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June 7, 2024
Grace Segers
Republican Governors Are Refusing Free Meals for Millions of Kids
Thirteen states, all led by GOP governors, have opted out of a federal program providing summer grocery benefits to low-income families with school-age children.
June 7, 2024
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden Shouldn’t Say Anything About Trump’s Conviction
Many Democrats want the party’s leaders to shout “convicted felon” from the rooftops. But the best way to win over swing voters is to let others press the case.
June 7, 2024
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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Why MAGA’s Eruption of Rage at Bannon’s Jail Sentence Is So Alarming
As a judge orders Steve Bannon to surrender to prison, a lawyer for the January 6 committee explains why the furious MAGA reaction sends ominous signals about the dangers of a second Trump term.
June 6, 2024
Grace Segers
The Mixed Messages of the Contraception War
Democrats and Republicans have put forth dueling bills that would, to varying degrees, protect the right to contraception. Both are dead on arrival.
June 6, 2024
Matt Ford
Judge Aileen Cannon Will Entertain Any Excuse to Delay Trump’s Trial
The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case keeps coming up with increasingly ridiculous reasons not to begin the trial.
June 6, 2024
Steve Morris
The False—and Potentially Misleading—Promise of Restoring
Roe
Biden and the Democrats say they’ll codify abortion rights nationwide if voters give them full control of Washington. But can they really deliver?
June 6, 2024
Alex Shephard
The Billionaires Have Captured Donald Trump
Remember when the #Resistance claimed that Trump was compromised by Putin? Well, this time it’s real—and Russia has nothing to do with it.
June 6, 2024
Francisco Goldman
The Secret to Claudia Sheinbaum’s Success: She Is Not Like AMLO at All
Yes, Mexico’s president-elect has politics similar to her mentor and predecessor’s. But her very different personal qualities may prove to be more important.
June 5, 2024
Kate Aronoff
The Sunrise Movement’s Critics Really Don’t Get Climate Activism
Just because the youth group hasn’t endorsed Biden doesn’t mean it’s handing the presidency to Trump.
June 5, 2024
Greg Sargent
Mike Johnson’s Insane New Defense of Trump Shows Deep MAGA Desperation
Why aren’t prosecutors going after Joe Biden like Donald Trump? Uh … maybe because Joe Biden isn’t a criminal?
June 5, 2024
Thom Hartmann
Gird Yourself for the Coming Avalanche of Pro-Trump A.I. Propaganda
China has already started. This is going to make Putin’s 2016 troll farm look like amateur hour. Can we counter it?
June 5, 2024
Timothy Noah
How to Get Rich in Congress
A straight-up pay raise might reduce members’ temptation to trade on inside information or pad their expense accounts.
June 5, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
The Real Reason for Louisiana’s New Mifepristone Law
Most of the rationale for making mifepristone and misoprostol controlled substances is gibberish. Groups are targeting these drugs because they offer a way around abortion bans.
June 5, 2024
Meaghan Winter
Ron DeSantis’s Voter Suppression Machine Is Working
A 2023 law has made registering voters prohibitively expensive for many groups in Florida.
June 4, 2024
Matt Ford
Texas Republicans’ Brazen Plan to Control the State Forever
The state GOP just approved a party platform that would effectively ensure one-party rule.
June 4, 2024
David Rothkopf
In the Former Eastern Bloc, They’re Terrified of a Trump Presidency
For Americans, authoritarian rule is theoretical. But in Eastern Europe, reminders of it are everywhere, as is dread of a partial return to those days.
June 3, 2024
Michael Tomasky
It’s Up to You, Democrats: Make Donald Trump’s Conviction Matter
In a new poll, 10 percent of Republicans said Trump’s conviction made them less likely to vote for him. But Democrats have to make sure these voters don’t forget about it come November.
June 3, 2024
Timothy Noah
Lock Him Up! Why Donald Trump Should Do Jail Time Before the Election
Granted, most first-time offenders who commit this particular crime don’t do time. But Trump isn’t most first-time offenders.
June 3, 2024
Michael Brenes
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William D. Hartung
A.I. Won’t Transform War. It’ll Only Make Venture Capitalists Richer.
The U.S. government is worried about falling behind in the literal A.I. arms race—and Silicon Valley is cashing in with ludicrous promises.
May 31, 2024
Michael Tomasky
Susan Collins’s Really Dumb Trump Defense Reveals the GOP’s Sickness
Will one elected Republican—one—say we need to respect the legal process?
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