In the spirit of the July 4th holiday weekend, Gary Hart traces the origins of republican ideals and democratic principles that shaped the founding of the new nation. washingtonspectator.org/the-erosion-of…

Back in March the redoubtable Anne Nelson wrote about Project 2025, before everyone rightly grew alarmed about it and before Trump denied he knew anything about the document his team had assembled. It's still one of the best pieces out there. washingtonspectator.org/project-2025-t…

🚨Flashback Donald Trump mocked Paul Pelosi after he was brutally assaulted with a hammer in his home. (September 2023)

Wow, just wow, what a great ad. The new generation, we’re not going back!!!!

General Michael Hayden, Director of the NSA and CIA under George W. Bush, is alarmed at the prospect of a second Trump term and the potential for abuse of the domestic intelligence gathering system he himself set up. His advice? "Switch it off." washingtonspectator.org/switch-it-off/

Jesus Christ watch this and share it everywhere, finally a journalist just *saying* it

Lawrence O’Donnell says Vance is the first vice presidential candidate in history who doesn’t know who won the last election.

This is perfect.

Thank you Hamilton Fish and the Washington Spectator for excerpting this chapter of my book which is a reminder of Shirley Chisholm's bravery. washingtonspectator.bluelena.io/index.php?acti…

Every four years Mel Gibson reminds us that he’s also a complete jerk in real life.

Everyone must watch all 8 minutes and 24 seconds of this speech by Michelle Obama. It might be the finest I’ve ever heard on the topic of abortion rights, as well as the stakes in this election for American women…and the men who love them. Share widely.

my god. just…my god.

Egregious demagoguery and self-interested exploitation of the tragedy of this woman’s family. By itself this ad is disqualifying.

If you were going to share one video before the election, I think this is the one you wanna share.

Marco Rubio in 2016: “I will make this promise to you today. I will do whatever it takes...Trump, a con artist, will never get control of this party...We cannot allow a con artist to get access to the nuclear codes of the United States of America.”

Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him

Recalling the words of a beloved Rabbi on this national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter washingtonspectator.org/leonard-beerma…

"Trump has shown how quickly perceptions can change thanks to social media, and this is a two-edged sword that can be effectively wielded by his critics and political opponents." #Trump

"Observing the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, meet the new US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Saudi Arabia was like watching a leopard encounter a mouse. I watched Lavrov eyeing him over the grandiose table in Riyadh as an easy snack." washingtonspectator.org/the-leopard-an…