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Mark Hertling: The Cowards of ICE
To the people who have actually served in war zones—and been up close and personal in real do-or-die situations—the masked, heavily armed agents who…
6 months ago
Susan Glasser and Jacob Soboroff: A Dangerous Lame Duck
Trump's low approval ratings may be giving people the idea that he is weak and disempowered. But Trump backed into a corner could well be more uncon…
6 months ago
Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism
Grandpa Trump looked like he was losing the pep in his step at the end of the year. But with him threatening the independence of the Fed, justifying…
6 months ago
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE descended on his city with hopes of rounding up undocumented Somalis. When agents couldn't find any, they star…
6 months ago
Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution
Most law enforcement departments train officers not to stand in front of vehicles—or shoot at moving ones—but masked ICE agents in Minneapolis did j…
6 months, 1 week ago
George Conway: Trump Is a Vampire
Biden and Merrick Garland thought Trump would just go away, but malignant narcissists must be made to leave. And with Congress not fulfilling its co…
6 months, 1 week ago
Jonathan Blitzer: The Stars Aligned Against Venezuela
Trump wanted to alpha male and take some oil, Hegseth wanted to bomb something, Rubio wanted Maduro gone, and aggrieved Stephen Miller wanted to bul…
6 months, 1 week ago
Bill Kristol: A Stupid and Insane Foreign Intervention
Toppling the leader of Venezuela looks to be about greed and Trump's vanity. It's not about national security, and is likely to produce bad outcomes—…
6 months, 1 week ago
John Heilemann: The Year Is Ending a Lot Better than It Started
Only six months ago, the wheels felt like they were coming off of America, and our democracy experiment. But since the Epstein case broke wide open, …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Julie K. Brown: Hiding the Truth in the Epstein Files
The DOJ is releasing random Epstein documents to distract the public, while also intentionally covering the faces of men in images. It's also pulling…
6 months, 2 weeks ago