Conor Friedersdorf
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Trump’s Middle East Policy Is a Fraud
He’s flailing. There’s no telling what’s next.
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Veronica Cardenas / Reuters The Question Trump Republicans Must Ask Themselves
If they think Trump betrayed the Kurds, why do they still support him?
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Mark Makela / Reuters Joe Biden Won’t Be the Last Target
Trump is abusing the power of investigation.
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Joe Raedle / Getty You Can’t Drain the Swamp and Also Defend the President
Some of Trump’s supporters are worried about corruption—but he seems mostly worried about his political opponents.
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Richard Drew / Associated Press If Hunter Biden Is Fair Game, So Are Trump’s Kids
Defenders of Trump would seem to be conceding that a President Kamala Harris could pressure foreign leaders to investigate Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka Trump for corrupt business dealings.
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Butch Dill / AP How Trump’s Defenders Will Be Remembered
The president falsely accused a sitting congressman of treason. Why do Republicans stand for this?
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Kristoffer Tripplaar Jim Mattis and the Duty of Reserve
The former defense secretary said the greatest threat to national security is domestic disunity.
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Kristoffer Tripplaar A Shared Text, but No Shared Reality
The debate about President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president
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Kristoffer Tripplaar When Being Gay Is ‘Not a Big Deal’
Richie Jackson and Andrew Sullivan disagree about how central being gay should be to one’s identity.
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Bettman Archive / Getty Images Why I Cover Campus Controversies
Should journalists care about the speech wars in the era of Donald Trump?
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Toby Melville / Reuters The Corruption of ‘Privilege’
The Guardian twisted the social-justice concept to diminish David Cameron’s grief.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters When Kamala Was a Top Cop
If elected, can the candidate be trusted to hold government officials accountable and oversee a progressive criminal-justice system? Her past says no.
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Image via U.S. District Court, Oregon The Cops Who Abused Photoshop
Police in Oregon manipulated a photo to make a suspect look more like the perpetrator.
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David Moir / Reuters The Most Powerful Member of the Ruling Class
Using “the ruling class” and “overlords” as shorthand for Trump’s critics is Orwellian nonsense.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Trump’s Hate Makes the ‘Squad’ Stronger
The president gives his opponents media attention and enhances their influence on American life.
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Alex Brandon / AP Candidates Don’t Need Airtime, They Need Attention
Imagine a Netflix-type portal for short campaign videos.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Dismantling Tucker Carlson’s White-Supremacy Argument
The Fox News host’s recent segment was among the most poorly reasoned ever.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters What Ails the Right Isn’t (Just) Racism
An authoritarian fear of difference best explains the intolerance sweeping the Republican Party.
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Saul Loeb / Reuters Trump Failed to Stop American Carnage
It’s hard to feel that the U.S. is “great again” when men born and raised here keep going on mass killing sprees.
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Mike Segar / Reuters National Service Is a Terrible Idea
John Delaney’s plan amounts to forced labor.
