Joan Walsh

National Affairs Correspondent

@joanwalsh

Joan Walsh, a national affairs correspondent for The Nation, is a coproducer of The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show and the author of What’s the Matter With White People? Finding Our Way in the Next America. Her new book (with Nick Hanauer and Donald Cohen) is Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power and Wealth In America.

Trump on an outdoor stage in front of a large crowd

Insurrection Porn and Kitsch at Trump’s Waco Rally Insurrection Porn and Kitsch at Trump’s Waco Rally

His screening violent January 6 videos to rile up an angry crowd leaves no doubt about what Trump wants from his followers. Now what?

Mar 27, 2023 / Joan Walsh

A protester holds up a long, rectangular banner that reads

Women Are Waiting to Cheer the Misogynist’s Indictment Women Are Waiting to Cheer the Misogynist’s Indictment

Donald Trump’s fall at the hands of proud porn actor Stormy Daniels would signal a rough but delightful kind of justice for millions of us.

Mar 23, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Workers with the New York Police Department set up barricades outside the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office in New York City on March 20, 2023.

Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Want Pro-Trump Protests? Give Me A Break. Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Want Pro-Trump Protests? Give Me A Break.

On the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, credulous reporters remind us how we got that disaster—and Donald Trump, too.

Mar 20, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy.

Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy. Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy.

As the disgraced ex-president race-baits Manhattan’s district attorney and riles up his followers against him, the House speaker has Trump’s back.

Mar 19, 2023 / Joan Walsh

People outside Silicon Valley Bank with security guards allowing them in.

Silicon Valley Bank Didn’t Fund Black Lives Matter Silicon Valley Bank Didn’t Fund Black Lives Matter

The lies peddled by Fox News are getting more and more blatant.

Mar 16, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Former vice president Mike Pence at the Library of Congress

Stop Trying to Make Mike Pence Happen! Stop Trying to Make Mike Pence Happen!

His hypocritical, homophobic Gridiron speech, larded with dad jokes, was supposed to rebrand him for 2024 as the fun fascist. There’s no such thing.

Mar 13, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Tucker Carlson in Hollywood, Fla

Tucker’s January 6 Video Bombshell Explodes—in His Face Tucker’s January 6 Video Bombshell Explodes—in His Face

Carlson’s misrepresentations of the January 6 insurrection are leaving him increasingly isolated—even within Fox News.

Mar 8, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Nikki Haley, who has announced her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, speaking a CPAC on March 3, 2023, in National Harbor, Md.

Did Something Happen on January 6, 2021? Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About It. Did Something Happen on January 6, 2021? Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About It.

The early GOP 2024 presidential candidates are mum about the insurrection and who was behind it.

Mar 6, 2023 / Joan Walsh

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

The Kevin McCarthy–Tucker Carlson Alliance Is Starting to Fray The Kevin McCarthy–Tucker Carlson Alliance Is Starting to Fray

They’re already telling different stories about the January 6 insurrection video footage, as Democrats mull how and when to get involved.

Mar 2, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Rupert Murdoch in 2019

Rupert Murdoch Admits That Fox Pushed Trump’s Election Lies for Profit Rupert Murdoch Admits That Fox Pushed Trump’s Election Lies for Profit

An explosive new filing in the Dominion lawsuit shows that the News Corp head knew the ex-president’s 2020 claims were false but kept peddling them to keep ratings up.

Feb 28, 2023 / Joan Walsh

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