Jeffrey Toobin on the Roots of Jan. 6 and Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, the legacy of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building; and reading Hillsdale College’s “1776 Curriculum.”

Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Representative Jim Jordan’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Hearings

The Ohio representative’s debut in the scandal business represents a considerable falling off from the party of Joseph McCarthy and Henry Hyde.

Francis Wilkinson

There Was No Trump Violence This Week. But What’s Coming?

Jeff Sharlet’s incomparable new book The Undertow explains why the worst is probably yet to come.

Joan Walsh

Mike Pence Is Running Against Mike Pence

As he resists testifying about January 6, the guy who wants to be president shows his utter spinelessness.

Joan Walsh

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.

Joan Walsh

The Republican Code of Silence

With an election on the horizon, Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump. But there’s no guarantee the strategy will work in their favor.

Chris Lehmann

The Country Is Paying for Merrick Garland’s Failure to Prosecute Trump

The special counsel may indict Trump for something, but it’s already too late to stop him from running for president again.

Elie Mystal

Mike Pence Resists Grand Jury Subpeona

Calvin Trillin

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.

Joan Walsh

“This Is Our Referendum on Abortion”: Wisconsin’s Critical Race

The race for Wisconsin’s next Supreme Court justice has quickly become the most important election of the year.

John Nichols for The Nation