The GOP Primary Debate Was a Tedious Mess The GOP Primary Debate Was a Tedious Mess
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley clearly despise each other, but neither emerged as the obvious number two behind Trump.
Jan 11, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Lawyers Argue That Their Client Is Above the Law Trump’s Lawyers Argue That Their Client Is Above the Law
The former president made an appearance in court as his legal team made the case for his absolute immunity from prosecution.
Jan 10, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Mike Johnson’s Art of the Deal Mike Johnson’s Art of the Deal
Kevin McCarthy drew the ire of his Republican colleagues when he brokered a spending agreement last year. His successor has now done the same.
Jan 9, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Democrats and the Left: A Mutual Dependency Democrats and the Left: A Mutual Dependency
Mass movements stoke the fires of popular discontent, but only the state can pass laws and overhaul key institutions.
Jan 9, 2024 / Michael Kazin
The Sickness Behind Calling the January 6 Criminals “Hostages” The Sickness Behind Calling the January 6 Criminals “Hostages”
Trump has made defending the thugs who stormed the Capitol a central plank of the GOP platform.
Jan 8, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Is Too Negative and Too Narrow Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Is Too Negative and Too Narrow
A winning campaign needs more than just revulsion at the January 6 coup.
Jan 8, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection
January 6, 2021, never ended. We can halt it this year. If we don’t, we may never.
Jan 5, 2024 / Joan Walsh for The Nation
Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP
With his exit from the House, the embittered former speaker leaves his caucus with a collapsed majority that may not be able to govern.
Jan 4, 2024 / John Nichols
More Democracy, Not the Courts, Will Defeat Trump’s Authoritarianism More Democracy, Not the Courts, Will Defeat Trump’s Authoritarianism
The pursuit of legal liberalism is a distraction from mobilizing a majority coalition against a would-be dictator.
Dec 29, 2023 / Jeet Heer