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Bill Barr Basically Agrees With Donald Trump About Us “Vermin”

Surprised by Bill Barr? Don’t be. Oh, yes, it’s shocking that he said on Fox News on Wednesday night that if push comes to shove, he’ll be...

19.04.2024 5

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

We May Finally Get To Write: “Convicted Felon Donald Trump”

We’re finally here. This week, Donald Trump will sit in a courtroom and face criminal charges. The courtroom has not been kind to Trump this year: A...

15.04.2024 5

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Dumb Donald Took the Worst Possible Abortion Position

It’s been pathetic over these recent years to watch people impute certain skills to Donald Trump. Oh, he’s very smart politically. He’s...

12.04.2024 5

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Right Is About to Try to Turn Trump Into an Abortion Moderate

It should be plenty clear by now that the contemporary right in this country has only two principles: one, maintain power; two, troll the libs. Every...

08.04.2024 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Is Biden Really Going to Let Netanyahu Lose Him the Election?

Finally, the Biden administration appears to be starting to get serious with Benjamin Netanyahu. The president’s 30-minute phone call with the prime...

05.04.2024 6

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Trump Double Standard: He’s the Least Persecuted Pol in America

You may have noticed over the weekend that Donald Trump posted to social media a video of a MAGA pickup truck barreling down what looked to be the...

01.04.2024 40

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Inside White Rural Rage: A Talk With Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman

White Rural Rage , the new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, stands out in its genre for some of the things it doesn’t do. It’s not a long...

28.03.2024 2

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

It’s the Biden vs. Trump Economy—and Hell No, It’s Not Even Close

I’m going to tell you something that I’m pretty sure you don’t know—and that you probably won’t even believe. Ready? Real wages are now...

25.03.2024 100

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

“The Heart Is Capable of Grieving for Two Peoples at Once”

Joanna Chen, as you may know, is the Israeli journalist, writer, and translator who recently published a piece in the literary quarterly Guernica ...

23.03.2024 9

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Let’s Be Clear About the Real Reason for this Impeachment Madness

James Comer, that caged monkey with a cocaine drip, just can’t stop. He wants President Biden to come to his House committee to testify. At the end...

22.03.2024 8

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

“Bloodbath”-Gate: Yes, Trump Meant the Auto Industry. At First, Anyway

Saturday afternoon, at yet another poorly attended rally in Ohio, Donald Trump spoke these shocking words: “Now if I don’t get elected, it’s...

18.03.2024 7

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

We Have to Beat Donald Trump. Clearly, the Broken Legal System Won’t.

Judge Scott McAfee has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on the case against Donald Trump in that jurisdiction,...

15.03.2024 5

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Terrifying Legal Election Scenario That Keeps Me Up at Night

The conclusion of Evan Osnos’s big New Yorker profile of Joe Biden from last week ends on a note that is still ringing in my mind. Osnos asks the...

11.03.2024 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Forget Biden’s SOTU Performance, and Focus on Tiny, Weak Mike Johnson

Joe Biden more than made it through Thursday night’s State of the Union address. That moment that his supporters always fear—the major brain fart,...

08.03.2024 6

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

State of the Union Job Number One: Talk to the Working Class.

Thursday brings the State of the Union address (didn’t these used to happen in January?). Let’s cut to the chase. What does Joe Biden need to do?...

04.03.2024 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

A Post–Labor Day Trump Insurrection Trial? Great, Bring It On.

I’ve had a few conversations with fellow liberals over the last two days that went something like this: I can’t believe the Supreme Court did...

01.03.2024 7

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

“America vs. Trump”: Rick Wilson on How Biden Can Win

For this edition of The Inside Story, TNR editor Michael Tomasky spoke with Rick Wilson, the former Republican consultant and co-founder of the...

01.03.2024 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Biden Will Win Michigan Easily. It May Also Show His Weakness.

The Michigan primary is Tuesday, and there won’t be much drama as far as who the winners, on either side, will be—Joe Biden and Donald Trump are...

26.02.2024 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Big Thing About Trump’s Presidency that Team Biden Needs to Get

For me and for most of my friends—and I’m guessing for you—the Trump presidency was daily hell for four years. Four years and more, really. For...

19.02.2024 40

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Little-Reported, Worst Thing about Donald Trump’s Lousy Week

The big headlines Friday morning concerned Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the combative testimony Thursday she offered concerning her...

16.02.2024 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Only Mental Acuity I’m Questioning These Days Is the Mainstream Media’s

Well, of course both The New York Times and The Washington Post led with stories Saturday morning about Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity. The story...

12.02.2024 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Mike “Moses” Johnson Is Leading the GOP to the Un-Promised Land

Not long ago, a video surfaced of House Speaker Mike Johnson appearing before the National Association of Christian Lawmakers. He told a tale of how...

09.02.2024 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

This One’s “Chiefly” in the Bag: TNR Editors Talk Super Bowl LVIII

Today brings a special-edition Tomaskycast, wherein I jaw with senior editor and writer Alex Shephard about the Super Bowl. Well, when we say Super...

09.02.2024 3

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The GOP Owns the Border Now. Here’s How Democrats Make Sure of It.

Well, well, well. Are you shocked that the border deal fell apart? If you are, where have you been these last eight-plus years? It happened for the...

06.02.2024 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump Is an Obvious Lawbreaker. Can Our Legal System Say So?

