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‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Review
2023 in Review, and Bracing for More in 2024
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Poetry, a Matter of Life and Death
Poetry, a Matter of Life and Death
Francis Ford Coppola, Visionary
Little Steven Unplugged: Music, Politics, and Sopranos (with Steven Van Zandt)
Jack Smith and Trump’s Bid for Delay
The Day After: The Night My Father Scared America
‘Maestro’ and ‘Rebel Moon,’ Netflix’s Yin and Yang
Jack Smith’s Gut-Punch to Trump’s Bid for Delay
Why Are Studios Hiding the Musical Ball?
Did Colorado's Supreme Court Do the Right Thing?
Congress Learns to Live with Warrantless Surveillance
Capitol Hill’s Biggest Winners and Losers of 2023
Sam Wasson: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
I'm Giving You a Dark Christmas
Europe Confirms Georgia’s Democratic Path
How Congress Learned to Live with Warrantless Surveillance (for Now)
Trump's Ballot Eligibility & Immunity Cases
Voters or the Courts? The Right to End Trump
Yair Rosenberg: Israel Is Not a White Colonial Project
The Colorado Decision: Heads Trump Wins. Tails America Loses.
A Need for Speed: SCOTUS Should Move Fast on Trump Immunity Claim
Will Hakeem Jeffries Become Speaker Before the Election?
Trump Should Be Off the Ballot in Colorado, State Supreme Court Rules
The Problem With ‘Guarding’ the Vote
Republicans on the Border Crisis: It Can Wait
Anne Applebaum: The Irreparable Damage of a Second Term
The Broken Windows Theory of Journalism: Unpacking a Tiny Fox Lie
Is 'Poor Things' Rich with Meaning?
Time to Bow Out, Chris Christie
The Problem With ‘Guarding’ the Vote
What to Expect from the Supreme Court on the Trump Immunity Case
Will Saletan: Trump Is Anti-America
The New York Times Is Part of the Effing Problem
What to Expect from the Supreme Court on the Trump Immunity Case
Don’t Fall for the Russian Peace-Talk Jabber
The Anti–‘Rock the Vote’ Movement
Where Did the Empathy for Ukraine Go? (with Terrell Starr)
Whit Stillman on 'Metropolitan,' a Christmas Movie
Nikki's Narrow Path (with Whit Ayres)
Use the Constitution to Protect the Constitution
Why Is WB Hiding that ‘Wonka’ Is a Musical?
The Case for Why Biden Will Win
America Retreating from World Leadership.
Deplorables of the Year, Part II
Use the Constitution to Protect the Constitution
Let’s Not Boost the Campus Speech Police
Podcast: Biden's Economy [12/14/23]
2024: Stopping Trump, Renewing Democracy
Jack Smith Calls Trump's Bluff
Begun, the Impeachment Inquiry Has
Is America about to abandon Ukraine?
Deplorables of the Year, Part I
How Many Young Americans Support Hamas?
2024: Stopping Trump, Renewing Democracy
The Joys of Regional Christmas Music
Where Have All the Democrats Gone?
JVL Gives Focus Group Participants the Dr. House Treatment
Giuliani Defamation Trial Keeps Getting Worse for Him (and Trump)
Checks and Balances Won’t Save Us from Trump
Impeachment Is Just Another Word for Getting Even. Thanks, GOP.
Comer’s Latest Claim Is More of the Same
Biden Should Cave on Immigration
Miyazaki's Swan Song: 'The Boy and the Heron'
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
‘Scaffold Commander’ and the Manufacture of Delusion
Hunter Biden’s New, More Serious Indictment.
Will Saletan: Political Delusion
Welcome to the Founders' Lounge
No Actual Republican Politicians Are Wasting Political Capital on Nikki Haley
A Bonfire of Ignorance and Hypocrisy
Hunter Biden’s New, More Serious Indictment
The Pivotal Moment (with David Grann)
Unreliable Narrators (with Jonathan V. Last)
Tim Alberta: American Idolatry
Is Nikki Haley Trying to Beat Trump? Or Help Him?
J.D. Vance Walks Into a Bar...
Podcast: Biden's Economy and The Last Debate Before 2024 [12/7/24]
Courts to Trump: You’re Not Above the Law
This Week’s ‘Border Security’ Debate Is a Ruse
A.B. Stoddard: No One Feared Kevin
Most aspiring dictators try to hide their intentions. Trump doesn't. And that's his secret sauce.
Understanding Hamas with Jonathan Schanzer
Biden's Economy and The Last Debate Before 2024
Liz Cheney: Trump Will Never Be the Lesser Evil
The Anti-Israel Left Hits a New Low with Rape Denialism
Courts to Trump Again and Again: You’re Not Above the Law
The Ugly Real-World Consequences of Trump’s Loudmouth Campaign Rants
Liz Cheney: A Clear and Present Danger
The Sad Trombone Debate: The RNC Throws in the Towel and Gets Ready to Roll Over for Trump. Again.
Introducing Founding Memberships
Mike Johnson: Obstructor of Justice
The Ugly Real-World Consequences of Trump’s Loudmouth Campaign Rants
The Far Left and the Far Right Agree on Jew Hatred
The Rise of the Anti-Marriage Right
The War on Christmas Comes to Wow Wow Toaster, Wisconsin
It’s Now or Never for Ukraine Aid
Philip Bump: The GOP Stumbles Towards Impeachment
Kissinger’s Fundamental Mistake
Even in a Dark Week for Democracy, There Are Some Bright Spots
Haley’s Weird Ignorance About Vaccines
The War on Christmas Comes to Wow Wow Toaster, Wisconsin
Courts Swat Down Trump’s Executive Immunity Defense.
Israel Is Caught in a Strategic Trap
Judge Chutkan: Presidents Are Not Kings. Not Even Trump.
Courts Swat Down Trump’s Executive Immunity Defense
Hamas, Israel, and the Responsibility for Civilian Suffering and Deaths
A Reckoning with History (with Clint Smith) [VIDEO]
A Reckoning with History (with Clint Smith)
From Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage
Quarter-Life Crises (with Peter Hamby)
Adam Kinzinger: Why Trump 2.0 Will Be Worse
If You Teach Audiences to Stay Home, They Will
There’s a storm coming. We all know it. And yet Americans are pretending that everything is normal.
Do Great Directors Need to Be Consistently Great?
The Immigration Threat to Biden's Reelection
You Are Really Not Sufficiently Alarmed
Here’s Why You Should Care About Napoleon More Than You Do
A Great Historian’s Inner History
Marijuana Politics and the 2024 Presidential Race
Podcast: DeSantis vs Newsom [11/30/23]
Yes, Trump Is Disqualified from Office
The Lying Will Continue Until Biden Is Impeached
Elon Musk and the “Misunderstood” Genius
National Security with Secretary Gates
Remember When America Loved Mussolini?
Yes, Trump Is Disqualified from Office
Based Liz Cheney Has Arrived (VIDEO)
A New Threat to the Voting Rights Act
Michael Steele: The GOP's Humiliation Kink
Dear Democrats: Here Are the Facts of Life
Why the Koch Endorsement Matters
Nikki Haley Stands for Everything and Nothing
A New Threat to the Voting Rights Act
Can the Anti-Trump Coalition Hold?
Congress Might Finally Rid Itself of George Santos
Is 'Napoleon' an Epic Wonder or Blunder?
Biden's Dangerous Border Problem
Can the Anti-Trump Coalition Hold?
In Ukraine, Peace Now Means War Later
Donald Trump Wants Me to Join His Inner Circle
Four Things to Know About the Trump ‘Gag Order’ Clash
Will Saletan: Trump’s Pee-wee Herman Moment
Four Things to Know About the Trump ‘Gag Order’ Clash
Putin’s Re-Election Campaign and Other Modern Myths
Charlie Chaplin's Life in Exile
Amir Tibon: Terrible Choices for Israel
Our Better Angels (with Judy Woodruff)
‘The Highest Appreciation Is Not to Utter Words But to Live by Them’
Elect a Dictator to Save Democracy? No Thanks! (VIDEO)
Elect a Dictator to Save Democracy? No Thanks!
Indians and the American Story
We Are Living in a Post-Rational World
Two Funerals and a Thanksgiving
When Historians Complain About Movies
Indians and the American Story
Why Jacqueline Kennedy Dreaded Going to Dallas
Trump Rallies are Tutorials in Hate, Vulgarity, and Disrespect
Forty Years After ‘The Day After'
Karen Tumulty: The Sununu Effect in New Hampshire
How True to History Does Historical Fiction Need to Be?
Mike Lee Refuses to Take the L
The Day My Father Scared America
The Battle to Control Wisconsin Elections
How AI with ‘Theory of Mind’ Could Help in the Workplace
Don’t Believe Viktor Orbán’s Defender-of-Christianity Pose
Will Saletan: The Annihilation of Truth
Mike Johnson: God Damn America
The Strange, Twisted Journey of Mike Lee
Don’t Believe Viktor Orbán’s Defender-of-Christianity Pose
Colorado Judge: Trump Can’t Be Barred from Ballot Over Jan. 6th
The Most Fortunate are the Least Patriotic (with Scott Galloway)
The Most Fortunate are the Least Patriotic (with Scott Galloway) [VIDEO]
Why You Can Finally Watch 'Moonlighting' on Streaming
American Jews Are Nervous (with Bill Kristol)
The Guy Who Wants to Replace Zelensky
The Bulwark Live, with Brian Stelter
Is Netflix's First-Mover Advantage at Risk?
The False Prophets of America's End Days
Effective Altruism’s Problems, Hilarious Classics, and the Eternal Rodeo
The Guy Who Wants to Replace Zelensky
Biden’s Primary Challenger? He Sounds a Lot Like a Republican
Punching Politicians and Trump’s Belligerence
Supreme Court Releases Code of Conduct, Insists Everything’s Copacetic
Why Did the Opioid Epidemic Start in the Rust Belt?
Trump’s Next Big Lie Is Already Here
Estoy alarmado: Univision Goes in With Trump
Trump’s Next Big Lie Is Already Here
We Should Be Thanking Chris Christie
Mom, Kari Lake Keeps Touching Me! (VIDEO)
Mom, Kari Lake Keeps Touching Me!
Ukraine’s European Aspirations and Anxiety
Today’s Republican Meltdown in Congress
George Conway: Trump Knows He's a Criminal
Why 'The Marvels' Crashed and Burned
Ukraine’s European Aspirations and Anxiety
Americans Want More Bipartisanship in Congress
The Evidence Is In: No Labels Should Get Out.
Five Things to Know About the Trump Fraud Trial as the Defense Kicks Off
Will Saletan: Punish the Vermin
It’s Not the Gaffes. It’s the Plans.
The Evidence Is In: No Labels Should Get Out.
To Kill ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
On the Home Front (with Brianna Keilar) [VIDEO]
On the Home Front (with Brianna Keilar)
Stopping Piracy Before It Starts
The Pro-Choice Trump Voter (with Elaine Godfrey)
What Our Veterans Need and Deserve
Streaming Is a Bad Business Model, Part 2,398
What Our Veterans Need and Deserve
Podcast: Post-Debate Breakdown [11/9/23]
Biden's Venezuela Policy Contradicts Itself
What Dems Think They Must Do to Win in 2024
A.B. Stoddard: Insane and Surreal
This Is Why You Don’t Trust the Polls
False Flag Fantasies in Ukraine
Biden's Venezuela Policy Contradicts Itself
The Death of Glenn Youngkin's Career (VIDEO)
The Death of Glenn Youngkin's Career
Greg Lukianoff: The Canceling of the American Mind
Who Won Last Night’s Elections? Trump.
Cassidy Hutchinson: Why I Testified
The Left’s Growing Antisemitism Problem
Here’s Why a ‘No Labels’ Campaign Could Be Even Worse Than You Thought
Lessons for 2024 in the 2023 Elections
Trump in Court: Is It Better to Be Seen as a Liar or a Loser?
Taking The Times' Poll with a Grain of Salt
James Comer’s Impeachment ‘Bombshells’ Keep Fizzling
Cassidy Hutchinson: Why I Testified
Let Me Tell You a Story About Pete and Mike
'Priscilla' and Sofia Coppola's Gilded Cages
When Hamas Tells You Who They Are, Believe Them
Aquilino Gonell, American Hero
Trump Courtroom Conundrum: Is It Better to Be Seen as a Liar or a Loser?
Trump and the MAGA GOP Are National Security Risks
The Dark Power of Vengeance in War
The “Anyone But Biden” Fantasy
Ohio Abortion Vote a Test Case for 2024
Republicans Get Angry When You Do the Right Thing
Hamas, Israel, and the Dark Power of Vengeance
Live from New Orleans with Walter Isaacson (VIDEO)
Live from New Orleans with Walter Isaacson
America Needs Mushrooms (with Rep. Tim Ryan)
Restoring Civility in Our Politics
Tim Miller: Trump Keeps Telling Us
How Onscreen Violence Begets … Peace?
