By Michael Paul Williams Richmond Times-Dispatch In hindsight, Virginia was a testing ground and a grim portent of the Jan. 6 insurrection. On the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in January 2020, theologian Corey D.B. Walker, then a visiting professor at the University of Richmond, was among a […]
Saagar details how the White House Correspondents Association run by mainstream media journalists is using its power to protect the Biden administration from scrutiny at briefings
Ryan Grim details Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s efforts to reform the filibuster.
By Grayson Quay The Week If the House flips in 2022, Republicans will likely consider “multiple grounds” for impeaching for President Biden, Sen. Ted. Cruz (R-Texas) predicted on the latest episode of his podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz. Cruz argued that while he regrets that impeachment proceedings have […]
By Damon Linker The Week As a liberal centrist, I’m used to taking heat from both sides of our political and cultural divides. When I criticize progressive “woke” trends, the left lashes back. And when I take aim at intensifying anti-democratic derangement among rank-and-file Republicans, the right retaliates. […]
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Washington Post As he runs for the Senate, the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author has gone from media darling to establishment pariah. Is his new, fiery, right-wing persona an act? Or is something more interesting going on? Let’s start with the beard. J.D. Vance didn’t used […]
–A chilling draft of a Trump letter calling for the “seizure” of election materials is obtained by the House Committee investigating the January 6 Trump riots
Neocons vs Trumpists in a heel vs. heel match. –Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who is on the House Committee investigating the January 6 Trump riots, tells ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that they have received firsthand
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By Joel Kotkin Demographic transitions present political opportunities, but do not protect politicians from their own folly. The shift in most Western countries to a more racially and ethnically diverse demographic has been widely seen by left-wingers as an opportunity to cement their ascendancy. Yet after early […]
By Tyler Stovall The Nation What is the relationship between democracy and authoritarianism? On January 6, 2021, hundreds of demonstrators invaded the US Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the election of Joseph Biden as president of the United States and install the man they regarded as the […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, there are two things most Americans agree on: That the insurrection was an attack on democracy, and that democracy itself remains incredibly fragile. Too bad we’re not acting like it. On […]
By Peter Weber, The Week The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has “interviewed more than 300 witnesses, collected tens of thousands of documents, and traveled around the country to talk to election officials who were pressured by Donald Trump,” The Associated Press reports. Now, the […]
By Brigid Kennedy The Week It’s almost the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and Americans are still at odds over how to describe what happened that fateful winter day, according to a new poll from PBS NewsHour, NPR, and Marist. While 49 percent of those […]
By Dan Balz Scott Clement and Emily Guskin Washington Post One year after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided over what happened that day and the degree to which former president Donald Trump bears responsibility for the assault, amid more universal signs […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the controversy surrounding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes and her vacation to Miami.
St. Petersburg, Florida councilmember-elect Richie Floyd breaks down what it takes for progressives and democratic socialists to win in red and purple states.
Krystal makes the case for why the Left needs to start preparing for a primary of Joe Biden in 2024 even though he is the Democratic incumbent and the 2022 midterms are right around the corner
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to the first few days of New York Mayor Eric Adams’ term.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave make their 2022 midterm election predictions.
By Mary Louise Kelly, Noah Caldwell, and Ashish Valentine, National Public Radio As the anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol approaches, three retired U.S. generals have warned that another insurrection could occur after the 2024 presidential election and the military could instigate it. The generals – […]
Team Rising debates the impact of the Build Back Better bill’s apparent failure on Democrats’ performance in next year’s midterms.
By Paul Gottfried, American Greatness If Democrats can get their way legislatively within the next few months, they may do better than expected in November. The Greek historian Polybius begins his history of the Punic Wars by explaining that Rome “from the beginning” was driven by a single […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week For me, 2021 will always be the year Donald Trump didn’t go away. I had thought — and predicted — that shorn of office and social media access, the former president would be forced to give up the spotlight. And it’s true that […]
By Bonnie Kristian, The Week This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Saint Paul considered himself an “apostle to the Gentiles” though he did not number among them, […]
Matt Taibbi makes the case that if Democrats don’t change their tune on parental influence in school curriculum, they’re doomed in 2022.
