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Ten Years a Trumpwatcher

Tucker Carlson’s One-Way Street

My Hero

The Senator, the Stagecraft, and the Snap of the Cuffs

The Confederate Name Game: Trump’s Petty War on History

From Birmingham to L.A.: What the Optics of Protest Still Reveal

Trump has a gift for identifying America’s problems

Reagan's D-Day Speech, Naloxone Awareness, and The Great Divorce

The Musk-Trump Bromance Just Hit a Wall

Trump’s Tariff Fumble and the TACO Taunt: A Checks-and-Balances Reprieve, or a Recipe for Chaos?

'Dems in Disarray' or Just Down For Now? The Cyclical Drama of American Politics

Chuck Todd on Trump, Crypto, and the Rot at the Core

The Real Scandal: How Everyone Ignored What Was Right in Front of Them

Nobody Likes a 'Moderate' — Until the House Is Burning

Adam Kinzinger on The GOP’s Legislative Chaos, the Babbitt Settlement, and What He Sees Coming

The Insurrectionists Got Paid

Authoritarians, Phonies, and Sellouts: Another Week in American Politics

Rubio’s MAGA Makeover: From MarcoPhones to Butterworth’s Barfly

What Fresh Hell Is This?

Trump's War on Christmas Starts in May — With a Tariff Twist

Three Political Pipe Dreams and One Real Meltdown

The Nazi Mind: 12 Chilling Warnings History Whispers to 2025

Tom Nichols on Trump’s White House Shakeup and the Decline of Expertise

When the Constitution Becomes Optional

100 CRAZY Days!

Inside the Right-Wing Meltdown That’s Reshaping America

The Cringe Campaign: Why Democrats Can't Manufacture Cool

'Baby Bonuses' and Tax Hikes: The GOP’s Identity Crisis in Real Time

Trump Wants to Deport 'Homegrowns.' Fox News Forgot to Mention It.

Megan McArdle on Trump, Tariffs, Ukraine, and the Funeral March of Trust

The Flip-Flop Chronicles: Trump Backs Down (But Will NEVER Admit It)

David French on Faith, Trump, and the State of America

If President AOC Governed Like Trump — But in Reverse

No Scalps, No Shame, No Problem

Congress: Where the Real Insider Trading Happens

Trump, the Media, and a Leadership Vacuum: A No-Holds-Barred Conversation with a Veteran Journalist

My Conversation with Joe Walsh!

Chuck Todd on Why Trump May Never Recover

Michael Steele on Trump’s Tariff Retreat and the GOP’s Identity Crisis

Trump Hits Pause on Tariffs, Leaves His Cheerleaders Hanging

Trump’s Tariff Timeout Is Industrial Policy as Performance Art

Tariffs, Taxes, and Texas: My Live 'DMZ' conversation with Bill Scher

Tariff Tantrum: Trump’s Trade War, Round Two

Trump's Tariff Trap: He Built It, Now He’s Stuck in It

How Dems Might Not Blow It

Elon’s $25M Faceplant, Trump’s Tariff Tantrum, and the Coming 2026 GOP Meltdown

Krystal Ball: Trump’s Tariffs, Fetterman’s Flip, and the Limits of Abundance Theory

The Cruelty Is the Point — And the Policy

Elon Musk Unveiled: Childhood Trauma, Genius, and Controversy

Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: Cruelty, Chaos, and a Party Adrift

'Signal' Scandal & The Latino Vote: A Deep Dive with Mike Madrid

Bernie, AOC, and the Populist Revival: Can Dems Rekindle the Fire?

Mike Murphy on Trump’s Second Term: A Blind Chimp with a Chainsaw

David Frum on 'Stagflation' and Global Distrust

Trump’s Chaos, Tariffs, and Tom Nichols’ 8-Out-of-10 Level Freakout

Schumer’s No-Fight Club, Trump Voter Regrets, and the Road to 2026

Is Trump Already Circling the Drain? — Simon Rosenberg Interview

Needed This St. Patrick's Day: Ronald Reagan

Why Trump Keeps Winning (and Why Democrats Keep Letting Him)

Trump’s Empire State of Mind

Trump Turns DOJ Into His Personal Soapbox, Declares Enemies ‘Scum’ in Fiery Rant

Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?

The Shutdown Standoff: Democrats Face a Lose-Lose Choice

Reagan, Trump, and the Tesla Paradox: How the GOP Went from Gas-Guzzling to Green Cars

Trump’s Tariff Gamble: Chaos or Master Plan?

Ukraine Can Win: Why Is America Bailing?

Trump’s Back — And I Still Don’t Get It

Dems Need a Celebrity of Their Own?

Trump’s 'America First' is 'Allies Last': The Art of Losing Influence

Are We The Baddies?

Billionaires, Blowhards, and the Death of Trust

Trump vs. McConnell: Grudges, Polio, and Payback

The DEI And Me

David French on Hegseth, Porn, and TikTok

Will House Speaker Mike Johnson Survive 2025?