Another Debate Marks Time in an Endless Primary Season
These increasingly stale cable news outings are starting to feel like America is on a long drive with nothing to think about.
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To Lock Up a President
Democrats seem to agree that Donald Trump should be brought to justice, whether they agree on the precise nature of that justice is an open question.
How Gordon Sondland Broke the Media’s Savior Complex
The star of the impeachment hearings so far wasn't a sober public servant. And that made a difference.
Gordon Sondland Rips Out the Heart of Trump’s Defense
Republicans who worried that the EU ambassador was going to flip were treated to a gymnastics routine.
Why the Hell Did Democrats Just Extend the Patriot Act?
House leadership included the measure in a government funding bill—and even members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus went along with it.
There’s Only One Way the Patrick and Bloomberg Campaigns Make Sense
Democratic Party elders are making plans.
Returning to Wounded Knee
A documentary on the 1973 occupation serves as a reminder that Indian Country deserves—and now has—better heroes.
Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Are Caught in an Existential Crisis
With no coherent strategy beyond bare survival, the president's allies wildly pivot between defenses as the day slips away.
Locking People Up: South Dakota’s On It
South Dakota's viral meth prevention campaign masks a punitive, racist reality.
The War Criminals I Have Known
Trump's clemencies were not just to exonerate three trigger-pullers, but to excuse all Americans.
