The Plot Against George Soros Didn't Start in Hungary. It Started on Fox News.
Paranoid conspiracy theories about George Soros were first injected into the far-right imagination by Fox News, and the channel shows no signs of letting up.
Politics
Trump Administration Grants South Carolina Foster Care Agencies Authority to Discriminate Against Jewish and Muslim Families
The waiver allows Miracle Hill to turn away Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, agnostic, and atheist foster parents.
The Monopolist in the House: Rep. David Trone’s Wine Company Seeks to Overturn a Constitutional Amendment
Total Wine is embroiled in a Supreme Court case that challenges the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition, while its co-owner is a Democrat in Congress.
A Democratic Firm Is Shaking Up the World of Political Fundraising
Grassroots Analytics exploits an ambiguity in campaign finance law, which is whether the company has in fact “obtained” information from FEC reports.
Intercepted Podcast
Donald Trump and the Media Temple of BOOM!
Investigative journalist Michael Isikoff, economist Stephanie Kelton, educator Noriko Nakada, and journalist Sarah Jaffe are this week's guests.
The War on Immigrants
Trump's Shutdown Offer Creates a De Facto Asylum Ban for Central American Minors
The GOP offer to Democrats would require Central American minors to request asylum from their home countries and sets a cap for granting asylum.
With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Americans Finally Have a Politician Who Agrees With Them About Taxes
The idea of raising taxes on the rich and corporations is incredibly popular in America — and has been for a long, long time.
Could Joe Crowley End Up Being a Lobbyist for Big Console?
Joe Crowley is K Street’s biggest whale for 2019. He may wind up at the Entertainment Software Association, a video game industry lobby group.
Voices
Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump-Russia Story
The most challenging task is choosing the 10 worst embarrassments. The most notable aspect is that they all go toward promoting the same narrative.
Voices
A Problem for Kamala Harris: Can a Prosecutor Become President in the Age of Black Lives Matter?
The regressive reality of what prosecutors do is proving difficult for the senator and likely presidential candidate to rationalize.