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Campaign 2016

  1. the national interest
    Trump, McConnell, Putin, and the Triumph of the Will to PowerTrump’s supporters in government were willing to put the system at risk in order to win, and Clinton’s supporters were not.
  2. the national interest
    The 2016 Election Is a Disaster Without a MoralGreat events do not always have great causes.
  3. the national interest
    Sane, Competent Official Uncovered on Trump Transition Team, and Is FiredMike Rogers fired for not being a nut, is replaced with certified nut.
  4. the national interest
    Republicans Won Power, But They Didn’t Win AmericaThe Electoral College decided. The voters didn’t.
  5. the national interest
    Forget Canada. Stay and Fight for American Democracy.A period of darkness in American life.
  6. the national interest
    Paul Ryan Truly Supports Donald Trump, But the Media Refuses to Believe HimWhen your choirboy-image campaign is too successful.
  7. the national interest
    Donald Trump Predicted His Own Defeat 4 Years AgoTrump is Nostradamus! Except he can’t remember his own predictions and he keeps changing them.
  8. the national interest
    Republican Party Now So Diverse It Includes White Guys Wearing CamoTrump’s party looks like America, if you only hang out in gun shops.
  9. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is Not Going to Win MichiganAs a native of the state, I am frankly offended by the notion.
  10. the national interest
    Rudy Giuliani Cracks, Confesses After Merciless Interrogation by Steve DoocyYou can’t handle the truth! Okay, fine, I’ll say it.
  13. the national interest
    Bridgegate Would Have Destroyed a Normal CandidacyFive reasons why it shows we’re all living in Trump’s insane world now.
  14. the national interest
    Final Answer: Trump or the Republic?A political farce turned deadly serious.
  15. the national interest
    By the Way, a Trump Presidency Would Also Cook the PlanetA possibly significant footnote to the election you may have missed.
  16. the national interest
    How Donald Trump Outsmarted George WillThe conservative intellectual class is streaking alone.
  17. the national interest
    Why Republican Kooks MatterTrump has proven that the freak show is not a sideshow.
  18. the national interest
    Why Republicans Won’t Let Clinton Appoint a Supreme Court Justice If She WinsTomorrow’s constitutional crisis today!
  19. the national interest
    Peter Thiel and the Authoritarian-Libertarian Alliance for TrumpWhy their alliance against democracy makes sense.
  20. the national interest
    James Comey’s Blunder Could Make Donald Trump PresidentA breach of law-enforcement protocol stands to benefit a lawless candidate.
  21. the national interest
    The Republican Party Gave Its Data to a White Nationalist. What Could Go Wrong?Maybe they should have asked Jesse Pinkman how that partnership was going to work out.
  22. the national interest
    Republicans Already Have a Plan to Make Clinton’s Presidency a Living HellWe will yearn for the cooperation and love they showed Obama.
  25. the national interest
    The Oddly Snobbish Anti-Intellectualism of Donald TrumpHe loves the poorly educated, and he attended the best schools.
  26. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is Not Like Al GoreA deconstruction of the latest Republican rationalization.
  27. the national interest
    Donald Trump Confirms at 3rd Debate He Is a Domestic InsurrectionistHe is working against the stability of American democracy.
  28. the national interest
    The Rigged 2000 Florida Recount and the Path to Donald TrumpWe’ve forgotten what true rigging looks like.
  29. the national interest
    Religious Right Now Judgment-Free, Thanks to Donald TrumpThe moral majority is now the immoral minority.
  30. the national interest
    Why Are Senate Democrats Letting Marco Rubio Win?A choice they might regret in four years.
  31. the national interest
    McCain Vows Supreme Court Blockade Will Continue Through Clinton’s PresidencyConstitutional crises everywhere.
  32. the national interest
    Donald Trump Might Not Be Running for PresidentIt’s possible he just wants his own television network.
  33. the national interest
    Donald Trump’s Locker Room Is the Entire World“Who is doing the raping?”
  34. the national interest
    Trump Ad Targets Crucial Hillary Clinton–Loving, Tim Kaine–Hating ConstituencyFinally, a message for people who love Hillary but fear she might die.
  37. the national interest
    Would You Vote for a Sexual Predator?The personal, the political, and Donald Trump
  38. the national interest
    At Second Debate, Donald Trump Was the Perfect RepublicanFamiliar, comforting lies to soothe a rattled party.
  39. the national interest
    Russia Conducted Wiki-Hack, Says U.S. IntelligenceIt’s neo-McCarthyism!
  40. the national interest
    The Myth of the ‘Change Election’A fable of conventional wisdom that comforts Republicans.
  41. the national interest
    Mike Pence Lost the Debate Because He Lied About the Wrong StuffNever lie about statements that are on video.
  42. the national interest
    Mike Pence Would Have Done Great at the Debate If Donald Trump Didn’t ExistAn evening of escapist fantasy for conservative intellectuals who like to imagine their party has nominated a qualified, normal person for president.
  43. Potty Mouth Mike Pence Says ‘Sh*t’ at a Campaign EventTrump’s habits appear to be rubbing off on his buttoned-up Evangelical running mate.
  44. the national interest
    How Pivot Became the Euphemism of the Trump CampaignA term has been abused into meaninglessness.
  45. the national interest
    Hillary Clinton Can’t Let Donald Trump Win the Corruption Issue“Follow the money,” says candidate who won’t let you follow his money.
  46. the national interest
    Republicans in Denial That the Debate Exposed Donald Trump As Unfit for OfficeEverybody is to blame except the candidate who is obviously too ignorant and lazy to be president.
  49. Fat-Shamed Miss Universe Was Once Accused of Participating in Murder PlotShe was never charged. “I’m not a saint girl,” she says now.
  50. the national interest
    How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Made Alicia Machado the New Khizr KhanClinton set the perfect trap, and Trump walked right into it.
  51. election 2016
    There’s No Excuse for Not Registering to Vote Because #OurVoteCountsRegister to vote with the Cut.
  52. the national interest
    Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential DebateA draw on economics, a total slaughter on character.
  53. the national interest
    Why Debate Moderators Shouldn’t Be Fact-checkersRepublicans aren’t going to participate.
  54. the national interest
    Should You Panic Over the Polls? Yes, You ShouldThe presidential election is legit extremely close.
  55. the national interest
    Obama’s Climate Plan Will Survive Legal ChallengeThere’s only one remaining Republican who can destroy life as we know it.
  56. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is a Lazy Idiot, Trump Campaign Tells New York TimesIs it possible to set expectations too low?
  57. the national interest
    Trump Endorsed by Populist Democrat, Money Launderer Andrew SteinA few key biographical facts did not make it into the endorsement column.
  58. the national interest
    The Abnormalization of Hillary ClintonThe notion that Clinton’s email scandal is disqualifying requires a suspension of any rational standards or historical memory.
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