fascism

The extraordinary rendition of Venezuela President Maduro is not meant to be a one-off.

(There was no plan, he just likes killing people.)

Trump's claims that the U.S. now "run[s] the country" were incoherent, inconsistent, and seemingly delusional.

At least 13 staffers are now allying with Mike Pence, which isn't something you do if you think Trumpism will be around much longer.

So Pete Hegseth is rushing to make Adm. Frank Bradley his scapegoat

There is no circumstance under which Hegseth’s order is legal, and no world where it is remotely moral.

Hegseth's order is straightforwardly illegal, and there's no 'but' that could make it otherwise.

It was a Girl Scout food drive that made me realize it was time to talk to my kid about this.

A declining president, an election stomping, and all-encompassing incompetence are all taking a toll.

Shunning expertise, MAGA has chosen leaders based on their meme creation abilities. Oh, and now they're looking to start a shooting war.

The shutdown was the Senate's best chance to rein in Trump's illegal acts, but lawmakers couldn't stomach having that fight.

To Senate institutionalists, preserving the status quo is more important than challenging Trump's illegal acts

A strongman conspires with wealthy benefactors to build a playground for elites where the East Wing once stood.

America is in a moment of authoritarian crisis that could produce a fascist state, a Third Reconstruction, or anything in between.

Mike Johnson seems to be as afraid of the No Kings rallies as he is of the Epstein files.

If the prerequisites of self-rule do not exist, neither does self-rule itself.

So long as the federal government was defending the human rights of all people, Republicans hid behind their states' rights cloak. When the federal government went to work attacking people of color, Republicans flat-out begged to be federalized.

In a police state, political power, policing authority, and military action have no clear boundaries.

Hegseth is paranoid. Trump is delusional. The military ... is in a very tight spot.