The wrong résumé for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District
There is a particular kind of political candidate who arrives at the door of a progressive district carrying credentials so misaligned with the job description that the sheer audacity of the application functions as its own argument against it. Rebecca Bennett is that candidate, assembled from components that would make perfect sense in a different…
People cheer as their pockets are picked. The only mystery is why
By James J Devine There is a certain kind of swindle so bold, so brazen, that the average mark refuses to believe it is happening even as the thief’s hand is elbow-deep in his trousers. That is where the American voter sits today. The Republican Party’s leadership has stood aside—nay, has pulled back the velvet…
Trump’s favorite Dem, Josh Gottheimer, has no problem with genocide but he’s against jokes
Josh Gottheimer has spent years perfecting a single political trick: wrapping the slaughter of Palestinians in the blood-soaked flag of “fighting antisemitism,” then demanding applause. Last week, the New Jersey congressman—Donald Trump’s favorite Democrat, and a man so obsessively dedicated to defending Israel’s every atrocity that he makes AIPAC lobbyists look like peaceniks—rushed to Twitter…
The unmaking of American democracy is happening right now
By James J. Devine The guardrails are gone. Every single one. In the winter of 2020, a handful of federal officials still had the spine to tell the president no. They huddled in a windowless room deep inside the Justice Department. William Barr, then the attorney general, had summoned cybersecurity experts to answer one question:…
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