Hegseth’s Quantico Farce: Terrifying, or Oddly Reassuring? Hegseth’s Quantico Farce: Terrifying, or Oddly Reassuring?
Trump and the defense secretary summoned top military leaders to the side of authoritarianism and abuse, but the officers did not thrill to the message.
Oct 1, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Alleged Free Speech Champions Are Campaigning Against Speech They Don’t Like Alleged Free Speech Champions Are Campaigning Against Speech They Don’t Like
Prominent Republicans are attacking anyone who insists on describing who the late Charlie Kirk and his movement really were, even trying to get them fired.
Sep 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
Sep 11, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Sisterhood Could Be Powerful Sisterhood Could Be Powerful
The victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s sex-trafficking scheme are increasingly banding together—and could wind up outing more famous Epstein customers on their own....
Sep 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh
The Minneapolis Murders Accelerated Our Sense of Powerlessness The Minneapolis Murders Accelerated Our Sense of Powerlessness
The shooting, which has so far left two children dead and 14 hospitalized, adds to the sense of terror that the Trump regime is spreading.
Aug 28, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol
Collier speaks about her surreal ordeal, wherein she refused to sign a permission slip and accept a police escort to leave the Austin statehouse and had to sleep there for two nig...
Aug 22, 2025 / Q&A / Joan Walsh
Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War? Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War?
Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence.
Aug 18, 2025 / Joan Walsh
“Unbelievably Disrepectful”: Trump Sends Troops to Newsom’s Big Beautiful Press Conference “Unbelievably Disrepectful”: Trump Sends Troops to Newsom’s Big Beautiful Press Conference
The symbolism of the Border Patrol’s gratuitous display wasn’t lost on the leadership of the Japanese American National Museum, where the event was held.
Aug 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG
The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, has emerged as a North Star in the chaos of the second Trump administration.
Aug 11, 2025 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein
There’s no way for Republicans to tamp down the Epstein-Maxwell scandal if the president keeps telling on himself.
Aug 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh