The US Ambassador to Greece is making suspicious deals for her buddies.

Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions.

Hegseth was always a horrible choice for defense secretary. At long last, some in the GOP are admitting it.

Hegseth was always a horrible choice for defense secretary. At long last, some in the GOP are admitting it.

The media's relentless focus on Hasan Piker allows the dishonest GOP hawk (and actual Michigan Senate candidate) to evade scrutiny.

As Trump subverts elections, his most ardent fans want to overturn the 19th Amendment.

Getting rid of one bad leader won’t bring justice.

Corey Lewandowski is a disposable underling, but he’s protected enough to scorn the law.

Blind servility to Trump is fine until it hits the bottom line.

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The defense secretary is more comfortable around influencers than seasoned generals.

Georgia Senate candidate Mike Collins seems determined to answer that question.

Democrats need a fighter, but the congressional leader is addicted to illusory comity.

The controversial White House isn’t the only Trump sycophant—merely the most successful.

David Klion on restrainers, neo-conservatives, and a flaky president.

The dire conditions on the USS Lincoln are due to a president’s being dangerously detached from what’s actually happening in the world.

The Trump princeling’s deal with alleged mobsters illustrates the depths of MAGA corruption.

Militarists push for austerity to keep a disastrous war going.

Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.

His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn't seem to care.

Yet again, the president trumpets a foreign policy agreement steeped in recklessness, lies, and corruption.

Manosphere celebrities—including alleged sexual predators like Tate—are a symptom of a politically resurgent misogyny.

Not even Fox News buys Trump’s new lies, but they will be used to undermine the midterms.

Conspiracy theorists liked to say that Graham’s Trump sycophancy was a result of blackmail. But the truth is worse: He stuck with Trump to keep the US war machine going.

Democratic leaders have rightfully lost credibility. But that’s no excuse for political adventurers to seize the moment and pump up false saviors.

The Mayor’s fighting patriotism bested Trump’s rantings and Obama’s evasions.

The billionaire has gotten media dominance and cozy government deals for what amounts to chicken feed.

Some centrists would rather have Trump triumph than forge an alliance with the left.

As anti-war politics gain ground, Weiss's Free Press is pushing to remove Trita Parsi from the US.

Podcast Episode · The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer · June 21 · 44m

David Klion on the right-wing pundit destroying CBS.

The negotiations are a stark symbol of the president's failure. But any deal is better than endless, foolish war.

Infighting and opportunism lead to chaos and endless war.

The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.

The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.

The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.

Congress took an important symbolic step towards reasserting its authority over war powers. But much, much more needs to be done.

America's 250th anniversary celebrations are falling apart because of the president's tawdry display of narcissism.

Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.

Podcast Episode · Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast · May 27 · 52m

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Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.

The president’s successful campaign to remove the rebel congressman has a real chance of backfiring.

Branko Marcetic on the fake populism of a sordid elite.

Branko Marcetic on the fake populism of a sordid elite.

The swashbuckling founder of CNN was redeemed by his vulnerabilities.

The FBI director is targeting reporters and his own agents to stop embarrassing leaks.

The new consensus is that the American empire is in steep decline.