An interview with economist Paul Krugman, who explains how Trump's plans are already threatening to wreck the good economy he's inheriting—and why his voters will be the big losers.

The Nobel laureate explains why the good economy Trump is inheriting is already forcing him to fabricate fake rationales for his coming tariffs and deportations—and how his voters will be the losers.

An interview with leading Never Trumper Mona Charen about the Bannon-Musk war, the rise of global authoritarianism, and how Democrats could fight harder against the coming MAGA takeover.

As the war between Steve Bannon and Elon Musk intensifies, a leading Never Trump writer explains what all this says about the horrors that Trump-MAGA have in store for us—and how Dems can fight back.

Politico’s Kyle Cheney discusses Representative Raskin’s sharp criticism of Trump’s private phone call with Justice Alito, when we’ll see the Jack Smith reports, and the Supreme Court’s legitimacy issues.

Trump’s chat with Justice Alito draws scrutiny, even as Trump asks the courts for help on multiple fronts. A leading reporter explains why the tangled nexus of all these stories is raising legitimacy issues.

An interview with Nicole Hemmer, a historian of the right wing, about how Trump’s vile, hateful tirades about the Los Angeles fires reveal the MAGA right’s broader project of degrading public life.

As Trump unleashes vile attacks on Democrats over the Los Angeles horrors, a leading historian of conservatism explains how this fits into the right’s broader project of degrading public life.

In an interview, Jennifer Mercieca, a professor of rhetoric, analyzes Trump’s bizarre, menacing quotes at his press conference and argues that they reveal his dark, authoritarian second-term intentions.

After Trump unleashes some wildly crazed ideas to reporters, an expert in authoritarian rhetoric says Trump revealed deeper intentions that are dangerously alarming and designed to normalize the abnormal.

An interview with congressional scholar Norm Ornstein, who explains how Trump is already signaling how he’ll put GOP lawmakers in a brutally impossible situation—and why Trump-GOP rule will likely implode

As Trump’s first moves show how he’ll make life miserable for the GOP Congress and betray his voters, congressional scholar Norman Ornstein decodes all the noise and explains what’s coming.

An interview with political theorist Adam Gurri, who argues that Trump is preparing to instill a form of “personalist” authoritarian rule that seeks to recast all checks on his power as illegitimate

As Trump erupts over his coming sentencing for his hush-money conviction, a leading political theorist explains how his fury is sending unsettling signals about his coming authoritarian rule.

An interview with Paul Waldman, co-author of the book “White Rural Rage,” who explains why the government-shutdown mess shows how Trump and Elon Musk will betray MAGA voters.

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk fuel chaos in the ongoing government-shutdown fight, the author of a book on rural America explains how this fiasco is already revealing how Trump hoodwinked his voters.

An interview with Senator Chris Murphy, who argues that Trump’s attacks on democracy are accelerating as we speak, that the media is folding, and that Democrats must sound the alarm before it’s too late

The Democratic senator argues in an interview that Trump’s attacks on democracy are an emergency and that Dems cannot let his profoundly unfit nominees and cowing of the media become seen as normal.

An interview with TPM’s Josh Marshall, who argues that protectors of democracy need to create a massive fundraising vehicle right now to defend the targets of Trump’s coming retribution tour.

With Donald and Lara Trump both telegraphing new details about Trump’s plans for retribution, Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall suggests a way for the targets of vengeance to band together and fight back.