Krystal and Saagar break down the decision by New York State’s Joint Commission of Public Ethics to demand Andrew Cuomo forfeit the profits from his book after he used state resources to complete it
Krystal and Saagar respond to the surprising comments made by MSNBC pundits that expressed criticism over Nancy Pelosi’s justification of insider trading by members of congress
Of the ten, Trump and maybe Hogan are the least dangerous. The other eight would be 100% neocon puppets, while Hogan would probably be a 90% neocon puppet and Trump an 85% neocon puppet. The 2024 presidential election may still be three years away, but Republicans have already […]
By Ryan Cooper, The Week Leftists are stronger than they have been since the 1940s. But it might not last. This article is part of The Week‘s 20th anniversary section, looking back at how the world has changed since our first issue was published in April 2001. Rep. Barbara […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Family of mine in the rural Midwest recently told me they’ve begun to see flags flying outside private homes bearing the message, “F–k Biden.” Underneath that statement, in smaller typeface, the thought continues: “…and f–k you for voting for him.” If you’re surprised […]
Never underestimate Joe’s ability to [Brandon] things up! – Barack Obama
Take a look back at some of the top highlights from Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from 2021, her first full calendar year in Washington D.C.
Briahna Joy Gray details the string of political mishaps than have sunk President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s approval numbers.
Krystal and Saagar respond to Ohio GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel’s inability to admit that Trump lost the 2020 election in a recent interview
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave react to the death of former Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid.
By Jon Schwarz Intercept At Christmas we traditionally reflect upon our blessings and forgive those who have trespassed against us. Let’s not this year. At this time of year we traditionally reflect upon our blessings and forgive those who have trespassed against us. But we’ve been trying that […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave ponder what a 2024 presidential campaign matchup between Michelle Obama and Donald Trump would look like.
From 2017. The rise of the neo-know-nothings is in part a pushback against the rise of the alliance between digital capitalism, the traditional financial elites, and the professional-managerial class, with totalitarian humanism its ideological superstructure, along with the parallel cultural and demographic decline of traditionally hegemonic WASP culture, […]
US political culture, particularly elite culture, has experienced a sharp leftward lurch in recent years. Hardcore wokesters are actually a very small minority compared to the general public, but they tend to be concentrated in sectors where they have a platform and influence that is greatly disproportional to […]
By Peter Weber, The Week Conservative millennial commentator Candace Owens spent Christmas weekend arguing on Twitter with less-conservative millennial commentator Meghan McCain over an interview Owens conducted with former President Donald Trump last week. In the interview, Trump stood up for the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines after Owens […]
As I’ve always said, Trump is a Nixon-Rockefeller moderate Republican at heart. By Joel Mathis, The Week He’s actively promoting vaccination. Will the GOP’s right-wing turn on him? In the early days of his 2016 campaign, former President Donald Trump famously boasted of the hold he had over his […]
Kim Iversen speculates about how Vice President Kamala Harris can boost her failing poll numbers.
Deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, Batya Ungar-Sargon, reacts to liberal outrage at the ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ comments made towards Joe and Jill Biden.
Krystal and Saagar offer their views on the Masterclass being offered by failed Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that shows her crying while reading her planned 2016 victory speech
Ryan Grim imagines an alternate future in which Senator Joe Manchin was more like Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss the chaotic state of mass coronavirus testing, and consider what role the Biden administration may have had in hindering rollout.
Proto-Protestant https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2021/12/09/ocasio-cortez-slams-republicans-over-gun-toting-christmas-photos/ What a sad moment. Ocasio-Cortez the much vilified Democratic representative from New York and member of the hated ‘Squad’ has spoken truth – and a truth that puts Evangelicals to shame. The Right has made too much of Ocasio-Cortez. Some commentators suggest that ‘The Squad’ in […]
Katie Halper reacts to a new decision from NY state’s ethics panel that would see former Governor Andrew Cuomo forfeit his pandemic book deal profits.
By W. James Antle III, The Week Democrats find themselves wishing for a happy New Year after 2021 sputtered to a disappointing conclusion with their sprawling climate and social welfare proposal not keeping up the legislative momentum by also reaching President Biden’s desk. But it’s not clear things will get […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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