Will Pollock

If widespread violence breaks out as a result of Trump regime's sustained (in many cases, illegal) attempts at destroying representative democracy, one would, at least in theory, feel a lot safer living on a military base. According to a recent report by Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan and Ashley Parker in…

Insisting that federal workers make false public statements is a sign of insecurity that your "policy" "ideas" are toxic. More importantly, as Marisa Kabas reports for her Substack The Handbasket, forcing nonpartisan employees to lie about why the government has shutdown likely violates the Hatch Act. (Emphasis mine, and also…

For all the chest-thumping braggadocio about Alligator Auschwitz—how their migrant-detention facility built on the Everglades was so "secure" and "unique"—turns out Trump and his associates are not very good at running it. So claims a new report in Miami Herald, which states that a huge swath of men rounded up…

During a combative Senate hearing in which members of both parties pressed FBI Director Kash Patel for answers on a multitude of topics, one answer stood out like a sore thumb: his false claim, contradicted by victim testimony and established evidence, that Jeffrey Epstein never trafficked victims of sexual predation…

Timothy Snyder's "Obeying in advance" has been an ongoing theme throughout 2025, despite the historian's repeated warning to Americans not to be complicit when faced with fascists' demands. Many organizations—from colleges to sporting organizations—did not listen: NCAA affirmatively bent its transgender-participation policies toward Donald Trump's preferences. Columbia University famously capitulated…

If it's a day ending in "y," Donald Trump is at war with some facet of American democracy. In this case, Trump took to Truth Social in a falsehood-filled "online tantrum" declaring that mail-in voting (as well as electronic machines used by millions of Americans) should be eliminated. From Steve…

In a recent bombing barrage on Ukraine, Russian military hit an American-owned electronics plant near the Hungarian border. According to Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov writing for Associated Press, the plant is one of the largest U.S. investments in that country. Russia launched 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise…

Citing "fears for her safety," Kristi Noem apparently relocated from a fancy, Navy Yards condo and into a property that traditionally houses the Coast Guard commandant. As Ewan Palmer noted for The Daily Beast—summarizing a Washington Post story—Noem is enjoying her new digs free of charge. Kristi Noem is staying…

I teased him about having an NRA sticker on his car. I teased him about putting the “wrong” in “sarong.” He teased me about my Feeling Circles and liberal tree-huggerness. W…

Senator John Cornyn announced, without elaboration or providing further details, that Kash Patel's FBI would help "investigate and locate" Texas Democrats who left the state. The confrontation between the two parties began when Republicans there acquiesced to Donald Trump's demand to further gerrymander the state for purpose of gaining additional…

Amid an apparent dispute about DHS seeking Internal Revenue Service data for immigration enforcement, Billy Long is out as IRS commissioner. Long, who famously had no relevant experience before being named (and wanted to abolish the agency prior), reportedly resisted attempts by Trump associates to exploit IRS data in their…

Reacting to July jobs numbers that fell well short of expectations, Donald Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer and accused her, falsely, of being a Kamala Harris operative. From Steve Benen at MaddowBlog: Roughly two hours before the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest…