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James Comey
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.
March 31, 2017
Jeet Heer
James Comey’s secret Twitter account proves Reinhold Niebuhr is still overrated.
March 27, 2017
Jeet Heer
Is the Russia Investigation Turning the Left Into Conspiracy Theorists?
March 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Ninth Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
March 22, 2017
Alex Shephard
Devin Nunes, the guy investigating Russian election-meddling, is also providing political cover for Donald Trump.
March 22, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Donald Trump Show Is Flopping
His unorthodox antics helped him win the presidency, but they have only hampered his cruel agenda. That doesn't mean he won't still succeed.
March 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Nixonian Strategy Behind Trump’s Obama Lie
The president's stubborn wiretapping claim is a way to shore up support from his Republican base.
March 21, 2017
Brian Beutler
If Trump Is Innocent, Why Is He Acting So Guilty?
His reaction to FBI Director James Comey's testimony about Russian meddling was defensive and deceitful.

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