Trump’s Nothingburger Banquet in Beijing
The president comes home empty-handed from his summit with Xi Jinping.
Planned Parenthood Puts Its Thumb on the Scale in California
Health care is everything in the race for CA-22, but did Planned Parenthood pick the right candidate?
Aftermath: Trump Is Wrecking the U.S. Military
Not our precious troops! No! No!!
While Pentagon Spends Billions on War, Military Families Say They’re Getting Shortchanged
Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.
How Trump Can Actually Believe We’re in a Golden Age
Does anyone he encounters dare to dispute his delusions?
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.
How CEOs Use a ‘Neutral’ Legislature Group to Indoctrinate State Lawmakers
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a pay-to-play machine for business interests, critics say, not the disinterested policy organization it claims to be.
The Candidate Pitching Single-Payer—for Disaster Insurance
In the low-profile race for California insurance commissioner, Jane Kim wants to borrow from other countries to solve a crisis in the homeowner’s insurance market.
Rolling Back Medicare Advantage
How a group of rank-and-file retirees in Connecticut successfully organized to restore their right to traditional public Medicare
The Progressives Propelling Abdul El-Sayed Forward in Michigan
Activists are building a political home for the Michigan Senate candidate’s anti-corruption, anti-war populist message.
Trump Has Created a Climate Opportunity
The American people have been led astray about what climate change means for their pocketbooks.
Trump’s Appalling Racial Legacy
The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act has cemented President Trump’s legacy in erasing civil rights and equal opportunity.
The Court’s Ruling Unleashed a Torrent of Race-Based Pro-White Gerrymandering
In the heart of the Old South, compact majority-Black districts are being supplanted by elongated majority-white ones.
Mamdani Announces Balanced Budget Without Cuts
Buoyed by billions in assistance from the state, real talk about what it takes to run New York City, and some taxes on the rich, the mayor closed a historic leftover budget deficit.
Organized Money: Who Killed Spirit Airlines?
Death by a thousand cuts delivered by myriad assassins
Trump’s Weird New Global Order
One positive effect is that midsized powers are less under the sway of Washington. But they could come under the sway of China.
Investors Using Shareholder Power to Challenge Corrupt Paramount Deal
Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders are using a rule under Delaware law to demand records.
Third Way or the Highway
The centrist outfit’s latest foray into the culture wars isn’t about a streamer—it’s about entrenching oligarch control of influence and electoral infrastructure.
Wall Street’s Favorite Democrat
Rahm Emanuel is back, running for president as a corporate Democrat. His timing is terrible.
San Francisco Congressional Battle Has Three Different Visions for Government
A working-class voice, a policy wonk, and a champion of political revolution face off for Nancy Pelosi’s seat.
Surveillance Reform Hinges on How Congress Defines ‘Query’
Congress wants to declassify a secret court opinion on the government’s warrantless spying program, but it may also need to clarify what constitutes a search for your communications data.
China’s Best Friend? Donald Trump!
Our backward-looking president has dismantled our scientific supremacy and forced allies to view China as the more reliable hegemon.
An Epic Collapse for Britain’s Labour Party
Britain’s centrist Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer crashes while Spain’s Socialist Pedro Sánchez shows how to lead from the left. Could there be a lesson here?
Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money
Agri Stats collected proprietary information from all meat producers and encouraged price increases for decades. After a Trump DOJ settlement, it’s allowed to stay in business.
Aftermath: There Is No End to the War With Iran
In today’s edition, we discuss how the haphazard ending to the war won’t divert from the terrible path Donald Trump has led the world down.
Corporate Hospitals Bilking Americans as GOP Destroys Health Care
Patients are caught in the middle of a corporate money grab and lawmakers who refuse to regulate.
John Roberts Is Starting to Sweat
The reactionary hacks on the Supreme Court might have gone too far this time.
The Court Didn’t Just Disenfranchise Blacks. It Also Disenfranchised Cities.
The Republican redistrictings strip cities of congressional representation.
Oliver Larkin vs. the Epstein State
Hasan Piker’s new favorite candidate was gaining surprising traction challenging self-described ‘Ron DeSantis Democrat’ Jared Moskowitz. Then DeSantis vaporized the district.
We Need a Pulitzer for Substacks
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