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The Cowardice of Mark Zuckerberg
He used to care about immigrants and Dreamers. Now he remains quiet when his voice would send a powerful message.
 • Adrian Carrasquillo
We Have the King That Thomas Paine Feared
The rule of law was central to the American experiment. Is it still?
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift
An Age of Cultural Stagnation
W. David Marx on his new book, 'Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century.'
 • Sonny Bunch
54:46
No True Believer
Margaret Atwood’s look back at her life and career shows readers that building and maintaining an independent mind is a full life’s work.
 • Randy Boyagoda
The Venezuela Raid Has Russian Heads Spinning
The reaction from the Russian press has been amusingly muddled and self-contradictory.
 • Cathy Young
Trump's New War for Oil
Eric and Eliot return from holiday break with a special episode breaking down all things Venezuela.
 • Eric S. Edelman and Eliot A Cohen
51:50
Trump's Government is Treating Courts Like a Joke
Sarah Longwell sits down with Andrew Weissmann to break down a fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota, shocking detention conditions exposed by a federal…
 • Andrew Weissmann and Sarah Longwell
36:20
How the Legacy of Iraq Is Shaping the Dem Response to Venezuela
Members of a younger generation of elected officials—including combat veterans—have the last war on their mind.
 • Lauren Egan
Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution
Most law enforcement departments train officers not to stand in front of vehicles—or shoot at moving ones—but masked ICE agents in Minneapolis did just…
 • Tim Miller and Ryan Grim
1:11:35
GOP Senators Sure Hope Trump Is Kidding About Invading Greenland
Plus: The path ahead for the Obamacare subsidies extension bill.
 • Joe Perticone
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
 • Jonathan V. Last
A Killing in Minneapolis. A Gaslighting From the White House.
Minutes after ICE shot her, the Trump administration had already declared Renee Nicole Good a ‘domestic terrorist.’
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift
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