President Donald Trump’s most potent political weapon has never been traditional policy or legislative maneuvering. Instead, it has been an unparalleled mastery of public attention—a signature skill that might best be called “the distraction.” As a recent analysis from Slate points out, just as Kare…
Decades before MAGA, a legendary thinker explained how leaders manipulate reality to control the public.
Insiders reveal how a mass exodus of top West Wing advisers leaves a volatile president completely unprotected from rogue outside influencers.
Recent primary results and new economic data show a surge for Democrats.
The Supreme Court’s latest ruling on mail-in voting changes was a nakedly “partisan” move to please President Donald Trump, and one top legal expert explained how “the worst part” of the decision makes that clear.Andrew Weissmann is a veteran attorney and legal counsel, having served over a decade a…
President Donald Trump has become increasingly dependent on his growing cadre of “weird work wives,” and a top political analyst revealed why during an interview with The Daily Beast. The latest edition of The Daily Beast Podcast featured guest David Rothkopf, a veteran political analyst and columni…
Rather than diving into risky policy debates, political data reveals candidates are flooding voter feeds with a classic American pastime.
Robert Reich explains how a decades-long economic trick fueled the rise of Trumpism—and why the tide is finally turning.
A few years ago the cherry blossoms given to the U.S. from Japan in 1912 had to be removed to rebuild the flood wall on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. The oldest trees left remained within East Potomac Park, until this week.
President Donald Trump’s latest economic moves have him staring down a potential disaster eerily similar to one that haunted his first term, according to a new piece from MS NOW, and it all comes down to one common household staple.In a piece published Sunday morning, reporter and author Anne Kim ex…