Senator David McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell McCormick, once normie Republicans and still an “it” couple, have written a book on mentors. The wildly successful duo had powerful ones from the pre-Trump GOP.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
When Billionaire Government Contractors Are Also Media Moguls
And they have deals with the president, to boot. A legal ethics scholar explores the morass.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet
The Colombian shakedown style of the 47th president and why we need to save ourselves.
Posted inPolitics
America Needs Social Media Sovereignty
America’s digital borders are wide open. And it’s Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk’s fault.
Posted inPolitics
Three Disturbing Signs of Fourth Estate Failure
In our most venerable media institutions, oligarchy is being praised, and history is being rewritten. And it’s only Trump’s first week back in office.
Posted inPolitics
The 47th President’s First Words
Trump took office for the second time with a speech whose omissions revealed as much as what he said and may have left him stronger.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Our American Oligarchy
Extracting, defending, and sanctifying the wealth of—and rule by—the few.
Posted inPolitics
The Media Threat We Face and the Media Revolution We Need
The problem isn’t just disinformation or right-wing media, explains a former Democratic member of Congress, but how media reaches us.
Posted inPolitics
Other Elections You’ll Want to Follow
From ranked choice voting to public budgeting, a look this fall’s races that could reshape governing and voting.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Home Is Where the Work Is
When I worked at the Washington Monthly in the 1980s, the most notable aspect of the office, aside from its shabbiness, was the almost total physical absence of the boss, founder and editor in chief Charles Peters. Pioneering in so many ways—his column, “Tilting at Windmills,” a collection of delightful, insightful, counter-conventional mini-essays, has often […]