Biden, the "Pause," and Polarization
"American World Leadership in Crisis"
How Hitmen Conquered Hollywood
Taking the Trump Davidians Seriously
Restoring Civility in Our Politics
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ and ‘The Killer’ Reviews
‘The Pioneers’ at 200: Nature vs. Civilization
McKay Coppins: The Last Temptation of Mitt Romney
George Santos Survives off Misplaced Concerns of ‘Precedent’
Everything is Going to Hell Part II
What the Founders Would Think About Trump
The Moral Costs of Peace Now in Ukraine
Next Week’s Elections Will Test Voter Mood Ahead of 2024
Halloween’s Gone, but the Scares Continue
If You're Not Michelle Obama (VIDEO)
The GOP is Rationalizing Cruelty Toward Gaza
Insurrection and Its Consequences
What Happens at the Next Vote to Certify an Election?
Splits Over Ukraine/Israel are Scrambling Our Politics
What It Takes for a Democrat to Be Competitive in the Deep Red South
Republicans Are Rationalizing Cruelty Toward Gaza
Are We Headed for Two Demagogic Parties?
Pro Israel is not Pro-Netanyahu
New Speaker, Same Old Stupid Games
'Five Nights at Freddy's': The Fall's Surprise Hit
Are We Headed for Two Demagogic Parties?
In ‘Lolly Willowes,’ the Most Extra Thing You Can Be Is a Witch
The Lawsuit in Colorado That Could Block Trump from the Ballot
Voters Don't Get Based Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s Surprising Focus on the Future
Mike Johnson, Polite Extremist
Adam Kinzinger: Rebel in the Ranks
Red-Pilled (with Tom Arnold) [VIDEO]
Zoey Ashe's Life in the (Future) Panopticon
'Orange Man Bad' is Not Enough (with Ruy Teixeira)
The Antidote to Trump? More T Swizzle.
Josh Kraushaar: The Pro-Hamas Left
The Sweaty Cinema of New Orleans
Brought to You by Johnson Phillips
The Warning Lights Are Flashing Red. Again.
Who Tears Down Posters of Kidnapped Kids?
The Unflinching Horror of Stephen Gregory
Taylor Swift Is the Antidote We Need in the Age of Donald Trump
Turning Russian Money into Ukrainian Ammunition
National Qualified Immunity? No Thanks.
Mike Johnson’s Disorderly Ascent Defines the Modern GOP
The Bulwark: Live from New Orleans
We Are Caught in a Mass Economic Delusion and Something Is Wrong
The Hollow Crown: Eliot's latest book is out now!
No, Congress Should Not Make Qualified Immunity the Law of the Land
Trouble for Trump: Mark Meadows Talks
MAGA House Takeover is Complete (VIDEO)
MAGA House Takeover is Complete
Tom Emmer and the Eunuch Republicans
States Launch Massive Lawsuit Against Facebook and Instagram
Don’t Trust the Gaza Health Ministry
The House Republicans’ Reckoning Was Long Overdue
Trump's Invincibility, Pierced
Three Long Weeks Without a House Speaker
Jonathan Martin: The Antibodies Resisting the Virus
Joe Biden: The Stealth Triangulator
Have Scorsese, DiCaprio, and De Niro Done It Again?
Senator Scott, Respectfully, Hit the Road
Trump’s Aura of Invincibility Has Been Pierced
Missiles, Momentum, and Success
Voters Are Unreliable Narrators
Joe Biden Has a Problem with the Left
Missiles and Momentum in Ukraine
Democrats are Ready to Deal (with Rep. Dan Goldman) [VIDEO]
Democrats are Ready to Deal (with Rep. Dan Goldman)
How Siskel and Ebert Got Their Thumbs
They'd Rather Eat a Bowl of Glass (with Amy Walter)
John Avlon: Is the Center Finding Its Spine?
Jon Stewart and Apple’s Low-Reward, High-Risk Problem
Nikki Haley Isn't "Surging." But Someone Else Is.
An Evening with The Bulwark in D.C.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review
The Glories of the American Rodeo
Podcast: Jim Jordan's Failure [10/19/23]
What Sidney Powell’s Guilty Plea Means for the Case Against Trump
It's Time to Govern, House GOP
Jim Jordan’s Bad Bet on a House Divided
Let’s Just Say It: Biden Has Done a Great Job with Israel
We Need a Renaissance in Deterrence Policy
Rush to Judgment and Bias on Gaza Hospital Story
Algernon Blackwood’s Exploratory Horror
The Lessons of 9/11 Can Help the U.S. Dismantle Hamas
Hey, House Republicans: It’s Time to Govern
MAGA Learns Chaos Isn't Always a Ladder (VIDEO)
MAGA Learns Chaos Isn't Always a Ladder
No Capitulation to Russia or to Hamas
Ryan Reilly: The Sleuths Who Helped Nab Jan 6 Rioters
"The Economy" Is All Vibes Now
Israel’s Fight Is Ukraine’s Fight Is America’s Fight
How Poland Beat Authoritarianism (And Slovakia Didn’t)
The Cynicism of Abusing Humanity
Why is There No Passionate Centrism?
Kara Swisher: Jim Jordan, Legislative Terrorist
Jim Jordan’s Speaker Bid Hanging by a Thread
The Taylor Swift Concert Movie Spectacular
Hamas Uses Israel’s Humanity Against It
How to Condemn Terrorism Done in Your Name
Jim Jordan: An Absurd and Dangerous Choice
Join The Bulwark—Live & In-Person This Fall
Will Saletan: Don't Forget Who Jim Jordan Is
Taylor Swift Is an Inspiration for Us All
Will the Center (Finally) Hold?
Jim Jordan: An Absurd and Dangerous Choice for House Speaker
Jack Smith’s Real Focus in the Mar-a-Lago Case
Should a Trump Co-conspirator Be Speaker of the House?
Testimony From Tel Aviv (with Blake Flayton)
Testimony From Tel Aviv (with Blake Flayton) [VIDEO]
Send This Podcast to Joe Lieberman (with Matt Bennett)
What Gen. Hertling Learned Watching the Israeli Army
Tom Nichols: Testing the System 'Til It Breaks
The Best Books About Movies, Ranked (Kinda)
The Feminist Horror of Lisa Tuttle
The Lost Artistry of the Short Film
What I Learned from Watching the Israeli Army
TNB Podcast: Terror in Israel [10/12/23]
Will Narcissist Trump’s Bizarre Praise for Hezbollah Hurt Him?
House GOP Squabbles Over Who Should Defuse Time Bomb
It's Steve Scalise’s Mess Now. Maybe.
Time for House GOP Moderates to Use Their Leverage
The New Blame America First Party
The New Blame America First Party (VIDEO)
The GOP Escapes Reality's Orbit
Susan Glasser: A Superpower in Crisis
The Moral Depravity of the Pro-Hamas Left
As Crises Mount, Republicans Depart from Reality
Israel, Ukraine, and the Need for American Leadership
Crisis, Clarity, and the Faces of the Dead
How Hard is it to Condemn Murdering Civilians?
Steve Inskeep: Kevin Is No Lincoln
Four Observations About 10/7, Israel, and the Hamas War
Wes Anderson's Experimental Netflix Shorts
A Speakerless House and a War in Israel
Hamas Makes War on Israelis and Palestinians
Mea Culpa (with Joan Walsh) [VIDEO]
How 'Airplane!' Changed Comedy Forever
"He's not fighting. He needs to fight." (with Jen Psaki)
‘Ahsoka’ and the Star Wars Cultural Cul-de-Sac
Blaming Democrats for McCarthy’s Fall Is Bullshit
Could We Have a Consensus Speaker of the House?
McCarthy Found Out He’s No Donald Trump
The GOP’s Rubik’s Cube for Morons
Breaking: Democratic Voters Don't Rally to Democrat Who Is Indicted
Nihilists in the Driver's Seat
I For One Welcome Our Cinematic Robot Overlords!
Before the Internet, There Was Harry Smith
‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Review
Kevin McCarthy Found Out He’s No Donald Trump
The GOP Takes Ukraine Aid Hostage
The Crazed Slavering Jackal Caucus
The Next Speaker Will Be a Vengeful One
Walter Isaacson Joins The Bulwark in The Big Easy
The Speakership Game Theory of Jordan vs. Scalise
Scalise vs. Jordan vs... Trump?
What Russian War Hawks Are Saying to Themselves About Ukraine
Richard Bachman’s Angry Horror
The Republicans Who Are Treating Ukraine as Their Hostage
Kevin Goes Home Alone & Disgraced
Kevin Goes Home Alone & Disgraced
Imagine If Democrats Had Done It
The Mensch, the Bastard, Lou Reed
Dana Milbank: The Chair Was Already Vacant
The Perilous Rise of the Putin Republicans
The AI Toys Coming for Your Kids
Those Crazy Plans for Trump 2.0? Take Them Seriously.
The Complicated Politics of Homelessness
Will Saletan: Everybody Hates Matt Gaetz
Ukraine Needs Better Public Diplomacy
Have We Reached Peak ‘Karen Video’ Yet?
A California House Fire Reveals the Complicated Politics of Homelessness
How We Avoided a Government Shutdown. (For now.)
The Road to Personal Growth (with Henry Winkler)
The Road to Personal Growth (with Henry Winkler) [VIDEO]
What the Writers Gained By Striking
"I Prefer Male Presidents" (with Tim Miller)
‘Oldboy’ and the Art of Preparing Your Audience for the Unexpected
The Nihilist Government Shutdown
Hertling: Mark Milley’s Impossible Job
David Frum: The Kraken Is Never Coming
Why AI’s Creative Future May Be Up to the Courts
Will TV Retreat to Mass Market Fare?
"Thank you for Speaking While I'm Interrupting."
The GOP’s Accidental Case for Joe Biden
Podcast: Shutdowns and Debates [9/28/23]
The Biden Impeachment Inquiry Starts With a Flop
A.B. Stoddard: A Completely Pointless Debate
The Republican Debate Was a Mass Delusion
The Most Dignified Primary Debate Ever
If You Have a Book, You'll Never Be Alone
Actually, We’re All a Little Bit Dumber
Pro-Life Voters Will Eat Whatever Trump Serves Them
A Civil Case May Have Just Cost Trump His Business
The Fear Factor in Republican Politics
In Trump’s Shadow, a Meaningless Debate
Will AI Destroy Literary Creativity?
What Will Republicans Say About Menendez at the Debate?
AI and the Nature of Literary Creativity
Trickle-Down Jerkonomics and Anti-Woke Revolution
Will Saletan: The Politics of Atonement
Corruption Charges Bad for Menendez, Worse for Egypt
Is 'Dumb Money' a Smart Movie?
Wisconsin’s Trickle-Down Jerkonomics
Chris Rufo’s Dreams of an Anti-Woke Revolution
Shutdown Politics and Sham Impeachments
Trump Ever After: Live from TribFest
Trump Made the Democratic Party Better
Biden Is Old, But Trump Is Crazy (and Dangerous)
Shutdown Politics: What Trump Wants, Who Gets Blamed
Kevin McCarthy’s Sham Impeachment
Drop Dead Misogynists (with Gretchen Carlson) [VIDEO]
Drop Dead Misogynists (with Gretchen Carlson)
The Lines that Define our Lives
91 Problems, But the Base Ain't One (with Jake Tapper)
Dysfunction, Despair, and Donald
Yascha Mounk: The Identity Trap
What Does the Military Become If Trump Wins?
How True Do 'Emotional Truths' Need to Be?
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
The U.S.-Saudi Unhappy Marriage
Dysfunction, Despair, and Donald
Podcast: Shutdown Imminent [9/21/23]
Actually, It's Not "Both Sides"
The Handy Seen Round the World (VIDEO)
The Handy Seen Round the World
Manu Raju: The Hostage Crisis on Capitol Hill
Trump Could Win: Let’s Process Our Anticipatory Grief Together
How to Fix Florida’s Scholarship Program for Homeschoolers
It’s Time to End the Trump-Biden Trade War with China
Our Malignant Narcissist Overlords
NATO Ups Defense Spending—Here’s Who to Thank
Ruy Teixeira: Biden’s Working Class Blues
Biden, Trump, the UAW, and the Upside Down
Is One of the Charges Against Hunter Biden Unconstitutional?
Trump’s NBC Interview: Rage, Rants, and Lies
The Dreamers' Fate Is Still Uncertain
Anti-Vaxxers: Give Us Liberty or Give Us Death
Do We Really Want Ron DeSantis in Charge of Pandemic Policy?
Will Saletan: In Defense of Kristen Welker
Kristen Welker Failed the Trump Test
Do We Really Want a President DeSantis Setting COVID Policy?
Mass Starvation Impending in the Caucasus
MAGA: Stranger Than Fiction (with Brad Thor) [VIDEO]
MAGA: Stranger Than Fiction (with Brad Thor)
Fantasy Culture and the Flight from Reality
Mitt Romney and the Hollow Men
Anne Applebaum: Musk Buys Russia’s Lies
If You Can’t Behave Yourself in a Theater, Don’t Go Out
How Impeachment Could Help Republicans
Why Wisconsin's GOP Might Blink
Are Pirates the Archivists of Our Age?
