“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims…But accomplices.”
George Orwell
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
–Groucho Marx
- The political media has long been both powerful and controversial — no surprise, as it essentially plays the role of referee in American politics. But how the media covers politics […]
- Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the Week Only 47 percent of American adults said they were members of a church, mosque or synagogue, according to recently […]
- In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how public opinion of the Black Lives Matter movement has changed since last summer and what that means for […]
- A Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, after a traffic stop on Sunday. His death occurred while a jury continues to hear […]
- If you’ve ever been in a conversation about politics, you’ve probably heard someone say, “I don’t like either party” or “Politics is just so ugly these days.” That person also […]
- Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): With unified control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are pushing a […]
- Daunte Wright was driving in his car through Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, two days ago when police officers pulled him over and later fatally shot him. This isn’t the first time […]
- Georgia’s new election restrictions have garnered no shortage of criticism thanks to provisions that directly impose additional burdens on voters, such as an ID requirement for absentee voting or a […]
- In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses why public support for gun control measures hasn’t translated into new laws. They also talk about why the number […]
- For decades, independents have made up a larger share of the electorate than Democrats or Republicans, and in recent years, this number has grown even larger. According to Gallup, they […]
- An African-American professor looks at the United States and sees the greatest force for human liberty on the planet.
- Racism remains this nation's Achilles' heel. If we do not face it and fix it, we will continue to suffer. The news in the past few weeks, from the police […]
- How does this work? On Friday the NYPD saves New York from God knows what by arresting an Ohio man allegedly toting an AK-47 and a bag of ammo inside […]
- The Supreme Court, by design, is undemocratic, but is there a point beyond which its insulation from the will of the people becomes unjust? Much has been said about the […]
- Democrats are trying to take control of everything, including adding four justices to the Supreme Court. The Republican comeback has now begun.
- With Joe Biden in office, a serious plan to combat climate change is finally in our sights – but the clock is ticking, and there is no more room for […]
- I hope you are all having fun with your virtue signaling. I hope you are enjoying trying to one-up each other and showing how woke you can be, all the […]
- We need to talk together – across the political aisle and between the public and private sectors.
- Left-leaning environmental activists in California are suddenly pouring millions of dollars into an obscure entity known as Energy Foundation China.
- Republicans believe the recall election lends a platform to make their case both to would-be voters and prospective donors who had written off California as a lost cause.
“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Ambrose Bierce
- Whatever the verdict, the terms of American policing have changed
- Can it serve as a model?
- The disaster that wasn’t
- And what can be done to change their minds
- But Minneapolis is once again tense after police kill another black man
- The Biden administration has missed an opportunity to show its mettle
- And finds that citizens are increasingly sceptical of expansive police powers
- America’s charge-sheet against Vladimir Putin is long. But its chosen punishment is limited
- A landmark test for the social-media giant’s experiment in content moderation
- The move to give priority to vulnerable non-white groups aims to address persistent inequities, but is risky
- Vice President Harris is heading to North Carolina to visit a community college and a manufacturer of electric school buses as part of the White House’s efforts to promote the […]
- The Democratic House majority is wobbly and is likely to fall in 2022.
- It's not unusual for a president to be popular this early. What is unusual is that Biden's chief initiatives are often more popular than he is.
- It's not unusual for a president to be popular this early. What is unusual is that Biden's chief initiatives are often more popular than he is.
- The president asserted that a majority of gun owners supported enhanced background checks and an assault-weapons ban. He was half right.
- She is pushing administration proposals that she championed as a California senator, such as clean water and electrifying school buses.
- President Biden hopes his plan will echo FDR, create a legacy and help rebuild America. How to get it done is a lot less clear.
- Bipartisan backing for a 9/11-style commission is threatened as Democrats and Republicans haven’t found common ground.
- As chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Florida senator is putting himself front and center as he leads the battle to win the majority in 2022.
- Reports of the new caucus and its stated goals drew condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans for promoting nativist rhetoric and policies.
- In Canonsburg, known for its big Fourth of July parade, many people say they are proud of America and its military but weary of the two-decade war in Afghanistan.
- The proposal, billed as the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, offers a clear policy marker for liberals as Democrats seek to influence President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.
- A comprehensive look at references to the press in justices’ opinions revealed “a marked and previously undocumented uptick in negative depictions.”
- States have passed over 140 police oversight bills since the killing of George Floyd, increasing accountability and overhauling rules on the use of force. But the calls for change continue.
- Dan Friesen and Jordan Holmes turned their Infowars-skewering podcast into a business. In the post-Trump era, they’re documenting Mr. Jones’s reckoning.
- The two countries said they would treat global warming “with the seriousness and urgency that it demands.”
- A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who’s actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
- The lawmakers, who encouraged their followers to protest in Washington on Jan. 6, have capitalized on the riot to draw huge campaign donations.
- Over two decades of war, the Pentagon had fended off the political instincts of elected leaders frustrated with the grind of Afghanistan. But President Biden refused to be persuaded.
- Democrats are breathing easier. Republicans are crying censorship. For all of the country’s news consumers, a strange quiet has descended after a four-year bombardment of presidential verbiage.
“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money … and I can’t remember what the other one is.”
F. PAUL WILSON
- Before deliberating on a verdict, the jury is hearing closing arguments Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyd's death.
- Every U.S. adult is now eligible to get a vaccine as of Monday, a deadline set by President Joe Biden. The latest COVID-19 news.
- On Monday, McDonald's announced it will launch The BTS Meal starting May 26 in the U.S. and 11 other countries.
