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October 13, 2022
Democrats Need to Make the January 6 Attack an Election Issue
Neglecting the role that Donald Trump and his allies have already played in assaulting democracy is political malpractice.
John Nichols
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October 5, 2022
Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth
The book’s focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.
Chris Lehmann
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October 4, 2022
The Oath Keepers’ January 6 Defense Comes for Trump
But if Trump is exonerated in this case, these boys will pay hard for their sins.
Joan Walsh
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October 3, 2022
Off the Record: Barack Obama on Donald Trump
A newly declassified press conference shows the former president’s prescience—and his blind spots.
Jeet Heer
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September 30, 2022
The January 6 Committee Can’t Quit Before It Examines the Clarence Thomas Connection
In addition to exposing Trump’s coup plotting, the committee must examine whether a Supreme Court justice abused his position to aid the plotters.
John Nichols
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September 28, 2022
Sanders, Raskin Want Congress to Get Serious About Averting a Coup in Brazil
Brazil’s “Tropical Trump” says “only God will remove me” if he loses Sunday.
John Nichols
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September 28, 2022
Trump’s Judges Are Just Getting Started
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, Linda Hirshman discusses how the reactionary courts could block progressive governance.
Jeet Heer
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September 26, 2022
Trump’s Hate-Fest in North Carolina Reflects His Hold on the GOP Base
More than half of all Americans now believe Donald Trump has threatened democracy. But he clearly remains the favorite for the GOP presidential nomination.
Joan Walsh
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September 26, 2022
Do Presidents Have a Right to Secrecy?
Trump’s refusal to share information has been part and parcel of the Washington scene for far longer than the current moment.
Karen J. Greenberg
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September 26, 2022
The Most Painful Episode of the January 6 Insurrection
…was watching Confederates take the Capitol. As the hearings resume, a Florida man reflects on his enemies—and ours.
Stephen Berry