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Damon Winter / The New York Times / … Accountability Arrives for Donald Trump
A man of borderless corruption must prepare to face the consequences.
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Daniel Zender / The Atlantic; Getty Vengeance Is Trump’s
The former president is threatening retribution. What we need, instead, is forbearance.
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty; The Atlantic Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Civil War
The congresswoman is too influential within the GOP—and too representative of its views—for her calls for secession to be dismissed.
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Mark Peterson / Redux The Institutional Arsonist Turns on His Own Party
Donald Trump threatens to use his core skills—peddling conspiracy theories, spreading lies, sowing distrust—against the GOP.
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Stanislav Beloglazov / Getty; Tasos Katopodis / Getty; … The GOP Is a Battering Ram Against Truth
For Trump, the violence on January 6 was a bonus.
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Getty The Trump Abandonment Has Begun
The former president’s newest critics ought to show some contrition.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic My Friend, Mike Gerson
A beautiful writer with an even more beautiful soul
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Ronda Churchill / AFP / Getty More MAGA Than Ever
It’s hard to overstate how radicalized and anarchic the base of the Republican Party remains.
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Mark Peterson / Redux The Desecrations of Michael Flynn
The former national security adviser is fusing deranged political ideas with a mangled version of the Christian faith.
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Meg Kinnard / AP; The Atlantic The Perfect Candidate for a Fallen Party
Herschel Walker illustrates where Trump has taken the GOP.
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Mark Makela / Getty There’s No Escaping the Truth About Trump
The former president has imprinted his moral pathologies and will-to-power ethic on the Republican Party.
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Getty; The Atlantic Don’t Succumb to MAGA Fatalism
Three strategies to cope with Trump-induced gloom.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Now They’re Calling for Violence
Trump loyalists have reacted to the search of the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago residence with unhinged fury.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Drew Angerer / … Trump Supporters Think They’re in a Fight to the Death
Fear, hate, and grievances animate the new Republican Party.
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Brandon Bell / Getty Why They Still Support Trump
What began as a reluctant willingness to defend the former president soon became an ingrained habit.
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Eric Lee / Bloomberg / Getty A Withering Indictment of the Entire GOP
Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony was damning. If anyone was surprised, they shouldn’t have been.
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The Atlantic; Murat Taner / Getty The Moral Desolation of the GOP
The sheer scale of Donald Trump’s depravity is unmatched in the history of the American presidency, and the Republican Party made it possible.
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Matt York / AP No Atheist Has Done This Much Damage to the Christian Faith
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention reportedly chose to protect their denomination by hiding abuse—and then attempted to destroy the victims.
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Tom Brenner / Getty There’s a Better Way to Debate Abortion
Caution and epistemic humility can guide our approach.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty A Christian Response to Suffering
What Christianity has to offer in response to shattering events isn’t a philosophical or formulaic answer, but a wounded savior.
