2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1728+ words) Donald Trump's destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation. In the earliest decades of the 20th century, the National Bureau of Standards established common definitions…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (368+ words) Or, the importance of being appalled At 1:42 a.m. on December 19, 2020, Donald Trump'disturbed, humiliated, livid'posted the following message on Twitter: "Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" "Them worthless fucking shitholes like…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (360+ words) It's getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots. A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation. And it's getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots. Read: The boat strikes are just the beginning Listen: The…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (349+ words) Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left's strategy for returning to power. This is a problem. The Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has absorbed enough oppo research to kill half a dozen healthy candidacies. Among the stream…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (957+ words) Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump's ICE crackdown? Sednew said he lives in a mostly Latino neighborhood in northwest Chicago that has been hit hard in recent weeks by raids. "This is not really abstract or political for me....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (218+ words) By passing Donald Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan. Given that President Donald Trump and the GOP, unlike the morons in The Sopranos, are not collectively under the influence of…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (195+ words) An assassination in Minnesota has given legislators a fresh awareness of their own vulnerability. News of the tragedy unfolded in the group chat: Two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses had been shot in their homes overnight by a man…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (143+ words) The United States is a fraying society, torn apart by polarization, intense disagreement, and ratcheting extremism. In September 2023, shortly after Donald Trump yet again encouraged direct political violence against his opponents, I wrote this: "As a political scientist who studies…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1908+ words) Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification. Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (938+ words) The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York's city council. In some ways, he hasn't changed a bit. The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York's city council. In some…...