A veteran journalist pulls back the curtain on how a passive mainstream media and timid political leaders are quietly pacifying the public during a historic democratic crisis.

A former Republican speechwriter exposes the hidden cognitive dissonance torturing old-school conservatives who traded away their morals for a front-row seat to Trump’s final breakdown.

Writer Katy Balls reports there is no question what target Democrats are putting in their sites should voters deliver them the House, Senate or both in November.

Voters across the political spectrum dialed into C-SPAN early Thursday to deliver their critiques of Trump’s self-induced conflict in the Middle East and sprawling tariffs.

Being short on time is part of their plan.

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As President Donald Trump’s approach to the war with Iran shifts into a new phase, a leading conservative magazine warns that he’s in a “difficult spot” because his adversaries know he’s “always bluffing,” and everything he’s tried so far has failed.

On Thursday, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warned that President Donald Trump and his allies are increasingly desperate to “gaslight” voters about the state of the economy.

Many MAGA Republicans are hoping that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, now 76, will retire — thus giving President Donald Trump a chance to nominate a younger judge who, if confirmed, could serve on the High Court for the next 30 or 35 years. But Alito, so far, is sticking around. And accord…

On September 9 and 10 in Dallas, Republicans will hold am unprecedented midterms convention in the hope of saving their majorities in Congress. But poll after poll continues to show President Donald Trump with low approval ratings. And The Bulwark’s Andrew Egger predicts that Trump will respond with unmitigated rage if the midterms go badly for Republicans on November 3.