The GOP nominee may have picked the one American his second-biggest donor prefers over him. 0:00 /0:26 1× The pick of JD Vance, who underperformed Ohio’s last Republican Senator by 15% and the entire Ohio GOP ticket by 11%, has made clear that Donald Trump isn’t
If politicians don’t think they will get credit for reducing administrative burdens, they just won’t do it. What do 11 down-on-their-luck factories being retrofitted to build EVs have in common with overdue raises for four million salaried workers or a billion dollars clawed back from millionaire tax cheats?
Messaging mastermind Anat Shenker-Osorio makes the case for the left uniting to go on offense. The world is waking up to some very good news this Monday morning. France's far-right has been denied control of the national legislature "one of the greatest political upsets in recent French
Trump said one interesting thing at the last debate. And the media ignored it. With the press primarily dedicated to flaming concerns or concern trolling about the age of the president of the United States, there has yet to be a discussion about the one interesting Donald Trump said at
The antidote to Project 2025 is happening now and will die if Trump seizes power. So let’s make some noise. Almost every day, I see headlines like this: And quite often, I see charts like this: And this: And a little less rarely, you see a headline like this:
And the corporate right seems to want that, too. It’s not just about “collusion.” It’s about an almost complete alignment in opposing truth, justice, and the American way. Towards the end of the latest episode of Ball of Thread (which you can subscribe to on Patreon, Apple, Spotify
Marcy Wheeler’s singular reporting reveals how MAGA has gotten away with framing the president’s son. Hunter Biden is a screwup. So are you. Who isn’t? Ok. You’re probably less of a screwup than Hunter Biden. He had a pretty bad addiction and a tough childhood followed
When the coup hit the Supreme Court, the Republican Justices joined in. Samuel Alito's undeniable terribleness is finally getting a smidge of the attention it deserves. But there is something far worse than his words, his disdain, and his wife’s freak flags. That would be his actual
Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio explains that victory in November depends on convincing low-information voters that the MAGA threat is real. Donald Trump’s greatest advantage is that he is treated like a clown. This is true even after he has been found culpable of not just falsifying business records to
The power of repetition and the price of normalizing betrayal. It’s been more than a week since Donald Trump echoed his 2016 public request for Vladimir Putin’s help in winning a presidential election, and the press remains determined to ignore it. The convicted felon, presumptive GOP nominee, and
Give us an hour, and you’ll understand why Trump's narcissism gave him no choice but to join Putin’s attack against our democracy. After a life of fraud that began at age eight, Donald Trump has finally suffered a criminal consequence. Whether that consequence leads to an
Donating directly to candidates is almost always better than giving to PACs. One of the most alarming things right now is the general lack of alarm about this November’s elections. Expect that to change. And it could change in a flash. It could be the verdict in Trump’s