We once again come to the start of yet another week that could, and by rights should, destroy Donald Trump. This Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear...

05.02.2024 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Biden Should Call Trump a “Sick F**k” in Public. Real America Agrees.

We learned this week, via Jonathan Lemire and some Politico colleagues, that Joe Biden uses salty language about Donald Trump in private. He’s a...

02.02.2024 2

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Last Week Was Bad for Trump. This Week Could Be Four, Five Times Worse.

Think $83.3 million is a lot of money? Well, hold onto your hat, buster, because this week, New York Judge Arthur Engoron is supposed to announce the...

29.01.2024 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

This Will Go Down as the Week the Trump Meltdown Began

The political conventional wisdom is hard to define sometimes. Usually it’s one of those things that’s just there, like your body temperature....

26.01.2024 8

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump Is Losing It. Will the Media Make It a Story?

I know that you come here for my honeyed prose and can’t bear the idea of turning away, but I have to recommend that you watch the video below....

22.01.2024 3

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Baltimore Sun and the Great Failure of Liberal Billionaires

You have no doubt seen the incredibly depressing news about the incredibly depressing purchase of The Baltimore Sun by the incredibly depressing...

19.01.2024 7

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

“He Can’t Be President”: Noah Bookbinder on Trump and the Fourteenth Amendment

For this month’s edition of The Inside Story, TNR editor Michael Tomasky spoke with Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and...

18.01.2024 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Iowa 2024: This Isn’t a Primary Process. It’s a Surrender of Will.

In case you didn’t tune in Monday night, there was some drama in in the Iowa caucuses—at least around the idea of who would finish second. It was...

16.01.2024 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Why the Media Narrative on Donald Trump’s Legal Woes Is Wrong

Sometime this month, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron will decide how much Donald Trump should pay in penalties in the fraud case brought...

12.01.2024 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Primary Season? Please. With This GOP, It’s a Sham Like Everything Else.

Anyone under the age of 40 reading this may find it hard to believe, but there was a time when the Republican Party had a brain. There were a number...

08.01.2024 9

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Americans Don’t Care About Democracy? Well, Democrats—Make Them Care

President Biden will give what they’re billing as the first speech of his reelection campaign today, and in it, he will attack Donald Trump by name...

05.01.2024 8

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

It Will Be an Election Unlike Any We’ve Lived Through. Are the Democrats Prepared?

It’s finally election year, and if you are sick with anticipation, you have good reason. This will be the ugliest election of our lifetimes by...

01.01.2024 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Most Pathetic Republican Leader of 2023

All right, friends. Let’s play Jeopardy! Forgettable Losers for $200, you say? Very well! The answer is: Theodore Pomeroy and Michael Kerr....

21.12.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Why Stop with Donald Trump? There Were Other January 6 Insurrectionists.

The Colorado Supreme Court, in a bombshell 4–3 decision on Tuesday, ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running for...

20.12.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

This Impeachment Will Do More to Re-Elect Biden Than Anything Biden Could Do Himself

For people who accuse people like you and me of living in a cave, these people…sure live in a cave. Think about it. Republican House members go back...

14.12.2023 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

A Coming Left-Right Convergence? Michael Tomasky Talks With Senator Chris Murphy

New Republic editor Michael Tomasky spoke on December 13 with Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy about his recent article for TNR, “The...

14.12.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

It’s Long Past Time for Universities to Take Antisemitism Seriously

The number of minutes I spent over the weekend being angry about the resignation of Liz Magill, who stepped down as president of the University of...

11.12.2023 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

“Just Like the Ones I Used to Know.…”

1. According to Billboard, this is the oldest English-language Christmas carol, dating back to the 1650s: A. “Silent Night” B. “Lo, How a...

08.12.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Real Problem With Those College Presidents? Gross Incompetence.

Almost everyone has been piling on that pitiful troika of elite university presidents after their congressional testimony on Tuesday. A few other...

08.12.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Will Trump’s Attacks on Biden Work? Only if the Democrats Allow It

Donald Trump reassured his adoring supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, over the weekend that he will assume a new role: democracy’s defender. ...

04.12.2023 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

“It Should Be a Real Call to Action”: Robert Zimmerman on George Santos’s Fall

Robert Zimmerman remembers the frustration all too well. He kept telling people that the district wasn’t as Democratic as they assumed. He kept...

02.12.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

How Can We Possibly Be Sleepwalking into Another Trump Presidency?

A lot of people are talking about the long piece Robert Kagan wrote in The Washington Post on Thursday about how, as the headline put it, “A...

01.12.2023 40

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

No, TikTok, Joe Biden Doesn’t Control the Price of a Quarter Pounder

A story has been bouncing around on TikTok lately about a guy who went to a McDonald’s in Idaho in late 2022 and his meal came to $16.10. He posted...

28.11.2023 3

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

George Santos Is a Sideshow. Pay Attention to the Real GOP Dangers.

I’m as amused as the next person by the antics of George Santos, though it’s nice to see that when the House returns from its Thanksgiving break,...

17.11.2023 3

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk

We’ve all often wondered whether Donald Trump understands the historical import of what comes out of his mouth. He’s so ill-informed, so proudly...

12.11.2023 3

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

What if a Joe Manchin–No Labels Candidacy Actually Helps Biden?

Everybody is in a tizzy about Joe Manchin’s retirement announcement . And maybe they should be. The conventional wisdom for months, or even for a...

10.11.2023 4

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

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