What It Takes to ‘Preserve, Protect and Defend’ the Constitution
To Defeat Authoritarianism, We Need Partisan Centrism
Podcast: Stupid Political Stunts: The Kevin McCarthy Edition [9/14/23]
Kevin McCarthy Is Just Winging It
Did the FBI Get a Pass on Jan 6?
Trump Controls the Republican Party Because He Has the Power To Destroy It
Mitt Romney and the Verdict of History
Looking for Lasting Meaning in Israel’s Declaration of Independence
The Nothing Burger Impeachment (VIDEO)
The Nothing Burger Impeachment
Trump Fought the Law, and the Law is Winning
Farewell to Mitt Romney, Republican with a Spine
A.B. Stoddard: McCarthy's Month from Hell
Stupid Political Stunts: The Kevin McCarthy Edition
Changing Your Mind: From Ayn Rand to Hillary Clinton
Wisconsin Republicans’ Naked Exercise in Authoritarian Power
The Brutal Wonders of a Late-Summer Run
What Happened to Central Europe’s Center Right?
New Mexico Gov’s Gun Order Attacked Even by Fellow Dems
James Hohmann: Kevin in a Vise
Did the Streaming Game Just Change?
What Do Nikki Haley and Tim Scott Really Want?
Alabama’s Republicans: Lawless Lawmakers
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Lessons from 1918
Don't Forget the Post-9/11 Combat Veterans
Will Saletan: Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier
A.B. Stoddard: Why I’m Joining the Bulwark
‘The Most Pressing Defense Policy Problem for the United States’
On 9/11 We Promise to ‘Never Forget.’ But Too Often We Forget the Post-9/11 Combat Veterans.
Remembering Russian War Crimes in Mariupol
Bizarre Politics (w/ Andrew Zimmern) [VIDEO]
Bizarre Politics (w/ Andrew Zimmern)
Data Transparency Is a Double-Edged Sword
China's Aggression and C-SPAN Secrets
Charter Vs. ESPN: A Fight for the Future of TV
The Great Republican Normie Hope Kind of Sucks
Why the Influx in Old Man Action Movies?
Deplorables, Deplorables, Deplorables
How to Think About Ukraine’s War on Corruption
China Could Be More Aggressive Post-Growth
DeSantis Supporters Dug Their Own Hole
Trump Keeps Admitting His Crimes
McConnell Health Scares: He Reassures Colleagues But Not the Public
Tucker and Ben Shapiro Pegged By Con Man Prostitute with Sham Story
JVL Rule #5: The Bad Guys Always Find Each Other
Justice Scalia Would Like a Word
A Bad Creature That Likes Getting Worse
Joe Biden’s Problem Isn’t His Age, It’s Our Age
Super PACs Are a Waste of Cash
Adam Kinzinger: Trump Ignited the Proud Boys
America’s Authoritarian Exceptionalism
Clarence Thomas’s Flimsy Defense
Trump Disqualification: How Feasible (or Radical) Is It?
The Super PACs Are Worthless. Donors Should Stop Torching Their Cash.
The Wisconsin High Court Implosion
How Biden Can Handle the Age Issue
The Senate’s Back—and It’s ‘A Pretty Big Mess’
Will Saletan: The Hammer Philosophy of Governing
Why Taylor Swift and AMC Bypassed the Studios
The WI GOP’s Doomsday Plan for 2024
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Implosion
Labor Day: ‘Building, Breaking, Rebuilding’
Labor Day: How Political and Economic Freedom Are Linked
Erotic Thrillers: Unsung Heroes of Home Video
The New Face of Late Stage Putinism
Tim Miller: Heroes and Zeroes of the GOP
On 'Views' and Useless Metrics
Stupid Culture Wars Can Still Be Serious
Revealed Preferences and Fake Culture Wars
Look Who's Claiming to Care about Norms Now
The Fall Flicks We're Most Looking Forward To
Demons, Deplorables, and Dishonorables
Yes, Federal Courts Have Jurisdiction in the Jan. 6th Case Against Trump
In Death, Prigozhin Becomes the Face of Late-Stage Putinism
Podcast: The End of Summer [8/31/23]
House Conservatives’ Dilemma: Shut Down the Government or Impeach Biden
The People Are the Problem: Part 17,502
To Beat Trump, Democrats Need a Whitmer-Warnock Ticket
Biden’s Destiny Is Linked to Ukraine’s
It's All Bad and We're All Doomed
It's All Bad and We're All Doomed (VIDEO)
Vivek's Threat and Klayman's Untold Triumph
Mike Murphy: The Psychopath vs The Cynic
Joe the Plumber and Partisan Schadenfreude
Why RFK Jr.’s Science Disinfo Keeps Outrunning the Truth
Vivek Ramaswamy Is a Threat to Democracy
Larry Klayman’s Untold Triumph
Mr. Trump, They Are Laughing at You
Sending Troops into Mexico Is Now Mainstream GOP Policy
2024 Is America’s Kobayashi Maru
Why Streamers Want to Keep Their Data Secret
Obstruction, Impeachment, Shutdown
Pro-Lifers Should Change Tactics
California Pride Flag Shooting Was a “Crime Against Unity”
Charlie and Will Monday: Vivek’s BS
It's All Much Worse Than You Think
How to Understand Germany’s Policy Toward Ukraine
Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works
Can Trump Be Barred from Office on Fourteenth Amendment Grounds?
Resisting Progressive Pressure (w/ Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez)
Resisting Progressive Pressure (w/ Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez) [VIDEO]
The Rise and Fall of the Brothers Warner
Familiarity with Streaming Breeds Contempt
The New GOP Immigration Policy: Less Evil, Just as Stupid
Ukraine Doesn’t Need Armchair Generals
Podcast: Welcome to the GOP Circus [8-24-23]
Prigozhin’s Death & Debate Reactions
The GOP Debate Wasn’t a Redemption for Fox
A.B. Stoddard: A Pointless Exercise?
Primary Debates Are a Demagogue's Dream
This Campaign Is a Bataan Death March
Live Post-Debate Reaction (with Tom Nichols and Ben Smith)
Prigozhin’s Ultimate Fall from Grace
Who Are They? Why Are They Here?
Big Issues. Little Candidates.
Climate Change Question Gets Short Shrift
Our Ukraine and Russia Policies Should be Separate
She's Not Like Other Debates (VIDEO)
Culture Warriors: GOP Hypocrisy and Lies About the Armed Forces
America Needs a Ukraine Policy Separate from Its Russia Policy
Tom Nichols: Our Surreal Moment
The Curious Case of Perry Johnson
Debunked: Man Who Murdered California Store Owner Over Gay Pride Flag Was Not Her Brother
Republican Elites Only Want the Easy Way Out
What’s the Endgame for Trump and DeSantis?
Sampling the Delicacies at the Iowa State Fair
How to Fight Disinformation and Denial
Healthcare and the 2024 Election
Joe Perticone and Mona Charen: Trusting the Chronic Liar over the Pastor
From Evangelicalism to Trumpism
Trump Shoots Himself in the Foot with Demand for Trial Date in 2026
Will Health Care Be a Major Issue in 2024?
Russia’s Vile New Anti-Ukraine Propaganda
The Women Who Took on Trump (w/ Robbie Kaplan) [VIDEO]
The Women Who Took on Trump (w/ Robbie Kaplan)
Why We Need to Know What’s Failing
The MAGA Right Loves El Salvador's Dictator. They shouldn't.
Hollywood Isn’t Likely to Merge Its Way Out of Trouble
How Should DeSantis Approach the Debate?
What Comes After the Affirmative Action Mess?
Only the Heroes Have Paid a Price . . . Until Now
Ron DeSantis: Real Man of Political Genius
El Salvador’s Dictator Is a Darling of the American Right. He Shouldn’t Be.
Lessons for American Democracy from a Russian Prison Cell
Three Challenges Facing K-12 Education
‘I’m with him until he dies’—Iowa State Fairgoers Picking Sides for 2024
Israel's Divisions and the Challenges Ahead
How Trump Could Pull Off the Ultimate Upstage of the Republican Debate
Effective Altruism Is a Short Circuit
What Do the Polls Really Tell Us About Americans’ Support for Ukraine?
Back-to-School Season a Reminder of the Continuing Crises in K-12 Education
Place Your Bets: President, Jail or Neither? [VIDEO]
Place Your Bets: President, Jail or Neither?
Biden's Age Might Not Be a Problem
Christopher Miller: The War Came to Us
Trump’s “True the Vote” Liars Are Screwed
The Beating Heart of the Georgia Indictment
What’s Actually New in the Georgia Indictment?
Biden’s Age Might Not Be a Problem
Guns for Tots, and the Afghans We Left Behind
Are Georgia Republicans Different?
Reaction to Hunter Biden News: A Clinic in Hypocrisy
A.B. Stoddard: All the Ex-President's Conspirators
This Indictment Hits Different
The Fourth Indictment: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
Soderbergh's Entrancing 'Full Circle'
Guns for Tots: What Could Go Wrong?
I Remember the Afghans We Left Behind
Trump Doubles Down on Gaslighting
Ep. 7: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
The Media Still Doesn’t Get Biden Voters
Trump’s ‘It’s Just My Opinion’ Defense Is Just More Gaslighting
How Fani Willis Became the Latest Enemy of ‘America First’
Who's to Blame for the Homelessness Crisis? (w/ Jerusalem Demsas)
Who's to Blame for the Homelessness Crisis? (w/ Jerusalem Demsas) [VIDEO]
How to Start a Film Studio in 2023
Understanding Pain, Long Stories, and Hunter & Ron
Tim Miller: They're Still Humoring Him
Critics vs. Influencers, the Eternal Struggle
Inside the Mind of a Biden Voter
First Debate in Which Everyone Is Afraid to Tell the Truth
Does the Constitution Disqualify Donald Trump?
When a Master of the Short Story Went Long
‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Review
Eastman, the Dems, and Discovery
Solving Student Loans and College Costs
Trump’s Obviously Bad Argument About the Discovery Process
Toxic Senate Candidates Won’t Take Hint, Move Closer to Jumping In
Sanctions on Russia Are Working—Just Not How Some People Thought
John Eastman: The Dems Made Me Do It
Why the Ohio Special Election Backfired for the GOP
About Those Drone Strikes in Russia
Trump Supporters Are Responsible for Their Choices
Will Hurd: Don't Kiss Your Opponent's Butt
Enjoy the Final Two Weeks of the DeSantis Campaign
The Churchillian Case Against a Trump Pardon
Why We Shouldn’t Validate the Politics of Grievance
What the Ukrainian Army Is Trying to Do Is Hard—Even for Americans
Trump Supporters Are Responsible for Their Choices
Derrick Van Orden Makes No Apologies for Being a Jerk
Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
Sidetracked: Norfolk Southern Cuts Big Checks as Rail Safety Bill Idles
Jake Tapper: "All the Demons Are Here"
A Misleading New Portrait of an Atomic Spy
The Keynesian Case for Pardoning Trump
Are Digital Extras the Future of Movies?
America’s Second Abandonment of Afghans
Ep. 6: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
Ron DeSantis’s Prisoner’s Dilemma
Republicans Can Ditch the Big Lie at the Debate
Democrats Are Handling the Hunter Biden Story Wrong
Will Trump’s Social Media Behavior Cost Him in Court?
The Answer is Anarchy (w/ Amanda Shires)
The Answer is Anarchy (w/ Amanda Shires) [VIDEO]
How 2023's Oddest Box Office Hit 'Paid It Forward'
What Trump Knew and 'Risky Business' at 40
Adam Kinzinger: The Rhetoric Is Getting More Dangerous
2023 Has Been a Great Year for Movies (So Far!)
What If Mike Pence Is the Best Never Trumper?
A Message for the People Who Run Cable News: You're Doing It Again. Stop It.
Deplorables of the (Indictment) Week
The Trump Defenses That Won't Hunt
What We Know About What Trump Knew
History Has Its Eyes on Jack Smith
The Movie that Made Tom Cruise ‘Tom Cruise’
Coup Indictment, Steps Towards Truth, and Youngkin's Moment?
Corporations Doling Out Cash to Election Deniers
Christopher Miller's Life and Times in Ukraine
With Trump Indicted Again, Is This Glenn Youngkin’s Moment?
Coup Indictment: Here’s Why Trump’s Usual Defenses Won’t Work
Trump’s Trials Will Be a Step Toward Truth
Indictment III: Revenge of the 6th (VIDEO)
Indictment III: Revenge of the 6th
Susan Glasser: An Offense against Democracy Itself
Republicans F*cked Around. Now We All Have to Find Out.
The GOP’s ‘Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes’ Moment
Thrice Indicted: Trump Charged in Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Election
Podcast: Indictment III - First Reactions [8/1/23]
Bonus Episode: Listen to the Third Indictment
Indictment III - First Reactions [8/1/23]
Trump's Frivolous Cases, the Youngkin Fantasy, and the 'Impeachable Whatever'
Can Mona Talk Charlie off the Ledge?
