As Trump openly celebrates authoritarian rule at a Michigan rally, prominent Never Trumper Rick Wilson reflects on what all this says about today’s press corps—and what it means for our country.

In the sixth episode of TNR’s soccer podcast, we discuss a messy Copa América final, two exciting tournaments, and look ahead to the 2026 World Cup.

As the GOP convention sinks to a strange, dark place, we talked to a former Republican who closely tracks the right wing about what the proceedings really say about Trump’s MAGA-fied GOP.

After Greene erupts over a reporter’s question, a leading media observer explains what that portends about an authoritarian crackdown on the press in a second Trump term.

Trump’s running mate once admitted that MAGA is truly toxic. Sarah Longwell, the prominent Never Trumper, explains how Vance’s MAGA stench could help drive swing voters to Democrats.

With Trump picking J.D. Vance as his running mate, a political writer argues that this choice, and some other signs, suggests the politics around the assassination attempt will get a lot uglier.

After the despicable attempt to kill Trump, a reporter who writes regularly about political violence explains how deeply unprepared we are for the terrible escalation that may now be coming.

In the fifth episode of TNR’s soccer podcast, we discuss a shocking election in France, a predictable one in the U.K., and two exciting upcoming finals.

As new reports tie Trump to Project 2025, a writer who has examined the plan explains what this saga really reveals about the reactionary agenda MAGA wants to inflict on our country.

With President Biden adamantly insisting he isn’t stepping aside, top ally and former White House chief of staff Ron Klain makes an expansive case for how Biden can still beat Donald Trump this fall.

With Democrats coalescing behind President Biden at a moment of crisis, a leading analyst explains how he is fending off efforts to remove him—and lays out what will happen next.

With Trump abruptly moving to soften the GOP platform on abortion, a leading defender of reproductive rights explains why the move is a big con—and reveals Trump’s weakness on the issue.

With Trump slamming the Times even as it crusades against Biden, a press critic explains how Trump scams the media into adopting a huge double standard on each man’s fitness to serve.

In the fourth episode of TNR’s soccer podcast, we discuss the collapse of U.S. soccer in the context of Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, a very weird attempted coup in Bolivia, and elections in the U.K. and France.

With Trump’s threats to jail Liz Cheney and other political foes going nuclear, a former prosecutor explains what a second-term crackdown on his enemies would really look like. It’s gonna be ugly.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s demand for immunity, a leading legal expert explains why there’s deep cause for alarm about what he’ll be free to attempt if he wins again.

Representatives Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert will each take a turn guest-hosting Bannon’s show.

With Trump escalating his threats to pardon MAGA supporters who attacked the Capitol, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann explains how this shows the rule of law is in deep peril.

In the third episode of TNR’s soccer podcast, we discuss Ukraine’s exit from Euro 24, American soccer coverage, and the highs and lows of two weeks of nonstop soccer.

With MAGA enraged at the very idea of fact-checking Trump, a leading critic of our discourse explains how Project 2025 would help MAGA transform the government into a weapon against truth.