Published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy.  On Friday, November 21, as most Americans were prepping for Thanksgiving, President Trump went on a tirade on his Truth Social ...

Outgoing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and most Washingtonians wanted to see their beloved NFL football team, the Washington Commanders, in a state-of-the-art stadium. Be careful what you wish for. Only ...

Along with my On TAP comrade Harold Meyerson, I prize wordplay and puns. My favorite title in 2025 was a two-fer, for this piece about the plane that Qatar gave Trump: “Air Farce One: When Gift ...

These are the people on my mind heading into the winter holidays amid the regime’s ongoing immigration terror campaign, and whose stories and situations I want to highlight. Throughout 2025, The ...

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The would-be dictator would get a much better class of censor if his regime didn’t hoist the biggest morons in the country into leadership positions.

President Trump is on a roll. In the past couple of weeks, he’s named the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and a new class of battleships after himself.

Assuming anything like free and fair elections next November, the Democratic wave would be sufficient to overcome Republican attempts at voter suppression, as was the case in 2018. But this time, the ...

How FBI Director Kash Patel undermines the FBI’s performance and credibility.