David French: Building a Legal Wall around Trump
Tommy Tuberville Reaps What He Sowed
Bidenomics Are Real. And They’re Spectacular.
We're All 'Barbie' Girls, It's a 'Barbie' World
Another Judge Smacks Down Another Frivolous Trump Case
NYT Poll Blows Up the Tim Scott/Glenn Youngkin Fantasy
Trump Rallies and Murder Fantasies
In Search of the ‘Impeachable Whatever’
John Eastman Clings to His Debunked Story
Ep. 5: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
There Is a Hidden Danger in Trying to Convince Republicans to Vote Against Trump in the Primaries
Scenes from the GOP Circa 2023
The Author of the ‘Coup Memos’ Sticks to His Story
How Marty Peretz Ran the New Republic
The Three Battles Raging in Ukraine
We Hate Him, So They Love Him (w/ Ron Filipkowski) [VIDEO]
We Hate Him, So They Love Him (w/ Ron Filipkowski)
Hollywood's Hopes in China Are Fading
Our Sizzling Summer of Focus Groups
The Revised Mar-a-Lago Indictment
Bonus Episode: Listen to the Superseding Indictment
Russell Moore: "Losing Our Religion"
I Didn't Like 'Barbie,' but I Love Its Success
Something Beautiful. Something Special.
DeSantis Campaign Promises "Leaner and Meaner." Is Meaner Even Possible?
What's Happening on the Battlefield?
Is Religion Necessary to Make Life Meaningful?
The Incredible Shrinking Ron DeSantis
Revised Indictment in Trump Mar-a-Lago Case: New Crime, New Defendant
The No Labels Elites Convention
Biden Impeachment Push Gets a Big Boost
Tim Scott Is in Danger of Catastrophic Success
Sorting Out the Florida Teaching-About-Slavery Mess
Time to Do Something About the NILFs
The No Labels Scheme: Not Just Dangerous But Undemocratic
Ted Cruz Gets Another Challenger
Asa Hutchinson: Why I’m Doing This
New Poll: Some Republican Voters Might Actually Care About Trump's (Alleged) Crimes
Kim Strassel’s Disingenuous Biden Bashing
Can This Straight-Talking Democrat Win in Texas?
Could a Special Plea Deal Keep Trump Out of the White House?
Can the EU Regulate AI Without Killing It?
The Drama and Reality of 'Oppenheimer'
Candidates Flout Campaign Laws, Face No Consequences
Nothing’s Fair in College Admissions and Culture Wars
'Oppenheimer' Is Transcendent Cinema
Europe’s Audacious Attempt to Regulate AI
Will Wisconsin’s Fake Electors Pay a Price?
The GOP Primary Fantasy World—And RFK Jr.
Ep. 4: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
A Re-elected Trump Could Destroy American Government
There Are Two GOP Primaries Happening and Only One Is Real
How the Right Learned to Love RFK Jr.
Just Say No to Crypto (w/ Ben McKenzie) [VIDEO]
Just Say No to Crypto (w/ Ben McKenzie)
Netflix's Soft Earnings and the 'Barbenheimmer' Juggernaut
Will Saletan: All for the Fan Service
DeSantis and the No Labels DEFCON Level
Variable Pricing Is Good, but ‘Sightline’ Pricing Is Un-American
The DeSantis "Reset" Is a Death Rattle
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Tom Cruise
A Cringeworthy Week in Congress
Contemplating a Trump Administration 2.0
‘Orwellian’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Risk, Regulation, and Responsibility
The GOP is Taking the Indictment News Poorly
Comer Downplays Star Whistleblower Revealed to Be a Fugitive
Tucker and Candace Are the GOP’s Future
Toomas Ilves on NATO's Vilnius Summit
The Supreme Court Will Be the Final Bulwark
Voters Aren’t Feeling the Economic Recovery Yet
The GOP Is Not Taking the News of Trump’s Impending Indictment Well
Midnight Run at 35: A Shining Star of the Middlebrow Firmament
Three Indictments. Zero Accountability. (VIDEO)
Three Indictments. Zero Accountability.
Our Last Chances to Hold Trump Accountable
Our Last Chances to Hold Trump Accountable
Miles Taylor: Imagining a Trump 2.0
Trump Has Another Huge Problem (Besides the Indictments)
What Joe Manchin and No Labels Share: Financial Self-Dealing
Maybe AI Isn’t Coming for Everyone’s Job After All
How Justices with Stature Could Repair Trust in the Supreme Court
Tom Nichols: Jack Smith Is Not Screwing Around
Jim Jordan Is Going to Parade RFK Jr. Around Congress to Fight ‘Censorship’
Let Me Tell You About the MAGA Oprah
The Actors Strike! What Do They Want?
Ukraine After the NATO Summit: The Glass Half-Full?
Joe Manchin Is Attacking Democrats As If He’s a Republican
Ep. 3: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
The One Big Thing Everyone Misses About 2024
It Wouldn’t Take Much for a Third-Party Candidate to Give Trump a 2024 Win
How to Beat Trump (w/ Jen Psaki)
How to Beat Trump (w/ Jen Psaki)
What If Evel Knievel Had Run for President?
Who Is the Real ‘Architect’ of Today’s Republican Party?
Why Are People Still Sticking With Trump After All This?
SAG Joins the WGA on the Picket Line
The Leading Republican Presidential Candidates Are Running (Way) to Biden’s Left on Ukraine
The Best of the First Half of 2023
Who Is the Real ‘Architect’ of Today’s Republican Party?
Tom Cruise, the Living Manifestation of Kino
This Bastille Day, Here Are the French Revolution Movies to Watch
Meet the Group Recruiting Needed Poll Workers
The Republican Grudge Match With the FBI Director
Indictments for All the President's Men?
I Want to Tell the Stupid People That It’s the Economy, Stupid
Don't Give the Bastards Any Sanctuary
When Just Asking Questions Goes Wrong
Why the Ohio GOP Wants to Make It Harder to Amend the State Constitution
Pro-Ukraine Activists Still Clashing with the Russian Opposition
Meet the Group Trying to Get More People to Volunteer as Poll Workers
Kasparov: Ukraine Needs NATO—and NATO Needs Ukraine
Philip Bump: The Self-Disappearing Informant
DeSantis DeSpirals Downward (VIDEO)
Ukraine: Either They Get Into NATO, or They Get Nukes
Trump: Can We Please, Please Wait to Have My Criminal Trial Until After the Election?
Wisconsin’s Latest Elections Brouhaha
Rough Days for Biden, Rougher Days for Trump
Ukraine Needs NATO—and NATO Needs Ukraine, Too
Trump Unleashes His Delay Strategy
The Marine Corps Is Missing Its Top General Thanks to One Republican Senator
Jay Nordlinger: The Poisonous Nature of Strength Worship
The Ballad of Gal Luft: Whistleblower, Grifter, Soldier, Spy
Trump Plays His Delay Game in Late-Night Florida Filing
The Subtle Pleasures of 'Past Lives'
So Much for Conservative Judicial Restraint
What an Undecided Trump-Biden Voter Sounds Like
Diversity, Equity, and … Conformity?
Ukraine's Getting Everything Too Late
Ep. 2: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
Mike Pence Is a RINO: How to Chart the New Republican Ideological Spectrum
Mike Pence: Trump Is ‘Still Wrong’
Ukraine Gets the Weapons It Needs, But Always Too Late
China’s Influence Operations in the U.S. Demand Closer Scrutiny
The Right-Wing Lawsuit That’s Forced the Feds to Stop Talking to Social Media Firms
You Don't Gotta Hand It To White Nationalists (w/ Alex Edelman)
You Don't Gotta Hand It To White Nationalists (w/ Alex Edelman) [VIDEO]
How Prigozhin’s Putsch Propped up Putin
Tommy Vietor: David Plouffe Would Have Murdered Us
The Rage and Joy of MAGA America
Scorsese for the Critics, Marty for the Masses
Elon Musk Turned Twitter Into the Cable Company
On the Most 'Significant' Political Films
In review: ‘Past Lives’ and ‘The Bear’
Prigozhin’s Putsch Propped up Putin
With Affirmative Action Gone, We Should Focus Admissions Policies on Poverty
It's Time to Scrutinize Canada's Euthanasia Expansion
Montana Republicans Are Swiftly Trying to Prevent a Disaster Senate Race
Did Supporting Trump Change Republican Voters?
After a Stolen Supreme Court Seat, What’s a Norms-Lover to Do?
What Canada’s Euthanasia Advocates Ask Us to Believe
How Far Did SCOTUS Go This Term?
A.B. Stoddard: Governing Is for Wimps
Who Is Really a ‘Conservative’ Nowadays?
The GOP Presidential Field’s Brightest Ideas
How Far Did SCOTUS Go This Term?
'Destiny' Comes for Indiana Jones
Take a Look at the American Revolution’s Statues in the U.S. Capitol
Let’s Make July Fourth a True Independence Day
What It Takes to Protect the “Fundamentals of 1776”
Premiering Now: An Audio Adaptation of ‘The Corruption of Lindsey Graham’ by Will Saletan
Ep. 1: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
Why Do We Accept Cormac McCarthy’s Self-Mythology?
This July Fourth, Remember the ‘Founding Scoundrels’
Your Sportsballs are Infected (w/ Pablo S. Torre) [VIDEO]
Your Sportsballs are Infected (w/ Pablo S. Torre)
A Decade of Big Muscles and Bigger Egos
DeSantis Video Brags That His Policies “Literally Threaten Trans Existence”
Giuliani’s Proffer Is Bad News for Trump
How Can TCM Thrive in the Streaming Age?
Mark Hertling: How Dangerous Were the Trump Docs?
Europe: What Is Going on in America with Trump?
Politics is like fashion. It's never finished.
Who Were the Deplorables of the Week?
TRAILER The Bulwark Podcast Presents: The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Review
Affirmative Action Ruling: SCOTUS Decision Is Bad News for Equal Opportunity
Giuliani’s Sit-Down With Jack Smith Is Bad News for Trump
Affirmative Action Ruling: Actually a Win for Minority Students
Podcast: Let Us Talk of Many Things [6/29/23]
A Third Party? Great. Third Candidate? Not So Much.
What the Mutiny Has Cost Putin
WTF is Happening Inside Russia?
Ron DeSantis Isn’t Chipping Away at Trump’s Lead
Joe Biden's High-Wire Act Is (Probably) Working
Finally, a Good Poll for DeSantis
The Shadow Wars of Michael Vickers
The Presidential Race Could Use a Third Party—But Not a Third Candidate
How to Read Polls Without Terror
All the Phonies Hit the Floor Hit (w/ Joe Perticone) [VIDEO]
All the Phonies Hit the Floor (w/ Joe Perticone)
We Are Living Through a Chaotic Era
What Comes Next for Prigozhin?
Yes, College Is Still a Good Investment
Mike Pence is Still Twisting the Truth for Trump
Supreme Court Smacks Down Radical ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’
GOP Candidates Are Going All in on the Post-Roe Abortion Crackdown
Ben Terris: It's Not Going Back to Normal
Welcome to "Locker Room Talk": Part Deux
The Perplexing Confection of 'Asteroid City'
What Next?: Strategy After the Prigozhin Mutiny
Pence Still Twisting the Truth for Trump
Confronting the Horror of Racial Violence in America
Why the Supreme Court Handed Biden an Immigration Win
How the 2024 Campaign Could Get Completely Reshuffled By a Russia Crisis
Why the Supreme Court Handed Biden an Immigration Win
We Used to Want Government to Work Well—And We Still Can
Trump’s Document Stash Put American Lives at Risk
Ai, Ai, Captain! (w/ Reid Hoffman)
Ai, Ai, Captain (w/ Reid Hoffman) [VIDEO]
New Doc Examines How Vets Are Recruited by Militias
The Fall of the House of Warner
Deplorables of the Week (Again)
Why We Still Pay to Hear Classical Music Live
‘Asteroid City’ Review: A Nesting Doll of Nonsense
Gavin Newsom Is Ready to Fight
Arnold Schwarzenegger Is No Hero
Will Judge Cannon Give Trump a Favorable Jury?
Who Is Actually Making the Cut for the First Republican Debate?
The New Makers of Modern Strategy
Is the EU a Bureaucratic Nightmare or a Beacon of Freedom?
Will Judge Cannon Give Trump a Favorable Jury?
In Arkansas, a Vision of Single-Party Democracy
Hunter Biden and the Vindication of the Rule of Law
Andrew Weissmann: Jack Smith Cometh
Hunter Biden Outrage Is Really About Trump
Admissions of Guilt (with Amanda Carpenter) [VIDEO]
Admissions of Guilt (with Amanda Carpenter)
Chris Christie: Why I Want to Beat Trump
How to Stifle Groups Like the Oath Keepers
Hunter Biden and the Vindication of the Rule of Law
Seven Lessons the United States Can Learn from Other Democracies
Scoring Trump, Biden, and Hillary on Handling Classified Documents
Can GOP States Build Their Own Voter Verification System?
Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal Has Everyone Acting Totally Normal
Chris Christie: Why I Want to Beat Trump
It's Not the Law’s Fault that Trump Broke It
Can Republican States Build Their Own Voter Verification System?
National Opinion Polls Don’t Matter. Swing State Opinion Polls Do.
GOP Rivals’ Merch Stores Are Open
Will Saletan: Welcome to the Resistance, Bill Barr
The Call is Coming from Inside the House
For Biden, It’s Time for Some ‘Inflation Showmanship’
There Is No Substitute for Ukrainian Victory
Juneteenth: ‘The Day of Freedom Came’
Les-Be-Honest Punditry (w/ Sen. Tammy Baldwin)
Les-Be-Honest Punditry (w/ Sen. Tammy Baldwin) [VIDEO]
How Universal Found a Brand-New Customer
Justifying Trump as a Gateway to Autocracy
No, the Trump Indictment Does Not Mean America Is Becoming a Banana Republic
Tim Miller: A Season of Grifters and Crackpots
The Oncoming IP Era of Animation
What's Good for Chris Christie Is Bad for Ron DeSantis
Republicans Get a Little Punchy
Which Fond Memories Should Hollywood Pillage Next?
From Justifying Trump to Justifying Autocracy
Podcast: What's Red, White and Orange All Over? [6/15/23]
Can One "Thread the Needle" on Trump?
Why does this congressman keep winking at militia types on Twitter?
What's Red, White and Orange All Over? [6/15/23]
We Must Stop Joe Biden's Woke Agenda?
Searching for My Family’s Lost Past in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary
“Threading the Needle” on Trump Is a Dangerous Game
Ukrainian Troops and Nazi Symbols?
The Real Wannabe Dictator (w/ Sonny Bunch)
The Real Wannabe Dictator (w/ Sonny Bunch) [VIDEO]
Abandoning Progress For Process
Adam Kinzinger: The Freak Prom
It’s Morning in Joe Biden’s America
The Koch Network’s Anti-Trump Ads Are Atrocious
How Progressives Abandoned Progress For Process
Trump’s Best Defense Is No Defense at All
Michael Weiss: Perp Walks and Counteroffensives
GOP Senators Can’t Be Bothered to Read Trump’s Indictment
The 2024 Campaign Logo Rankings
Was the Censorship of 'The French Connection' Inevitable?
Trump’s Best Defense Is No Defense at All
The Republicans Who Know This Indictment Is Devastating
Ukrainian Dam Disaster: Multiplying Mysteries, Mounting Mayhem
Trump’s Legal Strategy: Delay, Delay, Delay
Will Saletan: A World Series of Whataboutism
Why Do Republicans Have a Selective Ability to Understand the Law?
Is Today’s GOP “Anti-Ideological”?
Is the Law Coming for Erik Prince at Last?
Daddy Issues (w/ Ryan Holiday)
Daddy Issues (w/ Ryan Holiday) [VIDEO]
Just Don't Call it 'Reality' TV
Tim Miller and Bill Kristol: Rally Around the Felon
Why Price Transparency (or the Lack Thereof) Is Killing Hollywood
The Indictment and Trump's Four Tests for America
How Cliffhangers Go Wrong (and Right!)
‘You Hurt My Feelings’ and ‘Master Gardener’ Reviews
Why Is Trump Being Indicted in Florida?
No One Above the Law: Trump Indicted on Federal Charges
Pence Launches Campaign, Faceplants on Trump Indictment Issue
Wait, Is This Guy a Freakin' Criminal?
House Republicans Call It Quits Amid Rampant Dysfunction
Escalation, Deterrence, and Leadership
Chris Licht Broke Journalism Rules—and CNN
Pence Launches Campaign, Faceplants on Trump Indictment Issue
The Problem with CNN (w/ Sonny Bunch) [VIDEO]
The Problem with CNN (w/ Sonny Bunch)
A.B. Stoddard: Christie Brought the Hot Sauce
Everything You Need to Know About Chris Christie
Is the GOP Tiptoeing Toward Normality?
The Taliban Are Who We Thought They Were
Here’s Why Trump’s “Declassification” Defense Falls Apart
"We Won't Look at the Comments"
Ukraine Dam Disaster: What Does It Mean for the War?
Conservatives Tank Their Own Gas Stove Bill Out of Spite
Astead Herndon: Our Broken Politics
Chris Sununu and the Good Republican's Noble Lie
'Across the Spiderverse' Is the Best-Looking Movie of the Year (So Far!)
Here’s Why Trump’s “Declassification” Defense Falls Apart
Wait, How Many People Are Running for President Now?
Team DeSantis Can’t Run to Trump’s Nutball Right and Then Get Mad at Us For Noticing
Will Saletan: The Dem’s RFK, Jr. Problem
These Are the Two Reasons Why AI Scares Me
“Congratulations to Kim Jung Un!” (sic)
Harlan Crow’s Weak Argument for Refusing to Cooperate with Senate Investigators
The Key Strength Biden Brought to the Debt Ceiling Talks
The Rise of the Troll King: How Yevgeny Prigozhin Came to Power
Team DeSantis Can’t Run to Trump’s Nutball Right and Then Get Mad at Us For Noticing
Why Aren't You Angrier? (w/ Chasten Buttigieg)
Why Aren't You Angrier? (w/ Chasten Buttigieg) [VIDEO]
Tribeca and the Evolution of the Film Festival
The House GOP’s Antagonism Caucus
'Barry' Comes to a Fitting End
Here’s How the Republican Primary Could Go Right for America
Green Shoots of a Responsible Right?
Why Are Disney's Live-Action Remakes So Bad?
The House GOP’s Antagonism Caucus
Why the Trump Tape Matters for the Mar-a-Lago Case
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Review
Podcast: They're Running [6/1/23]
How the Democratic Party Crashed in Florida
Big Bipartisan Moment Hurt the Freedom Caucus’s Feelings
What the Debt Limit Deal Means for the Defense Department—and for Ukraine
You Are Defined By Who You Hate
Memorial Day, Election Day, and a Birthday
Is the Mall a City or Is the City a Mall?
Anatomy of a Murder: How the Democratic Party Crashed in Florida
More Extreme. Less Dangerous. Equally MAGA.
More Extreme. Less Dangerous. Equally MAGA.
Don’t Expect DeSantis to Deliver the GOP from Trumpian Abuses of Power
Farewell ‘Succession,’ HBO’s Grand Amorality Play
Michael Steele: We're Way Past Kumbaya
Don’t Expect DeSantis to Deliver the GOP from Trumpian Abuses of Power
Roger Stone and the Key to Trump’s Evangelical Support
Cormac McCarthy and the World’s Horrible Unknowability
Trump and the Abuse of the Pardon Power
There are Lots of Reasons for Optimism
Tom Nichols: Knuckleheads with Flamethrowers
Debt Ceiling Deal Causing the Ultimate GOP Temper Tantrum
Dark Brandon and My Kevin Got the Job Done
What Went Wrong with The Little Mermaid?
Trump and the Abuse of the Pardon Power
What F-16s Will (and Won’t) Do for Ukraine
Unnecessary Solutions to Imaginary Problems
The Death of the West Wing Dream? (w/ Bradley Whitford)
The Death of the West Wing Dream? (w/ Bradley Whitford) [VIDEO]
The Data that Determines What We Watch
"To Fight Out a War, You Must Believe Something"
What Does It Mean to be a "Supporter" of a Candidate?
Luke Russert: Look for Me There
Maybe Some Art Should Fade Away
How the Bundle Died, and Was Reborn
What Happened to the Bully Pulpit?
This Memorial Day, Remember with Me
Four Messages in the Big Sentence for Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes
Kari Lake Caves to Reality, Sort Of
DeSantis 2024 launch: Not as bad as you think?
It’s Not Too Late for Conservatism Inc. to Dump DeSantis
Eliot Cohen: Foreign Correspondent
A Spectacular Failure to Launch
Kari Lake Caves to Reality, Sort Of
Stand with the Russians Who Stand Against Putin
The Right-Wing Embrace of Bloodlust
Podcast: DeSantis is Running [5/24/23]
Donald Trump Thrives on Losing
David Frum: Losing the Dominance Primary
Countdown to the Edgelord Announcement (VIDEO)
Countdown to the Edgelord Announcement
Trump, DeSantis, and the GOP’s Culture-War Politics
Tim Scott and the Republican Id
An Unexpected Role for AI in the Workplace
Tim Scott's Zombie Republicanism
Oversight Chair Admits Biden Investigations Are About Politics
Philip Bump: Running Against Reality
'Fast X'? More Like Fast Eccchhhs.
Potemkin Presidential Campaigns
Unanimous Supreme Court Keeps Hands Off Tech Platforms and Online Hate
The Link Between Trump’s Sexual and Political Depredations
An Unexpected Role for AI in the Workplace
Does Opposing Russia’s War Mean Opposing All Russians?
The GOP Is in an Abusive Relationship with Trump
Will Saletan: Is Tim Scott Running a Potemkin Campaign?
Biden Is the Centrist President Everyone Says They Want
Why Are “Former Administration Officials” Still Not Speaking Up About Trump?
The GOP Is in an Abusive Relationship with Trump
Why Trump Wants U.S. to Default on Debt
Anxiety vs Reality (LIVE from NYC w/ Molly Jong-Fast)
My Conversation With Margaret Hoover
How Much Free Work Do Writers Do to Get Paid Work?
What Was the ‘Soviet Century’?
The Bulwark: Live from New York
The Supreme Court Embraces Auteur Theory
Across the Movie Aisle Live: 'WarGames'
Ranking the Republican Primary Candidates
Disney’s Dagger. Youngkin’s Move?
Days from Crashing into the Debt Ceiling?
What Was the ‘Soviet Century’?
The Chokehold Killing: What the Stupid Left-Right Debate Obscures
Is the Belarusian Dictatorship Doomed?
If No Labels Pushes a ‘Unity Candidate,’ Expect a ‘Trainwreck,’ Group’s Allies Say
Steve Vladeck: The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
Joe Biden Becomes President Because Mistakes Were Made
Between Three Ferns (A TNL Livestream) [VIDEO]
Between Three Ferns (A TNL Livestream)
The Brutality Is the Point. Really.
13 Ways of Looking at Kamala Harris
Is the Belarusian Dictatorship Doomed?
A Ray of Bipartisan Hope in Wisconsin
A Ray of Bipartisan Hope in Wisconsin
When a Shitposter Runs a Social Media Platform
Oversight Committee Can’t Find Key Witnesses in Biden Investigation
Anne Applebaum: The Case for a Complete Ukrainian Victory
Can Spoilers Make Movies Better?
When a Shitposter Runs a Social Media Platform
Beyond the Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Here Comes the “Biden Kill List”
Why GOP Govs. Are Rushing to Quit Project for Clean Voter Data
Will Saletan: We Are Not the Crazy Ones
Confessions of an Institutionalist
Why Putin Attacked Ukraine When He Did
Behind the Present Problems at the Border
Why GOP Govs. Are Rushing to Quit Project for Clean Voter Data
RFK Jr. and His Right-Wing Allies
The Dung Faces of Washington (w/ David Mandel)
The Dung Faces of Washington (w/ David Mandel) [VIDEO]
Is the Superhero Boom Officially Over?
How To Be Better on the Internet
Russia’s Victory Day Ain’t What It Used to Be
Richard Reeves: The Trouble with Boys
Audiences Are Getting What They Wanted, Good and Hard
Russia’s Victory Day Ain’t What It Used to Be
How Lindsey Graham Became *That Guy*
How Is George Santos Different from Donald Trump?
The GOP’s Failing Politics of Retribution
Podcast: The Corruption of the GOP [5/11/23]
How One Senator’s Hold on Military Promotions Is Hurting Readiness
Here Are Five Rules for the Media When They Cover Trump
What Ukraine Still Needs to Win
E. Jean Carroll Won, But the Country May Still Lose
CNN’s Trump Town Hall: All Spectacle, No Sunlight
Corruption of the GOP [5/11/23]
The Counteroffensive Against Trump—and Putin
Why Is This Man Running as a Democrat?
The E. Jean Carroll Verdict: For Once, Trump Couldn’t Escape Justice
The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
Democrats Should Run on Law and Order
Kevin McCarthy Met a Putin-Loving Supporter of Neo-Nazi Groups
Felix Salmon: The New Not Normal Economy
Don’t Look Now: But Republican Elites Are Already Getting Aboard the Trump Train
Can the Guardians of the Galaxy save the MCU?
What Happened to Lindsey Graham?
American Publishing’s Literary Apartheid
Will Saletan: A New American Exceptionalism?
If DeSantis Can’t Beat Trump, It’s YOUR Fault
Ron DeSantis Is Walking Into a Trap
The Kremlin Drone Ding and the Wagner Rant
American Publishing’s Literary Apartheid
Grace, Class, and Poise (w/ Larry Wilmore)
Grace, Class, and Poise (w/ Larry Wilmore) [VIDEO]
How Do You Bring the (Fake) Real Pete Davidson to Life?
