If Donald Trump Went to Jail for Violating the Espionage Act, He’d Be an Exception If Donald Trump Went to Jail for Violating the Espionage Act, He’d Be an Exception
It’s only whistleblowers who do hard time. Generals and high officials typically get just a slap on the wrist.
Jun 20, 2023 / James Bamford
Trump’s Western Posse Rallies to His Defense Trump’s Western Posse Rallies to His Defense
Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Andy Biggs, along with failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, have joined the chorus of excuses for the former president’s alleged crimes.
Jun 16, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Texas Could Have Taken My Trans Child Away. Here’s What I Did to Protect Our Family. Texas Could Have Taken My Trans Child Away. Here’s What I Did to Protect Our Family.
Or, how to make a “safe folder.”
Jun 15, 2023 / Karen Krajcer
Arraigned in Miami, Trump Is in Real Trouble Arraigned in Miami, Trump Is in Real Trouble
If convicted on any of these charges, Trump will almost certainly go to prison, perhaps for the rest of his life.
Jun 13, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Lindsey Graham Is No Reasonable Republican Lindsey Graham Is No Reasonable Republican
The South Carolina senator has squandered what remained of his flimsy reputation as a moderate with his fealty to Donald Trump—even as the former president faces federal charges.
Jun 13, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Is 37 Criminal Counts What It Takes for the GOP to Abandon Trump? Is 37 Criminal Counts What It Takes for the GOP to Abandon Trump?
Top Republicans may finally drop the ex-president, whom they never liked in the first place.
Jun 10, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Deal Gets Approval From the Billionaire Class Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Deal Gets Approval From the Billionaire Class
Within hours of the vote on a deal that protected tax cuts for the rich, the Republican speaker was off raising funds from… the rich.
Jun 9, 2023 / John Nichols
Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home
The political preacher who made the religion look bad.
Next Time, Dammit, Just Default Next Time, Dammit, Just Default
Democrats feared a monster called “default”—but it’s just another Washington scare story.
Jun 9, 2023 / James K. Galbraith for The Nation
Chris Christie Tries to Go Big. It Doesn’t Work. Chris Christie Tries to Go Big. It Doesn’t Work.
Polling at less than 1 percent, Christie is welcomed to the 2024 race by those who think he’ll knock Trump out. He failed at that before, and again Tuesday.
Jun 7, 2023 / Joan Walsh