How Gordon Sondland Broke the Media’s Savior Complex
The star of the impeachment hearings so far wasn't a sober public servant. And that made a difference.
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Gordon Sondland Rips Out the Heart of Trump’s Defense
Republicans who worried that the EU ambassador was going to flip were treated to a gymnastics routine.
Why the Hell Did Democrats Just Extend the Patriot Act?
House leadership included the measure in a government funding bill—and even members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus went along with it.
There’s Only One Way the Patrick and Bloomberg Campaigns Make Sense
Democratic Party elders are making plans.
Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Are Caught in an Existential Crisis
With no coherent strategy beyond bare survival, the president's allies wildly pivot between defenses as the day slips away.
Deval Patrick Was an Overrated Governor
Mitt Romney and Charlie Baker both oversaw historic liberal legislation in Massachusetts. Where is Patrick's signature accomplishment?
Trump Enforces Omertà With Latest Round of Pardons
The president sends a message to his lawbreaking loyalists: Maintain silence and you'll earn your "get out of jail free" card.
The Fall of Nate Silver
His data journalism blog, FiveThirtyEight, is a political website with no politics—or rather, no politics beyond a mute approval of the status quo.
Joe Biden’s Frantic Defense of the Status Quo
The former vice president's unending promises of reconciling with Republicans may be designed to forestall a future of radical demands.
Donald Trump and the Absolute Power Presidency
One thing we're learning during impeachment hearings is that the president and his cronies are deeply invested in an uncheckable executive branch.
Elizabeth Warren Retreats From Medicare for All
Her plan to pass a public option before pivoting to single-payer is too clever for its own good.
The Media Is Hopelessly Addicted to Donald Trump
The House's impeachment hearings were dismissed by many as boring—until the president showed up.
Come on Down and Testify, Donald Trump!
The House Intelligence Committee should give the president a chance to clear up this whole Ukraine matter with his first-hand knowledge.
Deval Patrick Volunteers to Lose Democratic Primary
Outside of Wall Street's cosseted elites, there is no one in the world who could possibly want this candidacy to happen.
A Charter School Gets Canceled for Wanting to Teach Indigenous History
The case has it all: white-centrism, the "school choice" debate, and the obscene way in which North Carolina is failing its students.
The Empty Suits of the Impeachment Hearing
The Democrats put on a spectacle that may have ended up underscoring the waning power of the meritocracy.
Paul Manafort’s Lurid Shadow Hangs Over Impeachment
Long before he took up with Trump, the infernal operator laid the groundwork for the crimes that led us to this point.
Can the Catholic Church Save the Amazon?
A dispatch from Pope Francis’s efforts to combat climate change—and to give a diminished Church a new indigenous face
Maybe Trump Should Have Listened to These Guys
Why didn't George Kent and William Taylor have firsthand knowledge of Trump's Ukraine activities? The president went around them on purpose.
The Vainglorious Eternals Go Golfing
What a 2008 photo tells us about American political life in 2019