- During Sunday's "American Idol," the judges provided heartfelt encouragement to a contestant who broke down in tears after forgetting a lyric.
- The Supreme Court declined to hear three Second Amendment cases challenging a federal ban on gun ownership for people convicted of nonviolent crimes.
- Vandals left a pig's head at the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert Barry Brodd who testified on behalf of Derek Chauvin.
- Aside from domestic homicides, violent perpetrators are generally obtaining weapons outside the reach of gun laws.
- Helicopter's historic flight is a Wright brothers moment on another planet.
- Chrissy Teigen, who has been vocal about her her own family journey, wants to "end the stigma" surrounding infertility issues through a new campaign.
- The Oscars best picture race might start to look different come 2024 given new Academy standards – or will it? We grade this year's nominees.
- President Biden announced that, as of today, every American is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
- “Germany’s Greens drew a sharp contrast to their bickering conservative rivals in the contest to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, proposing Annalena Baerbock as their lead candidate for September’s national […]
- “I saw how hard the first one was. I know this is going to be hard… Why not get as much in one package as we can so we don’t […]
- If you’ve been thinking of becoming a Political Wire member, I’d welcome your support. You’ll get exclusive analysis, a trending news feed, no advertising, and more. For a limited time, […]
- Aaron Blake: “For the better part of a year now, Republicans have tried and largely failed to define Joe Biden — or even just to make people dislike him. And […]
- Bloomberg: “Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing a guaranteed income program for poor residents, making it the largest U.S. city to test such a policy.” “Garcetti will ask the […]
- Nate Cohn: “Whether religious or political, sectarianism is about two hostile identity groups who not only clash over policy and ideology, but see the other side as alien and immoral. […]
- “Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who’s been on a hunger strike for more than two weeks to demand proper medical care, has been transferred to a prison hospital,” CBS […]
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed an anti-riot bill into law that protects police budgets from being cut and stiffens penalties against those arrested during a “riot,” Insider reports. “The […]
- Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) announced that he plans to retire in May to accept a position as president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
“It is said that politics is the second oldest profession. But I came to the conclusion that it has much more in common with the first one.”
Ronald Reagan
- After defense and prosecutors present closing arguments in the high-profile trial, the jurors will be sequestered as they deliberate. Chauvin is accused of murder in the death of George Floyd.
- The attorney for the family of the 13-year-old Chicago boy shot in an alley by police said he didn't need to die. "Adam may still be alive today had the […]
- The main Russian opposition figure, who has been on a 20-day hunger strike, has been moved to an infirmary at another prison, where he will undergo "vitamin therapy," authorities say.
- Belugas play, a sperm whale nurses, and orcas teach their pups to hunt in a series of photographs from National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.
- The tiny helicopter took off and hovered briefly — the first such flight on another planet. The Perseverance rover kept tabs on the mission from a viewing point about 60 […]
- The U.S. is planning to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is America's return to the international climate stage. We break it down for you.
- A fire spread from Table Mountain National Park to the University of Cape Town, where collections were destroyed at the Jagger Library.
- The Super League's 12 Founding Clubs include some of the most famous professional sports teams in the world, including Liverpool, Manchester United, and Real Madrid.
- The former Minneapolis police officer faces manslaughter and murder charges in George Floyd's death. The prosecution and defense get one last chance to be heard before the jury begins deliberation.
- The CDC reported a hopeful statistic in the country's fight against the coronavirus on Sunday. On Monday, every adult in the country will be eligible to register to be vaccinated.
- Testimony ended Thursday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, facing charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd's death.After the Johnson […]
- A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that Americans generally support making things like broadband part of infrastructure, but they don't agree on how to pay for it. Plus, Republicans shift […]
- President Biden says that U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021. The president said in an address Wednesday that after nearly two decades of conflict, there […]
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration recommended pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six rare cases of blood clotting. […]
- In a new memoir, the former Republican House Speaker says that even Ronald Reagan couldn't get elected in today's GOP. He decries obstructionist tactics used by Republicans, while acknowledging his […]
- As lawmakers and security officials brainstorm security reforms for the U.S. Capitol complex, investigators have yet to disclose any evidence that extremist groups came to DC on January 6th specifically […]
- President Biden announced a series of policy actions on Thursday aimed at curbing gun violence. Congressional action remains unlikely unless Democrats reform or eliminate the filibuster.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan […]
- States are facing pressure from corporations to dial back legislation that makes it harder to vote. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that it is relocating the All-Star Game from […]
- Black people, in particular Black women, are historically among the last to recover from economic downturns. Janelle Jones, the first Black woman to serve as the top economist for the […]
- A new memoir details a harrowing struggle with addiction but mostly elides the past corporate and lobbying work that has raised political propriety questions. A federal investigation into Hunter Biden's […]
- The Ingenuity drone completes the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another world.
- One victim was found in the front passenger seat and the other was in the back after the accident in Texas.
- Garrett Bradley may become the first black director to win an Oscar for her first feature documentary.
- The World War Two-era aircraft made an emergency landing in shallow water.
- Four of the eight who died at a FedEx warehouse were members of the Sikh community.
- The US and China announced actions to tackle climate change following meetings in Shanghai last week.
- The author of the bestselling Hillbilly Elegy is being courted by Republicans for a Senate run.
- Carla Jonson's story helps explain how Amazon won last week's union vote in Alabama.
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission says it is aware of 39 incidents involving the Tread+ treadmill.
- A refugee organisation says the White House's explanation of the order is "completely false".
