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Israel Moderates Are Losing the Democratic Party Their position has become untenable. But liberal Zionists can adapt.

4 days ago 11 3 11 3

The Banality of MAGA-fication A new book by an unremarkable Republican accidentally illuminates the devolution of the party.

1 week ago 8 0 0 1

Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed She did what Donald Trump wanted her to do. That turned out to be part of the problem.

2 weeks ago 19 3 3 1

Trump Can’t Scare Iran and Reassure Oil Markets at the Same Time But he’s trying.

2 weeks ago 14 3 0 0

The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked If the Iran war goes badly, the isolationist, anti-Israel wing of the party is likely to steer the GOP’s future.

3 weeks ago 9 2 1 0

The Logic of Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter If Trump can never be wrong, then he can only be wronged.

1 month ago 30 11 2 2

Pete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing If you want to believe the Iran war is going as planned, don’t listen to the defense secretary.

1 month ago 23 5 4 4

How Kristi Noem Lost Her Job She probably should have seen Trump’s decision to find a new homeland-security secretary coming.

1 month ago 9 2 1 1

A Very Stable War J. D. Vance says this Middle East entanglement can’t be dumb—because Trump is smart.

1 month ago 7 2 1 1

Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.

2 months ago 12 3 1 0

Please, Not Another Kennedy Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?

2 months ago 17 3 4 0

All My Ex–Democratic Saviors Live in Texas Once again, the party’s statewide candidates seem to have grander ambitions than victory.

2 months ago 9 2 1 1

Trump’s Crypto Defenses Aren’t Reassuring An Abu Dhabi royal seems to have gotten what he paid for, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

2 months ago 7 3 1 0

Katie Miller Thinks Classical Liberalism Is Woke Does she oppose Enlightenment virtues, as her X posts suggest? Or is she just confused?

2 months ago 15 3 6 0

Trump Blinks The president’s retreat in Minneapolis is a stinging defeat for the national conservatives.

2 months ago 12 4 6 1

What MAGA Really Thinks of the Second Amendment Now Americans know.

2 months ago 20 8 5 1

Why Conservatives Defend ICE Republicans deplore the mayhem in Minnesota—but blame protesters and Democrats for it.

2 months ago 14 4 6 1

Gavin Newsom’s Record Is a Problem The California governor’s pivot to the center may be too late for 2028.

2 months ago 7 1 5 1

What Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrong About Democrats Moderates sometimes disagree with progressives even when billionaires don’t tell them to.

3 months ago 13 3 14 1

Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up The raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home is deeply troubling.

3 months ago 40 15 6 2

Look, Cooper could argue "Chait agrees Trump is a dangerous authoritarian and criminal, but he disagrees with a couple legal cases against Trump." That would be a fact-based argument.

But Cooper isn't about fact-based arguments. Misleading people is his whole added value.

3 months ago 7 0 24 2

Some people may share @ryanlcooper.com's political goals, but you should realize he is compulsively dishonest.

3 months ago 6 0 26 4

On the Cover of New York Magazine: The Case for Consequences The cover illustration is by Jane Rosenberg, a New York based courtroom artist.

Here is that cover story nymag.com/press/2020/0...

3 months ago 8 1 3 0

In fact, I have frequently described Trump as a career criminal and defended multiple prosecutions of him, including in a 2020 cover story that was among the first to make this case bsky.app/profile/ryan...

3 months ago 7 0 9 3

I've written hundreds and hundreds of columns, dating back to March 2016, calling Trump a dangerous authoritarian. I don't know how to describe @ryanlcooper.com except as a straight liar.

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