Ten years after sitting out 2016, Kaepernick reckoned with the consequences of political disengagement—and did something public figures almost never do: owned the mistake without excuses.

Here is the basic fiscal reality I keep having to repeat: the government does not give you anything.

He ran as a populist hero. Now the Democrat actively sabotages his own base with frequent stunts like appearing at the GOP midterm convention.

Ted Cruz Grades the Fantasy, Natalie Harp Climbs Into the Trunk, and Trump Rewards Everyone Willing to Surrender Their Dignity

Democracy has limited Trump. The question is whether Trump would ever limit himself.

What does Angie Nixon have to do to earn the Democratic Party’s respect?

The more lopsided and extreme the original take, the more “moderate” its author gets to look afterward, because the friendliness of the room is mistaken for the soundness of the argument.

Kristoffer Ealy is a political scientist, political analyst, and professor in Southern California.

This is the third time in eleven months Donald Trump has tried to lower the price of beef by making life worse for the people who raise it.

He lied about Abdul El-Sayed, blamed Joe Biden for Trump’s economy, and endorsed a Senate candidate who misplaced 44 million constituents

One throwaway Jon Ossoff joke, a MAGA meltdown, and the strangest collection of love letters ever sent to a sitting president.

I often wish I could go one month without having to think about Stephen A.

Michael Cohen goes back to the well, and the callers are not having it‘’

When proving a sitting U.S. senator is still capable of serving becomes harder than solving a conspiracy theory, the problem isn’t the rumors—it’s the silence.

What Amir Hassan's Primary Loss Says About MAGA's Ceiling for Its Own

He's billed himself as a straight-shooting journalist while running the same tabloid playbook he learned at Inside Edition.

The comedian says he'll consider voting for JD Vance in 2028 — surprising no one who's been paying attention to his schtick.

The comedian says he'll consider voting for JD Vance in 2028 — surprising no one who's been paying attention to his schtick.

DSA Has Big Ideas for What It Wants to Abolish. The Hard Part Is Explaining What Comes Next.

Racist white people love having a Black person tell them that every ugly suspicion they have ever entertained was not racism at all—it was simply excellent pattern recognition.

Racist white people love having a Black person tell them that every ugly suspicion they have ever entertained was not racism at all—it was simply excellent pattern recognition.

It’s Not a Master Plan. It’s a Desperate, Erratic Man Who Knows He’s Losing and Is Willing to Break Things on the Way Down.

Mainstream media figures like Morgan, Bill Maher, and Stephen A. Smith have turned false balance into a very lucrative business model.

How church fear, abortion politics, and Donald Trump turned one child’s faith into an adult’s reckoning.

Democrats have to appeal to their constituents where those constituents actually live. That’s not a betrayal of progressive values. That’s just what politics is.

Democrats have to appeal to their constituents where those constituents actually live. That’s not a betrayal of progressive values. That’s just what politics is.

Trump wanted his Qatari jet enough to fight Congress, ethics watchdogs, and his own allies over it. He wanted it enough to have taxpayers help foot a nine-figure retrofit bill.

Or how the Anti-Establishment Industrial Complex needed a second rape allegation to remember they had standards.

Hey everyone,

Kyle Kulinski wants to talk about Bill Clinton and Gaza. Nobody wants to talk about why Maine had two clean alternatives to Graham Platner and progressives picked the guy with the Nazi tattoo anyway.

The Nazi tattoo, the Reddit posts, the exes, the rape allegation — none of it was a surprise to anyone who was actually paying attention.

When leverage is real, when it disappears, and why confusing the two helped hand the country to Trump twice.

“How America’s Trade War Turned It from Global Leader to Global Laughingstock

Why patriotism has never meant saying yes to a loaded question—or pretending legitimacy survives once justice becomes optional.

Why America’s “Apolitical” Celebrities Always Seem to Reveal Themselves Eventually—and Why the Silence Was Never Neutral

Had SCOTUS Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch gotten their way on birthright citizenship, every maternity ward in America would have become an immigration checkpoint.

Kristoffer Ealy is a political scientist, political analyst, and professor in Southern California.

From Elon Musk’s fertility spreadsheets to Stephen Miller’s "civilization" rhetoric, the far-right panic over global birth rates isn't about population at all—it's about rank.

As Black history is dismantled, Confederate monuments return, and institutions become battlegrounds, Bill Maher decided the real problem was a library.

How James Dolan turned a championship, a parade, and a White House visit into a lesson about ownership and power.

The good news is that anti-intellectualism has never been unbeatable.

The good news is that anti-intellectualism has never been unbeatable.

The UFC brought a cage to the White House. The politics were already there.

History is full of brilliant people who traded their credentials for devotion. MAGA didn’t invent this. It just put it on cable news.

How a Journalist Asked Basic Questions, a President Ran Away, and an Entire Political Ecosystem Learned to Applaud Anyway

She spent seven years learning Washington. Then she figured out how to explain it.

Why Democrats Should Vote Their Conscience in June, Then Build a Coalition in November

How Los Angeles Ended Up Debating a Reality TV Star Who Solved His Residency Problem With a Trailer

Stephen A. Smith, Brandon Tatum, bothsidesism, and the monetization of credibility.