Trump Claims to “Believe in Loyalty.” Not So Fast...
Tim Miller: The Thomas Family Grift
The WGA’s Demands Are All Reasonable, Which Is Why This Will Be a Long Strike
How Should the Media Cover Trump?
All The President's Seditionists
Trump Claims to “Believe in Loyalty.” Not So Fast...
Proud Boys Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy
‘Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3’ Review
Podcast: Ukraine's Spring Offensive [5/4/23]
Making It Easier for the Less Wealthy to Serve in Congress
Debt Ceiling Deadline Much Closer—But No One’s in a Rush
What's the Difference Between a “Good Friend” and a Sugar Daddy?
Potential for Regime Change in Ankara
Peter Thiel’s Baby Alligator Problem
Making It Easier for the Less Wealthy to Serve in Congress
What I Saw at the Southern Border
The Russian Opposition: Bloodied But Unbowed
Ben Smith: The Rise and Fall of the Social Media News Age
Ukraine Is Reaching a Hinge Moment
How We Say Goodbye to Our Presidents
The Russian Opposition: Bloodied But Unbowed
Who Killed the Category Killer?
Trump’s Backers Don’t Think He Should Debate
A.B. Stoddard: Normalizing Trump Again
WGA Goes on Strike. What's at Stake?
My Kevin Finally Gets It Right
Staying Clear-Eyed About Republican Radicalism on the Debt Ceiling
Will Saletan: The Crassness Is the Point
Here’s How Biden Should Talk About His Age
The Right Goes All-in on Cancel Culture
Staying Clear-Eyed About Republican Radicalism on the Debt Ceiling
You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, “Gotta Hand It to Tucker Carlson”
Undercover BO$$ (w/ Rep. Abigail Spanberger)
Undercover BO$$ (w/ Rep. Abigail Spanberger)
What's to Come in The Streaming Wars
Lindsey Graham Wants a National Abortion Ban.
Tim Miller: Trump Has Already Ball-Gagged Them in the Basement
Algorithms Didn’t Kill Hipsters; Poptimism Did
We Support Trump Because You Made Us LOL
The Old Man and the Participation Trophy
American Students Are Starving for Fiction and Poetry
Lindsey Graham Wants a National Abortion Ban. Here’s What He Overlooks.
Podcast: The Race Is On [4/27/23]
Nikki Haley Wants to Talk About Abortion.
House GOP Debt Bill Fiasco: An Exercise in Futility
Piecing Together Russia's Road to War
Nikki Haley Wants to Talk About Abortion
After Years of Waiting, E. Jean Carroll Testifies on Trump and Trauma
You Have Permission to Be a Smartphone Skeptic
Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem
Benjy Sarlin: The Bud Light Freak-Out
Loser Stench (w/ Amanda Carpenter)
Loser Stench (w/ Amanda Carpenter) [VIDEO]
It's Time for Republicans to Panic About DeSantis
The GOP's Weird Deep Fake Campaign
Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem
The Wall Street Journal’s Double Standards
Tucker Carlson Didn’t Know Where the Line Was
Swing Voters: Still Not Into the Anti-Woke Stuff
Tucker’s Spectacular (In All Senses of the Word) Fall
Republicans Befuddled by 2024 Abortion Politics
Brian Stelter: Tucker Thought He Was Invincible
Biden Is Running and You Will Learn to Love It
'Evil Dead' to 'Super Mario': Options for Everyone
Tearing Down Art to Spare Republican Snowflakes’ Feelings?
Russians Told to Man Up: The Meat Grinder of War Awaits
Swing Voters: Still Not Into the Anti-Woke Stuff
Why the Anti-Anti-Trumpers Need Ron DeSantis
Will Saletan: How Many Coups Do You Have to Attempt?
Trump and Showing Red To Get Green
Identity Politics Comes for a Best-Selling Novelist
Why the Anti-Anti-Trumpers Need Ron DeSantis
Backlash & in Heels (w/ Abraham Josephine Riesman)
Backlash & in Heels (w/ Abraham Josephine Riesman) [VIDEO]
Going to the Movies: Still the Best Value Around
Swiss Watches and Swedish Appliances
It's Our Country, We Want it Back
Why Netflix DVD Always Had Better Selections than Netflix Streaming
BuzzFeed and the Death of Social Media News
The Best Movies of the Century (So Far!)
Deplorables of the Week, Vol. 3
DeSantis Fights Off a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Podcast: The Fox Settlement and News of the Week [4/20/23]
Decoding DeSantis’s Weird War on Disney
Kevin McCarthy’s Awkward, Ginger Debt Ceiling Dance
Kara Swisher: Musk's Cry for a Giant Hug
Don’t Daydream of a Third Party President
Fox Paid a Parking Ticket; Mike Lindell Is Going To Get Wrecked
Ron DeSantis Has a Lizard Problem
The Fox Settlement and News of the Week
Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary
Syria’s Dictator Returns to the Normal Nations Club
Decoding DeSantis’s Weird War on Disney
It's the Mickey Mouse Jail House (w/ Sonny Bunch)
It's the Mickey Mouse Jail House (w/ Sonny Bunch)
The Abortion Pill, the FDA, and Supreme Court
Tina Nguyen: The Cost of Fox’s Lies
The Two Big Lessons of Dominion v. Fox
No Apologies for Fox's Costly Lies
The Abortion Pill, the FDA, and Supreme Court
China, Taiwan, and the Risk of the Next World War
GOP Lawmakers, Biden Come Together on Cats
Michael Steele: Confronting the Ugliness
What Do "Pro-Business" Republicans Think About DeSantis Going After Disney?
Why Is 'Murder Mystery 2' So Popular?
A Harrowing Tale From the Heartland
Iowa Is a Big Problem for Trump
The Discord Leaks: No, Ukraine Is Not ‘Doomed’
GOP Lawmakers, Biden Come Together on Cats
No Labels ‘Would Serve as a Spoiler Benefiting the Republican Ticket’
You Have to Think of Trump’s Election as Year Zero
Will Saletan: What Are You Grooming These Kids to Be?
There Is a Reason the American Right Likes Russia
You Have to Think of Trump’s Election as Year Zero
Dianne Feinstein’s Health and the Judicial Confirmation Crunch
Six Things to Know About North Korea’s Newest Missile
Racist Chickens with their Heads Cut Off in Tennessee (w/ Rep. Gloria Johnson) [VIDEO]
Racist Chickens with their Heads Cut Off (w/ Rep. Gloria Johnson)
The Biggest American Porn Site Got Bought and the Entire Thing Is Super-Sketch
Helping Ukraine Can Deter China
Dylan Byers: The Media Trial of the Century?
HBO Means Excellence, and The People Hate Excellence
Helping Ukraine Can Deter China
Emmett Till’s Murder: The Importance of Seeing and Remembering
Ron DeSantis’s “Insidious” Immigration Bill
Lindsey Graham Backs Another Strongman He Once Despised
Mark Hertling: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Gamer
Presidential Predictions: Ron, Don, or Joe?
The Bulwark Is Hitting the Road Again...
Greg Abbott's Jury Nullification
Ron DeSantis’s “Insidious” Immigration Bill
Tim Scott Looks at Joe Biden and Thinks Civil War
Biden in Ireland: Ancestry and Empathy
Jim Jordan Takes His Clown Show on the Road.
John Harwood: Our Cartoonish Politics
Liberalism, Nationalism, and War
"Top of the Line!" Trump Fawns, Again.
Germany Is Still Adjusting to the New European Reality
Jim Jordan Takes His Clown Show on the Road
Peter Wehner: A Grotesque Leader of a Grotesque Party
From Keyboard to Canvas: Meet the Political Reporter Who Paints Washington
The Future Is Happening in Tennessee
Sorry Doubters, But Bragg Was Right to Indict Trump
So Much for ‘Elon Musk, Free Speech Warrior.’
Will Saletan: The GOP’s Abortion Quagmire
A Brief History of Media and Audiences and Twitter and The Bulwark
Is it Time for the GOP to Panic?
The Racial Element of Trump’s Attacks on His Prosecutors
Security in Europe Requires Investing in Ukrainians
So Much for ‘Elon Musk, Free Speech Warrior’
Unacknowledged Bubble Baths (w/ Frank Bruni)
Unacknowledged Bubble Baths (w/ Frank Bruni) [VIDEO]
Will the WWE-UFC Merger Amp Up the Streaming Arms Race?
Tim Miller: Tennessee’s Idiocracy
They Weren't Stupid and They Weren't Criminals
A Kremlin (and Elon) Apologist Crashes and Burns
It’s All About Trump’s Election Criminality
David Koresh, the KKK, and Donald Trump
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ and the Beginning of the Coens’ End
The Bizarre Life and Even More Bizarre Death of a Russian War Propagandist
Trump’s Moment of Accountability
Trump Is Winning the 2024 Endorsement Race—and Gaining Potential Enemies
Jeff Sharlet: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
It's Always the Ones You Most Expect
Is the GOP Addicted to Losing?
Trump’s Moment of Accountability
Issues, Not Money, Decided Wisconsin’s $50 Million Supreme Court Race
Meet the Guy Sent to Prison for Supposedly Trying to Get Trump’s Tax Returns
The Indicted Demon and the Maligned Angel
The Indicted Demon and the Maligned Angel (VIDEO)
In His Post-Arraignment Speech, Trump Piles on More Lies
Ben Wittes: The Trump Indictment Is Not Trivial
What If the Trump Indictment Changes . . . Nothing?
The Non-Trivial Crimes of Donald J. Trump
In His Post-Arraignment Speech, Trump Piles on More Lies
Podcast: Trump Surrenders [4/4/23]
The Case Against Trump: The Charges and the Facts Behind Them
The One Place in America Where You Can't Lie with Impunity
Read the Full List of Charges Against Trump
The Case Against Trump: The Charges and the Facts Behind Them
Tim Alberta: Trump Has an Evangelical Problem
The Entertaining Agitprop of 'Tetris'
Mr. Trump is Ready For His Close-Up
‘60 Minutes’ Was Right to Have on Marjorie Taylor Greene
Who’s Really Undermining the Rule of Law?
After Nashville, Action on Assault-Style Weapons?
Sign-up for Morning Shots from Charlie Sykes!
Will Saletan: Individual 1 Gets His Day in Court
The Trumpified American Right and the Israeli Right
‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Review
After Nashville, Action on Assault-Style Weapons?
On the Emergency Room Table (w/ Junot Diaz)
On the Emergency Room Table (w/ Junot Diaz) [VIDEO]
Are Video Games the New Comic Books?
Trump’s Attorneys and the Crimes They Enabled
Special Indictment Podcast: Adam Kinzinger, Mona Charen, Will Saletan
How Do You Actually Watch Streaming?
Presidential Transitions & the Freedom Agenda
The Political Fallout of Trump’s Indictment
Five Reasons for DeSantis’s Phony ‘I Won’t Extradite Trump’ Stunt
The Greatest Action Franchises
Are There Any Grown-Ups in Government?
Trump’s Attorneys and the Crimes They Enabled
Podcast: Trump Is Indicted—First Reactions [3/30/23]
School Shootings and Political Tribalism
Trump Indicted: Three Things to Keep in Mind
Trump Is Indicted—First Reactions
Two Congressmen Got Into a Verbal Altercation After Votes Concluded Wednesday Evening
Tim Miller: DeSantis Whiffs on Disney
As the Debt Ceiling Crisis Looms, Republicans Resort to a Gimmick
A Mass Shooting in the Center of a Culture War (VIDEO)
A Mass Shooting in the Center of a Culture War
Wisconsin’s Ugly and Important Supreme Court Race
Ruy Teixeira: More Tough Love for Democrats
A Tale of Two Conservative Legal Scholars
Judge Luttig Has a Warning for America
Why Does DeSantis Keep Letting Trump Take Shots at Him?
Wisconsin’s Ugly and Important Supreme Court Race
Judge Michael Luttig: A Betrayal of America
From TikTok to Tesla: Congress Warily Eyeing U.S.-China Business Relations
Chris Christie Is the Worst Never Trumper
Are the 'John Wick' Movies Deeper Than They Appear?
