Politics

Want to Cut the National Budget? Start With Military Spending. Want to Cut the National Budget? Start With Military Spending.

The biggest driver of overspending is an unrealistic, self-indulgent, and militaristic national defense strategy.

Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung

Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene… Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene…

How the effort to bank TikTok is a fascinating case study in transpartisan politics.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Even as the search continued for survivors, the right-wing ecosystem was using the tragedy to smear immigrants and Black people.

Rebekah Entralgo

Trump’s New Line of Work: Bible Salesman Trump’s New Line of Work: Bible Salesman

In a quick cash-grab to foot the bill for his legal troubles, the former president has teamed up with country singer Lee Greenwood to peddle branded scripture.

Chris Lehmann

State Politics

Voting signage outside a polling location in Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Ohioans are considering a proposed amendment, called Issue 1, to prevent the state from interfering with reproductive decisions, including contraception, while allowing abortion bans with exceptions after fetal viability.

Wages on the Ballot in Battleground States—Plus, Cities With Cease-Fire Resolutions Wages on the Ballot in Battleground States—Plus, Cities With Cease-Fire Resolutions

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Saru Jayaraman talks about minimum-wage initiatives, and John Nichols reports on city councils’ stands against the war in Gaza.

Start Making Sense / Podcast / Start Making Sense

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Conroe Independent School District.

The Mama Bears of Montgomery County, Texas The Mama Bears of Montgomery County, Texas

In 2022, three conservative Christian women with no prior political experience were elected to a school board. Are they part of a larger movement to undermine public education?

StudentNation / Yasmeen Khan

Democratic Socialists of America

“You’re Not a Socialist if You’re Not Fighting for the Palestinian People” “You’re Not a Socialist if You’re Not Fighting for the Palestinian People”

Nearly 300 members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America met for its winter conference earlier this month to discuss and debate the organization’s strategy ahead of the 20…

StudentNation / Zurie Pope

The Right

Joe Lieberman in 2010.

Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship

The late senator embodied a consensus of militarism and plutocracy.

Jeet Heer

TikTok supporters

Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene… Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene…

How the effort to bank TikTok is a fascinating case study in transpartisan politics.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Maria Bartiromo talks to Senator Rick Scott on Fox Business on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Even as the search continued for survivors, the right-wing ecosystem was using the tragedy to smear immigrants and Black people.

Rebekah Entralgo

Democrats

Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene… Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene…

How the effort to bank TikTok is a fascinating case study in transpartisan politics.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Second Trump Term Will Bring the US Closer to Autocracy A Second Trump Term Will Bring the US Closer to Autocracy

Oppression feels closer than ever in America today.

Andrea Mazzarino

Bidenomics and Its Discontents Bidenomics and Its Discontents

The White House believes American workers have seldom had it so good. And lots of prestigious economists agree. But the voters aren’t buying. Maybe they know something?

James K. Galbraith

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Then-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel under a large poster of a GOP elephant.

Ronna’s Out. But the Folks Who Hired Her Remain at NBC News. Ronna’s Out. But the Folks Who Hired Her Remain at NBC News.

How did they think this hire was smart? The network’s accounting for this mess is unfinished.

Mar 27, 2024 / Joan Walsh

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes “abstain” during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza on March 25, 2024.

Don’t Believe the Hype—Biden’s Israel Policy Hasn’t Changed Don’t Believe the Hype—Biden’s Israel Policy Hasn’t Changed

The decision to let a UN cease-fire resolution pass has been hailed as a dramatic turning point. It isn’t.

Mar 27, 2024 / Aída Chávez

A view of pamphlets supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr's campaign, reading

RFK Jr. Is Gold-Digging With His VP Pick RFK Jr. Is Gold-Digging With His VP Pick

Nicole Shanahan has little to recommend her as a presidential running mate besides her enormous wealth.

Mar 26, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social is shown on a cell phone.

Trump Is Up to His Old Tricks to Pay His Bills Trump Is Up to His Old Tricks to Pay His Bills

To make the bond to appeal his civil fraud cause, the former president orchestrated a merger for his social media platform, Truth Social.

Mar 26, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Ronna McDaniel appearing on NBC's

NBC’s Hiring of Ronna McDaniel Is a Total Catastrophe NBC’s Hiring of Ronna McDaniel Is a Total Catastrophe

She’s a proven liar. She’s caused a PR nightmare. And she wasn’t even good at her job. What was NBC thinking?

Mar 26, 2024 / John Nichols

People with a Haitian flag in their hand during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 12, 2024.

Haitians Don’t Need More “Dumbasses” From the US State Department Weighing In on the Crisis Haitians Don’t Need More “Dumbasses” From the US State Department Weighing In on the Crisis

The solutions offered by current and former American officials rarely, if ever, consider what Haitians actually want.

Mar 26, 2024 / James North

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