Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment
Reasserting Congress as a check and balance on the presidency, she says, “If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic.”
Dec 5, 2019 / John Nichols
The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack
Jonathan Turley’s testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment.
Dec 5, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Who Is Making US Foreign Policy? Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Dec 5, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The GOP Grievance Machine’s Desperate Attempt to Upstage the Case for Impeachment The GOP Grievance Machine’s Desperate Attempt to Upstage the Case for Impeachment
The faux outrage was triggered when an impeachment witness used the name of the president’s teenage son to make a point. It didn’t work.
Dec 5, 2019 / Joan Walsh
How the Dems Can Win in 2020: Lessons of the Virginia Victories How the Dems Can Win in 2020: Lessons of the Virginia Victories
Joan Walsh on politics, Jeet Heer on Trump and war crimes, and Bryce Covert on strikes.
Dec 5, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable
Constitutional scholars tell the House Judiciary Committee that obstructing the impeachment inquiry is totally impeachable.
Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols
If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out If Debate Skills Mattered, Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Be the One Dropping Out
The California senator suspends her presidential campaign, as Bloomberg buys his way in.
Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols
What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020? What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020?
Since the 1980s, Democratic candidates have proven that they can win elections while losing whites without a college degree by a significant margin.
Dec 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland