Steve Benen
Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”
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If Jim Jordan and the GOP are genuinely interested in how the federal government is being weaponized, I can point them in a few directions.
The administration doesn’t just want to criticize parts of the media, it also wants to control parts of the media — even if that means exceeding legal limits.
Remember the pretense that the White House’s tariffs policy was the result of “emergency” conditions? That’s gone now.
The president cares deeply about fraud in social aid programs — except when he doesn’t.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said the Alabama Republican’s anti-Muslim message represents “a stain on our Congress.”
The last time the president confronted chatter about the 25th Amendment, it was in the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6.
Remember the president’s many rants about Tylenol? The latest evidence shows how wrong he was.
It might make Republicans feel better to think Minnesotans are secretly being paid to protest, but reality is stubborn.
History is filled with presidents suffering through awful fifth years, but those who study the ‘curse’ should prepare for an ugly new chapter to their work.
