How is it possible that Americans are good with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating?

Trump wants to turn the FBI into something so draconian that the political press many not grasp it until it’s too late. And Republican senators are already giving themselves cover to go along with all of it.

Corporate tax cuts! Threatening Republicans! Arresting Democrats! Rethinking the polio vaccine?! People are about to find out what they voted for.

An interview with William Saletan of The Bulwark, who argues that we urgently cannot let Trump get away with rewriting history to claim he’s been exonerated of his crimes against the country.

As Trump’s threats to target enemies intensify and Republicans reveal they won’t stand in his way, a sharp observer of MAGA explains why we can’t let Trump’s revenge tour erase the truth and replace it with lies.

Christopher Wray announced he will step down in January 2025.

Donald Trump has already picked Kash Patel to replace Christopher Wray.

Kash Patel was part of a sweeping Justice Department investigation into why leaks kept happening during Donald Trump’s first term.

Over the course of the decade, the party has hoped that voters would simply reject him as immoral, uncouth, and unfit for office. They need a stronger argument—and his Cabinet picks give them one.

Donald Trump’s pick for FBI chief might have ruined his own chances at revenge.

The returning administration is full of free speech warriors—the kind that crush dissent and dissenters.

Kash Patel is launching his crackdown on the long list of people he considers political enemies.

Donald Trump was not happy with some of the latest news coverage of his transition.

Kash Patel may have some of the most deranged views on Covid in Trump’s next Cabinet.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI is out for revenge.

Donald Trump is prioritizing one thing above all else.

Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.

And it’s long. Very long.

Some Republicans have expressed concern about replacing the current FBI Director Chris Wray with Patel, a slavish Trump loyalist.

Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Kash Patel is not going over well.