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Resistance Is Mobile
Dec 23, 2024 It's not a podcast, a pose or a profit-seeking enterprise. It's a daily grind of democratic exercise.2025 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News/Political Column
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Corporate Media Makes a Killing From Super PACs
Mar 4, 2020 As cable networks fawn over Super PACs, it's worth remembering exactly where all that soft money actually goes.
Giuliani Associate: Trump Had Knowledge of Ukraine Pressure
Jan 16, 2020 Lev Parnas says the president was briefed regularly on his attorney's efforts to secure an investigation into Joe Biden.
The Madness of James Mattis
Sep 8, 2019 The former secretary of defense is a military and moral failure, yet our mainstream media continues to hold him up as a model of virtue.
Lawrence O’Donnell Retracts Trump-Russia Story
Aug 29, 2019 The MSNBC host apologizes on air, acknowledging his latest piece linking the president to foreign oligarchs was "not ready for broadcast."
The Curse of Moral Purity
Aug 26, 2019 The empty moral crusades championed by the left and the right are stoking the fires of fanaticism.
Tulsi Gabbard Was the Clear Winner of the Democratic Debates
Jun 28, 2019 While far from perfect, the Hawaii congresswoman has shown she's the only candidate willing to center her campaign on ending U.S. wars.
All the Urgent Issues the Democratic Debates Will Leave Out
Jun 19, 2019 There is little evidence to suggest that the NBC-hosted primary debates will be any less circumscribed and shallow than those in the past.
Liberals Sold Their Souls to the War Machine on Russia
Apr 10, 2019 Vladimir Putin is an unsavory character, but the idea that he poses a direct threat to the U.S. has never been anything less than absurd.
9 Ways the Media Blew It in Its ‘Russiagate’ Coverage
Apr 8, 2019 So many got so much wrong over the past two years. If the press hopes to meet its basic responsibilities, it must learn from these mistakes.
Trump Couldn’t Have Asked for a Bigger Gift Than Russiagate
Mar 29, 2019 The narrative pushed by key figures from American mainstream outlets also undermined the resistance, argue Matt Taibbi and Aaron Maté.