In 1867, President James Buchanan said that the Senate was the “world’s greatest deliberative body” because of its reputation for intelligent and impassioned debate. Alas, that is no longer the case.
Steve Schmidt
The American soldier, sailor, airman, Coast Guard woman, and Marine are celebrated on Veteran’s Day. On this same day, Donald Trump desecrated their oath by insisting that if he is reelected he will force direct violations of that oath.
Fascism did not thrive in the 1930s because it was strong. It thrived because the democracies were weak. We must understand that in this moment of grave danger.
Everyone should know who Avner Less was. Everyone should know who Adolf Eichmann and Reinhard Heydrich were. When their crimes were discovered the world promised it would never forget, but it has.
No person who loves their country and takes its security seriously could ever even remotely consider voting for Jim Jordan, a preposterous figure whose rise portends a national catastrophe every bit as much as Trump’s did.
America’s authoritarian movement, centered on the support of Trump, has rooted itself within the Republican Party, and the party has sided with the authoritarian dictator of Russia against NATO, the EU, and Ukraine.
Kevin McCarthy is out of his depth and treading water, badly, while suffering under the delusion that he is somehow "the adult in the room."
The crude assertion that American slaves learned skills, trades and gained benefits from their bondage is a typical non sequitur from an extremist movement that seeks to evade any moral teaching and history’s judgements.
The Freedom Caucus is a gang, and it is much more dangerous than the Bloods, Crips and MS-13. Like them, it fetishizes violence, but unlike them, it can actually topple the society.
Next year if we, the voters, choose the people who do not believe in elections, as the mechanism by which political power is granted, then we will have had our last election.
The Republican Party's presidential debate for the 2024 election was a complete joke, but none of it was even remotely amusing.
Donald Trump isn't coming to the debate, though the debate will still be about him. It will give his opponents an opportunity to show their mettle, to show their character, who is and who is not terrified of the coming mean tweets.
It is important to understand the desecration and chaos Trump and his mob have wrought with their attack against America. They have normalized conspiracy. They have made the truth and lie equal in a public square.
Mitch McConnell will be remembered by history as a coward. He was a small man in a moment when America needed a giant. He didn’t measure up.
The American people have gotten to know Ron DeSantis, and they don't like him at all—for good reason. His campaign is collapsing. And it will long be remembered as a national joke.
Each GOP candidate running is weak, dishonest and collaborated with extremists. Each person was tested. Each failed that test. Such is the rancid state of America’s Republican Party.