Mike Lee Has Nothing to Show for His Tough Talk on Japan
Tribalism in an Age of School Shootings
Trump and the Violence Next Time
Will Saletan: The Purest Distillation of Trump
The Problem With Trump *Isn’t* That He “Can’t Win”
Here Are the Kinds of Jobs Chat AI Is Likeliest to Affect
Trump and the Violence Next Time
A Constitutional Remedy for the Ills of Public-Sector Unions
New Opera Gives Voice to the Pain of Gun Violence
A Republican Party That Is So Toxic (w/ Jane Lynch)
A Republican Party That Is So Toxic (w/ Jane Lynch) [VIDEO]
How Theatrical Exhibition Helps Stave Off Piracy
The "Everybody Sucks" Foreign Policy (with Tom Nichols)
Tim Miller: Ron DeSantis Is Scott Walker
Theatrical as a Loss-Mitigator for Streaming
DeSantis Finds His Voice: A NatCon Culture Warrior Who Praised a Prominent White Nationalist
Florida's Idiocracy: An Update
Learning from America’s Failure to Lead Between the World Wars
Podcast: Indictmentpalooza [3/23/23]
Why Trump’s Hush Money Matters
Shelby Talcott: DeSantis Sticks His Toe in the Water
All the Indictments Everywhere All at Once
The Endgame in Afghanistan & Christian Nationalism
A Requiem For the Independent Judiciary
Why Trump’s Hush Money Matters
Jim Jordan’s Bogus Justification for Attacking the Manhattan D.A.
Stormy Days Are Here For Him (VIDEO)
Expecting a Trump Indictment, Republicans Attack the Prosecutor
Michael Steele: Trump Punked Everybody
The Paradox of Republican Pain
Trump, DeSantis, and Fox, Oh My
Expecting a Trump Indictment, Republicans Attack the Prosecutor
Is Ukraine’s Window for Victory Closing?
The Grim Trends on Loneliness and Mortality
The Progressive Case for Free Speech
Congressional Republicans Are Gearing Up for Battle Over Expected Trump Indictment
Dana Milbank: It’s the Trump Show Again
You Don't Like the Idea of the Manhattan DA Indicting Trump? Guess Whose Fault It Is?
Is 'The Last of Us' the First Great Video Game Adaptation?
The GOP Hostage Crisis: Year 8
The Progressive Case for Free Speech
What Happens When Russia’s Criminal Soldiers Come Home
The Trump Investigation You Probably Haven’t Heard About
Susan Glasser: Trump 2024 Is Scarier than Trump 2020
The Trump Investigation You Probably Haven’t Heard About
Why Would Ukrainian Patriots Feud with Russian Dissidents?
Reminder: It's All Nonsense (w/ Rep. Colin Allred)
Reminder: It's All Nonsense (w/ Rep. Colin Allred)
Stop Pretending that "Free Speech" Martyrs (or Protestors) Are Heroes
How The Culture Wars Weren’t Won (with Jane Coaston)
How the ‘No Labels’ Gambit Could Wreck the 2024 Election
Parenthood Changes How We See Art
What Will Fox Do About Trump vs. DeSantis?
Oscars Fashion: What Do the New Looks Mean?
What We Mean When We Talk About the Origins of COVID
How the ‘No Labels’ Gambit Could Wreck the 2024 Election
A Forgotten Extinction Event in American Retail
Could the GOP Divide Over Ukraine Become a Lasting Split?
Republicans Take Out Their Long-Held Ukraine Anger on DeSantis
Philip Bump: The Baby Boom Generation Is Winding Down
The Three Histories of Conservatism
The Dilemma of Horny Bro Conservativism
Michael Walzer’s Liberalism of Gratitude
Could the GOP Divide Over Ukraine Become a Lasting Split?
The ‘Mortuary Chic’ of Today’s Aspirational Kitchen
A Russian Jet Hit an American Drone. It Probably Won't Be the Last Time.
So You Want To Be A Menace? (VIDEO)
The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis
Tom Nichols: Our Fatal Complacency
The "Free State of Florida" Is Coming for You
The DeSantis Mini-Trump Strategy
Here’s Why a Big Pork High Court Lawsuit Matters
The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis
‘Navalny’ Won an Oscar, But Navalny and Kara-Murza Are Still in Prison
Kunce to Hawley: Quit Your ‘Fake Populism’
Did the Banks ‘Go Woke’ or Just Enjoy Bipartisan Deregulation?
James Hohmann: DeSantis Joins the Surrender Caucus
Conservatism Inc. Surrenders (Again)
DeSantis Sends Putin a Message
Did the Oscars Get It All Right?
After the Protests, Will Georgia Face West or East?
Challenger to Hawley: Quit Your ‘Fake Populism’
The Colorado GOP’s Slow MAGA Suicide
Will Saletan: Pence’s Profile in Half-Courage
Now Is No Time to Abandon Our Allies
Five Things You Should Know About the Evolving Market for Electric Vehicles
The Colorado GOP’s Slow-Rolling MAGA Suicide
This Is Our Origin Story (w/ Adam Brody)
This Is Our Origin Story (w/ Adam Brody) [VIDEO]
The Best Stunts of 2022, Rewarded
The Voters Forgot God's Plan (with McKay Coppins)
Jim Jordan’s Weaponization Subcommittee Keeps Firing Blanks
Tim Miller: Be Happy, Make Babies
Piracy Isn’t an Ease-of-Access Issue
Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Have an iPhone?
Is It Time for a Stunts Oscar?
The Pro-Storming-the-Capitol Party
Jim Jordan’s Weaponization Subcommittee Keeps Firing Blanks
The Truth About the New Consensus on American Education
Connie Willis’s Honest Look at Death
Podcast: If You Want To Oppose China, You Have to Support Ukraine [3/9/23]
Want to Stop Extremists from Becoming President?
Does the Right Want an Iraq War in Mexico?
Adrienne LaFrance: The New Anarchy
The Russo-Ukrainian Race For Adaptability Under Fire
Is Today’s America Really a ‘Hellscape’?
Kevin McCarthy’s Deplorable House
Old News: The Elderly President Is Running
No, Critics of Western Aid to Ukraine Aren’t Being Silenced
Want to Stop Extremists from Becoming President? Try Primary Runoffs
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA.
Tucker & Donald, Lying On TV, H.A.T.E. Passionately! (w/ Amanda Carpenter) [VIDEO]
Tucker & Donald, Lying On TV, H.A.T.E. Passionately! (w/ Amanda Carpenter)
If You Want To Oppose China, You Have to Support Ukraine
Matt Gertz: Tucker's Trump Derangement Syndrome
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
Tucker's Firehose of Lies (and Hypocrisy)
Can the CHIPS Act Be Implemented Without Becoming a Byzantine Mess?
A Moment of Horror, and a New Hero for Ukrainians
The GOP Field Is United: January 6th Is Not a Thing
Ted Cruz Doesn’t Want to Talk About Eradicating “Transgenderism”
The Real Danger Isn’t Trump or DeSantis
Retribution, Eradication, and the Coming Storm
The GOP Field Is United: January 6th Is Not a Thing
A Pitched Battle for Wisconsin Supreme Court
The Judge with the King Complex
Amb. John Bolton: I Thought Trump Would Be Disciplined
The Judge with the King Complex
‘James Madison’s Vision of Pluralism’
Joe Biden Wants You to Know He’s Not Soft on Crime
The Drama Behind Hollywood's Biggest Night
"They" Sent This Tornado (with David French)
The Ukraine War Has Transformed Europe—for Good
Rick Wilson: Why Would MAGA Want Trump-Lite?
Why Are So Many Theaters So Bad at Exhibition?
In The Room Where It (Doesn't) Happen
The Ukraine War Has Transformed Europe—for Good
Why We Have a Child Labor Problem
Stalin's Been Dead for 70 Years. (Here's Hoping He Stays That Way.)
Podcast: Freak Shows and Faux News [3/2/23]
Has Biden Botched the East Palestine Aftermath?
The Foolishness of Scott Adams
Examining Ron DeSantis’s Tenure in the House
Mehdi Hasan: How to Win Any Argument
Both Victory and Security Guarantee for Ukraine
How to Save American Drinking in Five Easy Steps
Charting the Murky Prehistory of the Retail Supercenter
The Foolishness of Scott Adams
Trumpy With A Chance Of Meatball Ron (VIDEO)
Trumpy With A Chance Of Meatball Ron
Ron DeSantis’s Illiberal Education Crusade
Jennifer Senior: How Old Are You in Your Head?
No, DeSantis Is Not Worse Than Trump
How ‘Final Five Voting’ Can Help Save Democracy
Ron DeSantis’s Illiberal Education Crusade
The Joy of Being a Grandparent
Fox’s Pander-for-Profit Business Model
Of Course Trump Is Worse than DeSantis
Social Security and Medicare Have Always Been on the Chopping Block
My Conversation With Paul Ryan
How 'Poker Face' Recaptures that '70s Spirit
Paul Ryan, Fox News, and the Future of the GOP
Exposed: Fox’s Pander-for-Profit Business Model
Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Believe in Democratic Education
Three Things the House GOP Should Look Into
Can AI Really Help Solve the Problem of Overclassification?
Will Saletan: Dilbert, Free Speech, and Racism
Can AI Really Help Solve the Problem of Overclassification?
Will the WGA Strike? Can It Afford Not To?
It's Why They Play the Game (with Robert Gibbs)
Some MAGA Republicans Break with Fox Over Ukraine
Tim Miller: Here's Why You Need to Shut Up
Hollywood’s Digital Salt Mines
It's All Puppy Dogs and Rainbows
The North Koreans Do a More Nuanced Show
Yet Another Election Denier Needs To Be Held to Account
Democrats and Republicans Are Both Deluded About the Nation’s Fiscal Outlook
Some MAGA Republicans Break with Fox Over Ukraine
Fox News Is an Engine that Runs on Contempt
Podcast: Talking Shop: The House GOP [2/23/23]
California’s Billion-Dollar Weed Boondoggle
Trump’s Real Record on Rail and Chemical Safety
Brian Rosenwald: Fox Is Afraid of Its Audience
Want Meaningful Gun Regulations? First Rein in the Supreme Court.
Lying Liars and the Lyonne Who Catches Them
Heeding the Warning from the Future
California’s Billion-Dollar Weed Boondoggle
Year One of the Ukraine War: The Big Lessons and Questions
Irreconcilable Differences (VIDEO)
Bill Lueders: Wisconsin's High Stakes Supreme Court Race
MTG's Committee for the National Divorce
A Stark Judicial Choice in Wisconsin
A Catalogue of the GOP's Paranoid Preoccupations
Year One of the Ukraine War: The Big Lessons and Questions
The Michigan GOP Doubles Down on Losing
The Defining Moment of Biden's Presidency?
Secession Fan Fiction Gaining Popularity on the Right
Will Sommer: The Power of QAnon
Joe Biden: Still Doing Better Than You Think
Against Rewriting Roald Dahl's Books
This Isn’t Your (Founding) Fathers’ Originalism
The Michigan State GOP Doubles Down on Losing
Moldova Is Putin’s Next Target
Biden Went to Kyiv; DeSantis Went to Fox & Friends
President’s Day Is a Weird Holiday. It Has Been Since the Beginning.
From the Archive: President’s Day Is a Weird Holiday. It Has Been Since the Beginning.
David Thomson on the Magic of Acting
You Should Get Off Twitter Because of What Elon Musk Is Doing to Ukraine
DeSanctimonious Deep Dive (with Tara Palmeri)
Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Subpoena Battles
Fox Is Who We Thought They Were
David Frum: The GOP’s Obnoxiousness Problem
Why the Horror Boom Might Become the Horror Glut
Nikki and the General: Perfect Together
Peeling Fox's Onion of Hypocrisy
Is Everyone Underestimating Nikki Haley?
The Women Fighting Back Against Putin’s Attack on Ukrainian Culture
Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Subpoena Battles
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Review
Podcast: They're All Running [2/16/23]
‘The Sun and Sky Were Darkened’: The Politics of the Train Derailment
Republicans Turn a Blind Eye to Elon Musk’s Twitter Manipulation
Ben Wittes: Jack Smith at Ramming Speed
The South Carolina Republicans vs. the Florida Republicans
Applebaum: One Year Into the War
Lashing Out, Rod Dreher (Again) Reveals His Ignorance of Hungary
Keep the New Russian Offensive in Perspective
‘The Sun and Sky Were Darkened’: The Politics of the Train Derailment
Beijing-Controlled Hong Kong Tries, Lamely, to Buff Up Its Image
It's Just A Sweet Sweet Fantasy Haley
It's Just A Sweet Sweet Fantasy Haley
Chris Miller, the MAGA SecDef, Explains His Anger
Michael Kranish: The Trump/Kushner/Saudi Vortex
Never Trump? Never DeSantis? Never Republican?
The Wisconsin GOP's High Court Crackup
Chris Miller, the MAGA SecDef, Explains His Anger
Why Russian Energy Giant Gazprom Is Mustering a Private Army
Microsoft Is Getting Ready to Eat Google’s Lunch
Nikki Haley Pretends It's 2015. Mike Pence Is Confusing.
Republicans Want to Run for President Without Having to Confront Trump
Damon Linker: How Not to Fight Wokeness
Ron DeSantis Comes for the Free Press
Was 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' Mesmerizing?
Nikki Haley Is the Perfect Republican Presidential Candidate (for 2015)
What the Super Bowl Taught Us About Families
Hope for Ukraine, Hope for the West, Hope for Democracy
Microsoft Is Getting Ready to Eat Google’s Lunch
One More Sign That Special Counsel Jack Smith Is Dead Serious
Will Saletan: The Weekend of the UFOs
Is DeSantis Scott Walker or George W. Bush?
