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Jeff Kowalsky / AFP / Getty The Great Rage
Vicious political disagreement is seeping into every corner of life.
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Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty Why the January 6 Investigation Is Weirdly Static
The House committee can still succeed, but success won't look like what a lot of onlookers are hoping for.
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Illustration by The Atlantic* The Bobblehead Dilemma
Liberals’ love for America’s bureaucrats stands in tension with the country’s deep need for institutional reforms.
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James Devaney / GC / Getty The First Glimmer of Accountability
The indictment of the Trump Organization and its CFO isn’t much—but it’s a start.
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The Atlantic There’s No Good Way to Protect the Presidency Anymore
The Department of Justice is banking on a future full of upstanding presidents who are committed to rule of law. But we may not be so lucky.
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Alex Edelman / EPA / Bloomberg / Getty … The Ringmaster Is Gone
But the circus remains.
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Science History Images / Alamy / Paul Spella … The Evolution of Trump’s Threat to America
From Russiagate to the insurrection at the Capitol, Trump’s crises followed a clear trajectory.
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Getty / The Atlantic Don’t Move On Just Yet
Could a truth and reconciliation commission help the country heal?
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Anna Moneymaker / The New York Times / … Nihilism Is Destroying Our Democracy
Enthusiastic enablers of Trump have unmoored themselves from the values that make possible a government by and for the people.
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Universal Images Group / Getty / The Atlantic There Aren’t Serious-Enough Consequences for Those Trying to Break American Democracy
What the president and his lawyers have been attempting to do deserves punishment that will likely never come.
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Bettmann / Drew Angerer / Getty / The … The Reckless Race to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Justifies Court Packing
We used to reject court packing as a dangerous game. Now we believe it may be the best way to restore the Court’s legitimacy.
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Drew Angerer / Getty / The Atlantic The Tedium of Trump
No matter how many crazy things happen, the fundamentals are the same: The president is a greedy racist and misogynist who does not understand his job.
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Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg / Getty Trump Is Terrified of Losing
His electoral prospects are slim—and he knows it.
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MANDEL NGAN / AFP /Getty The Revenge of the Never Trumpers
Conservatives who have repudiated the president are an essential part of the coalition that could elect Biden—and reshape American politics for years to come.
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Rian Dundon / Economic Hardship Reporting Project Nothing Can Justify the Attack on Portland
The question of whether these arrests are appropriate has a clear answer—at least in a nation that purports to live under the rule of law.
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Getty / The Atlantic How to Corrupt the Justice Department
Donald Trump has left his successors a playbook.
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Bettmann / Getty / The Atlantic Mazars Is a Victory for Rule of Law
As to Trump’s claim to what his legal team once characterized as “temporary absolute presidential immunity,” the Supreme Court’s answer was simple: No.
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Getty Trump Is Campaigning on a Platform of Abject Failure
The president’s argument for his reelection is not the kind of argument you make if you’ve done a good job.
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Getty / The Atlantic Trump Is Boring Now, and He Can’t Do Anything About It
Season 4 of the Trump show just doesn’t have the zest and sparkle of the previous seasons.
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Getty / The Atlantic Trump Is Exploiting D.C.’s Lack of Statehood
The president’s crackdown in the capital exposes its vulnerability to authoritarianism.
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