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James Comey
May 11, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump just confirmed that his administration has been lying about the Comey scandal.
May 11, 2017
Graham Vyse
Chris Christie Would Be the “Worst Choice in the World” for FBI Director
Trump is considering the New Jersey governor to fill James Comey's role. Says one observer in the state: "It horrifies me.”
May 11, 2017
Alex Shephard
By firing James Comey, Donald Trump torpedoed his own presidency.
May 11, 2017
Graham Vyse
It’s time to stop making Apprentice references.
May 11, 2017
Brian Beutler
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
Comey’s firing should be a frightful awakening from complacency. If Trump gets away with it, he will read it as permission to run amok.
May 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
Henry Kissinger’s White House visit is a haunting.
May 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
It’s Now Up to Democrats to Save American Democracy
By firing James Comey, Trump is trying to quash the Russia investigation—and he just might get away with it. Here's how Democrats can stop him.
May 10, 2017
Eric Armstrong
Chris Christie as FBI director would be a five-alarm fire for democracy.
May 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Did John McCain just rescue a big part of Obama’s climate legacy to punish Trump for firing Comey?
May 10, 2017
Brian Beutler
The firing of James Comey is the biggest political story in decades.
May 10, 2017
Clio Chang
For some insane reason, Trump thought Democrats would cheer James Comey’s firing.
May 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Republican response to James Comey’s firing has been pathetic.
May 10, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Firing of FBI Director James Comey Is a Moment of Truth for U.S. Democracy
This is not yet a crisis of legitimacy, but we are on the precipice of one.
May 9, 2017
Alex Shephard
James Comey was extremely careless in his testimony about Hillary Clinton’s emails.
May 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is terrified of Sally Yates.
May 3, 2017
Jeet Heer
James Comey wants everyone to know how much he’s suffered over Hillary Clinton’s emails.
May 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
David Axelrod is still schooling Hillary Clinton.
May 2, 2017
Graham Vyse
Hillary Clinton doesn’t know what cost her the presidency.
April 21, 2017
Primary Concerns
The Trump Backlash Is Building
How the climate of scandal engulfing the Trump GOP is helping Democrats rebuild.
April 17, 2017
Brian Beutler
Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Trump’s “Centrism”
It blinds us to the ways in which the institutions constraining Trump are themselves flawed.

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