Short circuiting

Round-up of the insanity. Plus: Send your questions.

'I'm a very strong person for free speech'

There are no contradictions here. The crackdown was always coming.

Has Trump found his Reichstag fire?

Or will more people push back in time?

On political violence

We're going from bad to worse

Denial ain't just a river (to the sea)

The reports of genocide in Gaza are mounting. So are Israel's excuses.

Critical conditions

Famine classified in Gaza as the military occupies DC

Substack's extremist ecosystem is flourishing

Yup, they're still at it.

Worst case scenario

How the US-Israel 'preemptive war' on Iran may have triggered something worse

Niceties matter, part 2

The imperial boomerang hits LA

Plus: Israel strikes Iran

From the vault: Who is El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and what does he want?

An interview slightly ahead of its time

We're in it now

How the New York Times made 'The Charlottesville Lie' hoax possible