Following the Money on Sean Duffy’s Road Trip
Nearly a dozen companies that sponsored Duffy’s personal travel have significant business before his agency.
Hawaii Just Found a Way to Keep Corporations Out of Politics
A supermajority of the American people loathe Citizens United. The idea that states can use their corporate-creating powers to curtail…
We Need a Pulitzer for Substacks
Periodically, the Pulitzer jury adds new categories. It’s time to recognize that Substacks at their best are a vigorous and…
Trump Trips Up Trump
Trump’s actions produce some short-run gains for his personalist brand of politics, but as the fall election approaches, they portend…
The Billionaire Plot to Destroy a Billionaire Mascot
Still doubt the reality of MAGA’s civil war? Behold the $35 million oligarch campaign to destroy Thomas Massie.
Trump Moves to Hide Immigrant Detention Conditions as Prisoners Describe ‘Torture’
As Trump presses ahead with his conversion of warehouses into huge immigrant concentration camps, advocates and lawmakers are warning that…
Can You Support Medicare for All and Take Money From Big Pharma?
Since the 2010 cycle, Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette’s campaign committee has received a total of $555,765 from PACs associated with…
Elon Musk’s Plan to Make You Invest in SpaceX
It’s obvious what is happening here, because we’ve seen it before. Musk has to say something wild to build hype…
Meet Connecticut’s Billionaire-Backed Dark-Money Democrat
Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin secured the Democratic endorsement for Connecticut’s 1st District in a historic upset to incumbent Rep.…
A Retrospective on Bidenomics
Structural, supply-side reforms are particularly invisible to the layman and must be heavily promoted and advertised.