The Truth About Max Burns Dec 11, 2025

What Would a Vance Presidency Look Like?

Max Burns Dec 11, 2025

For MAGA loyalists, Trump is a charismatic, even divine figure. But with the president’s questionable mental and physical health, the unpopular VP has been stealthily charting his succession plans, with a potentially more horrifying vision for the nation. Will he get in his own way?

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Dec 10, 2025

Hey Jake Tapper, Have You Noticed Trump Is Old and Unwell?

Allison Hantschel Dec 10, 2025

The CNN journalist obsessively scrutinized President Biden’s age and health, but seems unaware that our current 79-year-old president is in rapid decline. We’re here to help.

Explain This Zeb Larson Dec 2, 2025

What Is Behind Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela?

Zeb Larson Dec 2, 2025

The administration claims it’s targeting “narcotraffickers” with deadly strikes on Venezuelan boats, a justification that falls apart under Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s cocaine-trafficking ex-president. These vicious acts of aggression echo a long U.S. tradition of strong-arming Latin America.

Power Structures Brynn Tannehill Nov 18, 2025

Trump Fakes It Til He Breaks It

Brynn Tannehill Nov 18, 2025

The blustering, pro-wrestling-loving Trump administration is dedicated to the appearance of being strong and effective in the eyes of a credulous MAGA base, all while grifting from and destroying the nation right before our eyes.

Explain This Zeb Larson Nov 13, 2025

Who Is Really Running the Oval Office?

Zeb Larson Nov 13, 2025

As Trump’s mental acuity and health spirals, his closest advisers are increasingly gaining influence and power as they vie to accede his throne — following another page out of the authoritarian government playbook.

First Person Margaret McMullan Oct 30, 2025

Can Italy’s History Offer Lessons for Surviving Our Current Moment?

Margaret McMullan Oct 30, 2025

On the writer’s travels to Italy, she discovered Trump is less like Hitler and more like the buffoonish Mussolini. Only time will tell if he and his minions face a similar comeuppance.

The Truth About Max Burns Oct 28, 2025

The East Wing Isn’t Even the Half of It

Max Burns Oct 28, 2025

The extended federal shutdown is revealing itself to be the Trump administration's power grab to reshape the "American experiment" into an imperial level of unchecked and uncheckable power — if they are allowed to succeed.

Explain This Zeb Larson Oct 21, 2025

The GOP’s New, NEW Jim Crow

Zeb Larson Oct 21, 2025

One of this administration's biggest goals is enacting a 21st-century Jim Crow era. And with SCOTUS poised to further dismantle the Voting Rights Act, they may just pull it off.

Trumpism Max Burns Oct 16, 2025

Governor Pritzker Sets An Example in How to Meet This Moment

Max Burns Oct 16, 2025

The president has declared war on Chicago, sending in masked ICE agents and National Guard troops to incite violence, hoping protestors will take the bait. Under Pritzker and Mayor Johnson's leadership, Chicagoans know just what to do.

Trumpism Kate Ertmann Sep 23, 2025

What Entropy Can Predict About the Future of Authoritarianism

Kate Ertmann Sep 23, 2025

Entropy is a scientific concept that measures the probability of disorder. When applied to the history of dictatorial regimes, it can often reveal that eventually autocrats overplay their hand to their detriment — and our relief.