Quinta Jurecic
She previously worked as Lawfare’s managing editor and as an editorial writer for The Washington Post. She is a co-host of The Lawfare Podcast’s “Arbiters of Truth” series on misinformation and disinformation, social-media platforms, and the online information ecosystem. Her writing focuses on politics, democracy, the rule of law, and the internet.
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Ed Jones/ AFP / Getty This Is Actually Quite Bad
The Manhattan district attorney’s charges underscore how profoundly unsuited Trump is for the office he is now again seeking.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Brandon Bell / … An Astonishing, Frightening First for the Country
The situation might be merely crass if not for the shadow of violence hanging over it.
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Drew Angerer / Getty A Case That Even This Supreme Court Seems Torn Over
A better version of the independent state legislature theory is proving difficult to figure out.
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The Atlantic The Supreme Court Case That’s All About Donald Trump
Even if it’s not explicitly about him at all.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Trump’s Terrifically Stupid Return to Twitter
Two wealthy and self-involved men are seeking the attention they crave.
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Olivier Douliery / AFP / Getty The January 6 Hearings Changed My Mind
House investigators have come far closer than I anticipated to pinning both moral and legal responsibility for the insurrection directly on Donald Trump himself.
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James Devaney / GC Images / Getty; The … The Classified-Files Scandal Is the Most Trumpy Scandal of All
And that’s exactly why it’s so dangerous.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty The January 6 Committee Is Going to Have the Final Word
By establishing an official record of the insurrection, the members are creating clarity in a political moment fogged with lies.
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Stephen Voss / Redux The January 6 Committee Is Not Messing Around
Its first two sessions have already made a powerful case for why this investigation matters.
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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.
