Election 2020

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

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

Mar 7, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Nikki Haley, who has announced her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, speaking a CPAC on March 3, 2023, in National Harbor, Md.

Did Something Happen on January 6, 2021? Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About It. 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.

Mar 6, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Trump speaks at a podium

Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious

At CPAC, the former president outlines his plan to regain the GOP nomination—and the White House.

Mar 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

The Kevin McCarthy–Tucker Carlson Alliance Is Starting to Fray The Kevin McCarthy–Tucker Carlson Alliance Is Starting to Fray

They’re already telling different stories about the January 6 insurrection video footage, as Democrats mull how and when to get involved.

Mar 2, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Rupert Murdoch in 2019

Rupert Murdoch Admits That Fox Pushed Trump’s Election Lies for Profit Rupert Murdoch Admits That Fox Pushed Trump’s Election Lies for Profit

An explosive new filing in the Dominion lawsuit shows that the News Corp head knew the ex-president’s 2020 claims were false but kept peddling them to keep ratings up.

Feb 28, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Charles Koch during an interview with the Washington Post at the Freedom Partners Summit on August 3, 2015.

Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family

The political uses of the “poor little rich girl” narrative.

Feb 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Kevin McCarthy surrounded by reporters

Kevin McCarthy Hands the January 6 Video Over to a January 6 Riot Promoter Kevin McCarthy Hands the January 6 Video Over to a January 6 Riot Promoter

The speaker’s move to give 44,000 hours of video footage to insurrection fan Tucker Carlson endangers national security and proves McCarthy’s a captive to extremists.

Feb 21, 2023 / Joan Walsh

The Internal Decapitation of Fox News

The Internal Decapitation of Fox News The Internal Decapitation of Fox News

Documents from Dominion Voting Systems’s lawsuit against Fox show the network’s awareness of the flimsiness of its stolen-election narrative.

Feb 20, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Pete Buttigieg in front of microphone

Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right

Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.

Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Why Washington Tolerates the Trump Family’s Saudi Corruption

Why Washington Tolerates the Trump Family’s Saudi Corruption Why Washington Tolerates the Trump Family’s Saudi Corruption

You can buy an American president—just as long as your country is a putative ally.

Feb 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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