaging.
April 1, 2022
Trump and Pence Believe in Almost the Exact Same Things
The former vice president’s new “Freedom Agenda” is basically Trumpism, minus the Russia love.
March 25, 2022
Just Because Mo Brooks Is Sparring With Trump Doesn’t Mean That Trump Is in Trouble
The former president may have shed his outside-the-Beltway skin, but his base—and the party—are even more committed to Trumpism.
March 22, 2022
Is This the End of “America First”?
Trump and allies like J.D. Vance and Tucker Carlson may have overestimated the appeal of the former president’s isolationism.
February 2, 2022
Jeff Zucker Was the Most Craven TV Executive of the Trump Era
The CNN executive’s commitments to “The Trump Show” wrecked his network—and did lasting damage to the country.
November 12, 2021
Chris Christie Already Lost His War With Donald Trump
The governor had a shot to save the Republican Party from the former president’s destructive tendencies five years ago. He missed.
February 1, 2021
The GameStop Saga Is the First Post-Trump Story
One reason we can’t stop following the struggling retail chain’s stock price: It feels like freedom.
January 5, 2021
Making Sense
of the
Facebook
Menace
Can the largest media platform in the world ever be made safe for democracy?
December 7, 2020
Trump Will Finally Get What He Wanted All Along
Now that he’s lost the presidency, he can do what he’s good at: campaigning for it.
November 17, 2020
The Littlest Prince
Donald Trump will leave the White House in a blaze of truthless tweets and hapless coup attempts. Did we really expect anything else?
November 9, 2020
Alaska Offers Biden the Slimmest of Hopes for a Democratic Senate
Left-leaning independent Al Gross lags his Republican opponent, Senator Dan Sullivan, as the state prepares to count absentee ballots.
November 4, 2020
Even the Pandemic Couldn’t Kill Trumpism
Trump may still lose the 2020 election. But his appeal is surprisingly, dismayingly resilient.
