The Insurrectionists Next Door
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.
Politics
How the Election-Denial Mindset Works
The trouble brewing over new voting rules in Georgia reveals the potential for a paralyzing crisis in American democracy.
A Horrifying New Attempt on Trump’s Life
A man was arrested in Florida this afternoon following what the FBI describes as an apparent attempted assassination.
Trump’s Lie Is Another Test for Christian America
If we’re willing to see children terrorized because of a false rumor about Haitian immigrants, we should ask who abducted our conscience, not someone’s pet.
‘I’m Not Sure Progressives Want Democrats to Be That Big-Tent’
Dick Cheney’s support comes with a trade-off for the Harris campaign.
Trump’s New Big Lie
The goal is not to earnestly correct the record on crime but to spread an atmosphere of fear and paranoia.
Trump Has Not Been ‘Sane-Washed’
The news media doesn’t routinely protect his image, and it never has.
‘That’s Something That You Won’t Recover From as a Doctor’
In Idaho and other states, draconian laws are forcing physicians to ignore their training and put patients’ lives at risk.
The Supreme Court’s Effort to Save Trump Is Already Working
The conservative justices created so many avenues for challenge and confusion that the Court functionally collaborated in Trump’s strategy of delay.
What I Saw on the January 6 Committee
The attack on the Capitol was never a single, isolated event, but the outburst of a movement that is still fighting.