High Level Corruption. In Plain Sight.
One More Sign That Special Counsel Jack Smith Is Dead Serious
The Eerie Familiarity of California's Boom-Bust Cycle
Super Bowl Ads Are Increasingly Aimed at Women. Here’s Why.
Theater: You Can Get Rich, But Making a Living Is Hard
The Week That AI Went to Scale
Biden's B12 Shot? (with Peter Baker)
Tim Miller: It Was Dumber than You Might Have Imagined
Banks Loaned Elon Musk $13 Billion So He Could Boost His Twitter Engagement
57 Streamers and Everything On
A January 6 Exclamation Point (!)
State of Biden Is . . . Strong? But Kamala Harris, Not So Much
This Is How Patrick Mahomes Works His Magic
Love and Libertinism: The Endless Fascination of ‘Dangerous Liaisons’
Podcast: He's Running [2/9/23]
When a Balloon Hits Your Sky and It’s There Just to Spy...
The Balloon Blindness of Team Trump
Republicans Flop in First Hunter Biden Hearing
The DeSantis Soft Bois Can Dish It, But Can’t Take It
Why ‘Russiagate’ Skeptics Are Cackling—But Shouldn’t Be
House Republicans Should Heed the Warning of Justice Scalia
The Balloon Blindness of Team Trump
State of the Sausage Maker (VIDEO)
A.B. Stoddard: Dark Brandon Rising
The State of the Union Was a Preview of 2024 for Both Biden and Republicans
No, Elon, the U.S. Didn’t Scuttle a Ukraine Peace Deal
Police Should Chill the F**k Out.
How is George Santos like O.J.?
The State of the Union is the House GOP’s debut media bonanza
Mark Hertling: What My Oath Means
What the Fork Do You People WANT?!?
Will Netflix's Effort to Cut Off Password-Sharing Backfire?
Why Was George Santos Wearing That AR-15 Pin?
Police Should Chill the F**k Out
Much More Than Student Loans at Stake in Lawsuit
Wisconsin Supreme Court Race a Test for Democracy
Mike Lee’s Reckless, Feckless Deadline
Will Saletan: Popping the Red Balloon
A Turning Point for Trump’s 2024 Prospects?
Mike Lee’s Reckless, Feckless Deadline for Japan
Biden Could Campaign on Insulin Price Caps. Could Harris?
Four Problems with Jim Jordan’s New Charm Offensive
Shawn Ryan on Past WGA Negotiations and the Evolving Business
Kevin McCarthy’s Double Standard in Sidelining Adam Schiff
Tim Miller: Never Should Mean Never
The Memphis Police Affirmative-Action Distraction
Can a Movie Truly Be 'Anti-War'?
The Dithering of the “Maybe Trump” Republicans
What if DeSantis Can't Hack It?
Catching Up on the Best Picture Nominees
Kevin McCarthy’s Double Standard in Sidelining Adam Schiff
Strong Signals of Support for Liberal Democracy Abroad from Newly Elected Czech President
Podcast: What Happened in Memphis [2/2/23]
Gaming Out Whitmer vs. Trump and DeSantis.
The House COVID subcommittee has anti-vaxxers and some of the insurance industry's top allies
Elie Honig: Is Trump Untouchable?
There Is No Single Explanation for Police Brutality
[2/2/23] What Happened in Memphis
Can This Black, Latina, Progressive, Pro-Police DA Turn San Francisco Around?
How Rod Dreher Caused an International Scandal in Eastern Europe
Trump’s Escalation in the ‘Gender War’
Gaming Out Whitmer vs. Trump and DeSantis
Getting Serious About Police Reform
Charlie Savage: The Real Witch Hunt?
Trump Is Losing the Grifter Class to DeSantis
A Short Guide to MAGA "Conservatism"
Sleepwalking Toward Catastrophe? (with Whit Ayres)
Getting Serious About Police Reform
The Iranian Struggle for Freedom: A Call for Global Solidarity
Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse: History Is Under Assault
Trump is still a threat to Republican chances if he isn’t the nominee
If Trump Goes Third Party, Republicans Are Screwed
'All Quiet on the Western Front' Hints that War Is Bad
Bulwark Poll: 28 Percent of 'Always Trumpers' Would Go 3rd Party
How Bill Barr and John Durham Blazed a Trail for Jim Jordan
Exclusive Bulwark Poll: Most Republicans Want to Move on from Trump
Illinois Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce the State’s New Gun Law.
Will Saletan: Policing the Police
If You Just Do What The Police Tell You . . .
Illinois Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce the State’s New Gun Law
Dark and Nasty Republicans Propose Drag Brunch (and Maybe Gay Pride) Bans in Several States
Producer Dean Devlin Goes (Back) to Space
Charles McGonigal and the Deep State
Tim Miller: Deep Inside Tucker Carlson's Navel
Does NATO Want Ukraine to Win the War?
Republican Lawmakers Might Not Be Able to Handle the Truth, But Kids Can
Biden Critics Lie Themselves into Knots Defending Pence
Podcast: Tanks for Ukraine [1/26/23]
Is Attacking ‘Wokeness’ Ron DeSantis’s Superpower?
Matt Schlapp allegedly groped a young man—hurting his already dwindling influence
Michael Weiss: A Watershed Moment for Ukraine
How Marjorie Taylor Greene Became Kevin McCarthy’s Best Friend
The Democrats’ Senate Map of Doom
Is Attacking ‘Wokeness’ Ron DeSantis’s Superpower—Or His Kryptonite?
Could the ‘Dignity Index’ Help Make Our Politics More Civil?
Make the Abrams the Free World’s Tank
Jonathan Alter: How the Documents Hurt Biden
Springtime for Nazis... On Twitter
We Gave States Too Much COVID Relief
Make the Abrams the Free World's Tank
Lying to Parents About Trans Kids Hurts Kids
As Germany Delays, Ukrainians Die
Is it Really a Mystery Why the Young Dislike Today's Right?
The GOP Establishment Is Clinging to the Base Harder Than Ever
Musk Twitter: Garbage In, Garbage Out
'Pale Blue Eye': Worth a Laundry-Folding Watch?
Why is the Right Losing the Young?
Former Ohio GOP Leaders on Trial in Epic Bribery Case
Biden’s “No ‘There’ There” Defense Is Hogwash
As Germany Delays, Ukrainians Die
How the Freedom Caucus Hopes to Defund the Police
Will Saletan: It's In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
Leveraged Democracy: The Real Makers vs. Takers
How the Freedom Caucus Hopes to Defund the Police
What the ‘Weaponization’ Committee Is Really After
Whatever Happened to the ‘Zeitenwende’?
Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Just a Band-Aid
Bonus: No B.S—Live From LA (pt 1)
PaleyFest's Secret Weapon: Love
What the Weird Clash Over Gas Stoves Tells Us About Conservatives and Risk
Catherine Rampell: Psychotic Feral Cats with Machetes
Alec Baldwin v. Alec Baldwin: an Actor Failed by His Producer
How Bad Is Biden’s Classified Docs Scandal?
'The Menu' Serves Up a Nasty, Funny Meal
The Marjorie Taylor Greene Majority
The World Through a Copyeditor’s Eyes
At Soledar, the Battle of the Damned
What the Weird Clash Over Gas Stoves Tells Us About Conservatives and Risk
Coming Soon: A National Charging Network for Electric Vehicles
Investigators Will Likely Want to Talk to House Republicans Who Might Have Known About George Santos
A Better Way to Fight Abortion
Michael Schmidt: "I Didn't Know They Made People Like That"
Is This The Santos Tipping Point?
Americans Deserve a House of Representatives That Better Represents Them
Why Johnny Might Finally Learn to Read
Coming Soon: A National Charging Network for Electric Vehicles
The Fed and the House Are Both Bringing on a Recession
Bill Kristol: Glimmers of Hope
Gas Stove: A Knives Out Controversy (with Sonny Bunch)
Gas Stove: A Knives Out Controversy (with Sonny Bunch)
MLK Deserved Better. He's Not Alone. (Corrected version.)
MLK Deserved Better. He's Not Alone
Can the Fourth Amendment Survive Digital Surveillance?
The Fed and the House Are Both Bringing on a Recession
The McCarthy-Jordan Plan to Weaponize the House
Is Garland Dragging His Feet on Charging Trump?
The Republican infatuation with Italy’s new right wing
David French: Our Religious Freedoms Are Not Hanging by a Thread
DeSantis Is Buying Conservatism Inc. Out From Under Trump
Is 'M3GAN' a Killer Good Time?
There's Nothing "Conservative" About Reneging On the Debt
The McCarthy-Jordan Plan to Weaponize the House
Jim Jordan Overreaches in Attacking DOJ Over the Biden Classified Docs
To Honor MLK, Focus on His Actual Work
Will Saletan: Performative Garbage
Welcome to Seattle! A Bulwark+ Community Thread for Anyone Coming to Our January 21st Show.
Welcome to LA! A Bulwark+ Community Thread for Anyone Coming to Our January 19th Show
What Even Are the Suburbs Nowadays, Anyway?
Ron DeSantis, Chris Rufo, and the College Anti-Woke Makeover
Scientifically Measuring Movie Love
ChatGPT and Open AI: We Are *Totally* Forked
Michael Steele: Slapping Matt Schlapp
In Praise of the Dumb, Blunt Movie Name
Kellyanne Conway and Trump Derangement Syndrome
Suppressing the Black Vote. And Bragging About It.
The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy (with Michael Mandelbaum)
The Economic Secret Hidden in a Tiny, Discontinued Pasta
How American Jews Helped Shape the American Idea
Podcast: The First Week of the Rest of Our Lives [1/12/23]
Will the House GOP Really Walk the Plank for the Fair Tax?
Adam Kinzinger: Detoxing from Congress
Inflation: It's Getting Better, Actually
It’s Almost As If Republicans Are in Disarray
The High Cost of Kevin McCarthy’s Win
The First Week of the Rest of Our Lives [1/12/23]
Will the House GOP Really Walk the Plank for the Fair Tax?
Don’t Call the Brazil Insurrection ‘Anti-Democratic’
Jim Jordan, Church Committee Pretender
Why the January 6th Mob Wasn’t Stopped in Time
Aaron Blake: Kevin McCarthy Is Keeping a Secret
The Biden Administration Is the Real #TeamNormal
James Carville and Bill Kristol Walk Into a Bar...
The Space Laser Lady's Rehabilitation
The Space Laser Lady's Rehabilitation
Why the January 6th Mob Wasn’t Stopped in Time
Perils to Free Speech from Woke and Anti-Woke
What the Cori Bush-Byron Donalds Clash Tells Us About Black American Politics
The Devastating Portrait of Postpartum Depression in ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’
The Normalization of Marjorie Taylor Greene
Bulwark Founders & Navigators Town Hall
Here Is What’s Next for George Santos Now That He’s Officially in Congress
Olivia Nuzzi: Has Trump Become Norma Desmond?
Cancel Culture and the Liberal Media
'Babylon': Big, Messy, and Kinda Fun
Steve Bannon: International Seditionist
The Normalization of Marjorie Taylor Greene
McCarthy's PAC Concession Could Elect Far-Right Candidates in 2024
Will Saletan: Expect More Hostage-Taking in the House
Ross Douthat and the Match Throwing Club
That McCarthy PAC Concession? It Could Elect Far-Right Candidates in 2024.
How Biden's COVID Relief Helped Ron DeSantis
What Bradley Fighting Vehicles Will Mean for Ukraine
A.B. Stoddard: A Desperate Man
Should Studios Pull the Plug on Prestige?
The McCarthy Speakership Fight Is Only a Preview
McCarthy Sells His Soul for Nothing
What Bradley Fighting Vehicles Will Mean for Ukraine
Rupi Kaur, Social Media’s Poet Laureate, Switches to Self-Help
Podcast: Welcome to the Chaos Capital [1/5/2023 ]
Nick Confessore: The Theater of Elise Stefanik
Here's What the House Republicans Want
Trump Extends His Losing Streak
Pennsylvania’s New Dem Gov. Picks Republican to Oversee State Elections
Phantom Candidates and Ghost Newspapers
Bad Things For Bad People (VIDEO)
Kevin McCarthy — Squatter in the Speaker's Office
Kevin McCarthy — Squatter in the Speaker's Office
House Is Paralyzed Without a Speaker—Creating National Security Risks and a Shadow Shutdown
John Avlon: The Bomb Throwers Just Don't Care
Decision Points: The Bull Case for McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy’s Hat Trick of Humiliation
Kevin McCarthy: The Chaos Speaker
The Ukraine War in Its Second Winter—and Beyond
‘Avatar’s’ Impact on the Culture Is Undeniable
It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy
Never Trumpers Understood Kevin McCarthy’s Conference Better Than He Did
Tom Nichols: Of Course They All Hate Each Other
Never Trumpers Understood Kevin McCarthy’s Conference Better Than He Did
Moderate Democrats Are the Future of the Party
The Misleading Makeup of the New Congress