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Michael Tomasky
Mixed Feelings About Platner? Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed.
I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this. He hasn’t spent the last 40 years transferring trillions of dollars from working people to the very rich.
June 8, 2026
June 5, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Why
The New York Times
Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise
She was at
The Wall Street Journal
and should have spent her career there. But the
Times
decided she was … interesting. Why do liberals do this?
June 3, 2026
Perry Bacon
Scott Pelley Knew Exactly What He Was Doing in Trashing Bari Weiss
Weiss and the Ellisons have an utterly transparent ideological agenda. Thank you, Scott Pelley, for calling them out.
June 1, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Trump’s America vs. Springsteen’s: I Know Which Is the “Real America”
While the president is crashing out over his concert cancellations, The Boss is rallying the majority.
May 23, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat
The president’s demand for a slush fund to pay billions of dollars to his cronies places him among the planet’s most infamous political criminals.
May 22, 2026
Greg Sargent
Even Fox News Admits It: Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall
A threshold has definitely been crossed in these last couple weeks as Trump shrinks his MAGA base down to its molten core.
May 15, 2026
Parker Molloy
Nobody Asked for This
Washington Post
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Bezos’s new opinion section has 515 YouTube subscribers. CBS News is at historic ratings lows. The Daily Wire is shedding audience. The billionaires paying for all of it say it doesn’t matter.
May 9, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA
MAGA hoped the Correspondents’ Dinner assassination plot would give the ballroom a big political lift. But Americans still hate the idea. Democrats must capitalize on that.
May 5, 2026
Virginia Heffernan
The Ex-MAGA Influencer Who Now Hates All Things MAGA—and Herself Too
Ashley St. Clair used to hang with Erika Kirk. And she bore Romulus, the zillionth child of Elon Musk. She’s now turned her back on MAGA—and wants to tell you all about it.
April 29, 2026
Grace Segers
The Media’s Embrace of Prediction Markets Could Be a Devil’s Bargain
New relationships between media organizations and Kalshi and Polymarket could raise serious questions about institutional trustworthiness.
April 27, 2026
Greg Sargent
Jamie Raskin’s Harsh Trump Takedown on CNN Has Damning Hidden Message
The real importance of that Jamie Raskin–Dana Bash dustup on Sunday: Raskin showed that Democrats and journalists share values that Donald Trump does not.
April 25, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Deserve Each Other
People really seem worked up about the president ruining this weekend’s big party. But you can’t ruin something that’s already rotten to the core.
April 20, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Did Donald Trump Promise Iran $20 Billion? If So—Is that Treason?
On Earth One, no—it’s Iran’s money, after all. But on MAGA Earth, if Biden or Obama had done it …
April 20, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?
Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire confidence.
April 18, 2026
Jason Linkins
The Media’s Groundbreaking Discovery: Anti-Corruption Is Good Politics
The chattering classes have belatedly stumbled upon a way to defeat authoritarianism. Now if they can only practice what they preach.
April 11, 2026
Alex Shephard
The MAGA Civil War Is Just Getting Started
Trump is fighting a growing list of right-wing pundits and influencers who are critical of the Iran war—and who are playing a long game.
April 10, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Tirade at MAGA War Critics Accidentally Makes Surprise Admission
The president just referred to Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook conspiracy-mongering as “horrendous.” Funny thing—he didn’t seem to think so at the time.
April 9, 2026
Jason Linkins
“TACO” Trump Is a Dangerous Mirage
“Trump Always Chickens Out” has been fashioned into a dig at the president over the years. But the gibe is obscuring some difficult truths.
April 8, 2026
Perry Bacon
Vance, Rubio, and Wiles: Iran War? What Iran War? Don’t Look at Me!
That lengthy
New York Times
ticktock about the run-up to the war was interesting—but it also just gave the above troika a chance to walk away from a responsibility they totally share.
April 2, 2026
Aaron Regunberg
Hasan Piker Has a Few Choice Words for His Bad-Faith Critics
The centrist group Third Way accuses the popular progressive streamer of being a “Jew-hater.” His record, and an interview with TNR, prove he’s the opposite of an antisemite.
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