Steven Levitsky, old friend of the newsletter and author of “How Democracies Die,” recently argued that the US has “crossed ...

This week’s episode of the PN Pod features me and Paul discussing Pete Hegseth’s barbaric announcement about making public executions great again, the sad spectacle of Trump’s midterm rally tour, and ...

One of the peculiarities of being an American is the widespread national conviction that America is the best at everything.

Paxton only defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP primary because of President Trump’s support — yet Trump can ...

The man scheduled to be executed on December 3 is Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in a horrific mass shooting ...

One of the major reasons for that, Greg Sargent of the New Republic told us, is that the independent voters who decide ...

The state breaks out crime data by race, but not by national origin. Late last year, GOP Rep. Tom Emmer, who has joined Trump ...

Thanks for reading, and here’s to the next five years. Almost every psephologist and pollster believes the midterm election in 26 days will deliver Donald Trump a stinging rebuke. Midterms are ...

To commemorate PN’s 5th anniversary, this week we’re offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition). This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of ...

On August 8, 2022, after more than a year of trying to cajole Donald Trump into voluntarily returning government property he’d stolen, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago at a time when ...

To commemorate PN’s 5th anniversary, this week we’re offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition). This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of ...