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Dianne Feinstein
June 14, 2021
Michael Tomasky
Forget Putin, Merkel, and Macron. It’s Manchin, Sinema, and Feinstein Who Need the Democracy Lecture.
Joe Biden is making some necessary defenses of democracy abroad. I can’t help wishing he’d make them more forcefully here at home.
January 30, 2021
Alex Pareene
This Might Be a Good Time for Democrats in Congress to Stop Trading Stocks
It should be illegal. Even if it isn’t, it’s politically stupid.
December 11, 2020
Heather Souvaine Horn
The American Fetish for Elderly Elites
The United States has two speeds when it comes to older people: sycophancy for the powerful, contempt for everyone else.
December 10, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Too Old
A grim report about Dianne Feinstein’s cognitive decline underlines a larger problem with the leadership of the party.
October 14, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Amy Coney Barrett’s Gentle Deceptions
The Supreme Court nominee would have us believe she’s just a vessel for the law, but her rise to conservative power tells the real story.
September 28, 2020
Matt Ford
The Amy Coney Barrett Discourse Is a Trap
Conservatives are trying to rally support for the Supreme Court nominee by baiting Democrats into attacking her Catholic beliefs.
September 24, 2020
Libby Watson
The Democrats Have a Dianne Feinstein Problem
Some in the party believe the 87-year-old senator is ill-equipped to lead the opposition to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee—so why won’t they do anything about it?
December 12, 2019
David Klion
The Heavy Burden of The Report
The new movie about the Torture Report has to take on people who still wield enormous influence.
February 28, 2019
Emily Atkin
What Nancy Pelosi Gets Right About the Green New Deal
The House speaker has some wise advice for climate activists.
February 26, 2019
Emily Atkin
Dianne Feinstein Is a Bigger Climate Threat Than Trump
Only a bold plan like the Green New Deal can slow global warming, and that won't happen if powerful Democrats keep calling for moderation.
October 4, 2018
Jeet Heer
Kavanaugh’s strategy pays off as reaction to FBI probe breaks down along partisan lines.
September 27, 2018
Jeet Heer
Christine Blasey Ford rejects mistaken identity theory.
September 14, 2018
Sarah Jones
Details of a sexual assault claim against Brett Kavanaugh are now public.
September 13, 2018
Jeet Heer
Senator Dianne Feinstein issues a mysterious statement about Brett Kavanaugh.
September 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Did Brett Kavanaugh Really Lie to Congress?
Senate Democrats tried to play gotcha with the Supreme Court nominee's White House records, with mixed results.
September 5, 2018
Matt Ford
What Brett Kavanaugh Understands About Abortion
The Supreme Court nominee didn't declare his position on Roe v. Wade, but his comments Wednesday hinted at how he might rule on the issue.
September 4, 2018
Matt Ford
The Misleading Chaos of the Kavanaugh Hearing
Democrats didn't hold back on the Supreme Court nominee and his Republican defenders, but their end game is less assured.
March 15, 2018
Marcy Wheeler
Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community Is Broken
The response to the Russia investigation and Gina Haspel’s CIA nomination reveals a watchdog complicit in protecting the president from accountability.
February 12, 2018
MagazineMoira Weigel
Information Wants to Be Chinese
How investment from the People’s Republic is dividing Washington and Silicon Valley
January 10, 2018
Matt Ford
A Judge’s Lifeline for DACA
Trump wants to end the Obama-era immigration program, but the courts are resisting him yet again.

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