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Not only would the wrong peace agreement between Kyiv and the Kremlin be detrimental to the values of freedom and liberty, but it would be the equivalent of making a deal with the devil.

McCarthy has become the very thing that is keeping him from his dream job: A self-interested nihilist will to do and say anything for his own power.

Like ignoring the monstrous fact that the Civil War was fought to defend slavery, Republicans who believe the party can simply return to pre-Trump business as usual must pretend party fealty to Trump and all the ensuing damage never happened.

When we only focus on the politics of personality, we miss the attacks on our democratic institutions and their consequences.

What’s coming? Two years of tiresome 2024 battlespace preparation, MAGA agitprop mythmaking, and the return of the Jim Jordan Inquisition. Get ready for Republican revanchism very thinly disguised as legislative oversight.

Rick Wilson drops a mini pod and explains why, whether Kevin McCarthy wins or loses the House vote for Speaker Of The House, he loses.

Despite seeming counterintuitive to achieving combat-related successes, prioritizing life over death during this war is the correct moral and ethical choice. It is also what separates us from them.

Propagandists use “conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses.” Why? Because it works.

Fox News’s promotion of Trump’s “Big Lie” marked a tipping point in the history of conservative media.

Zelenskyy’s speech was a rare chance for America to reflect on an image of self we haven’t seen since the early days following 9/11.

With Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine failing, the number of dead Russians keeps rising as Putin's power at home fades.

Progress was made in 2022, but in 2023, the pro-democracy movement has more of a role to play than at any time in the last decade.

Sarah Ashton Cirillo writes that President Zelenskyy's return to visits abroad, starting in the US, shows the unbreakable bond between the two countries and his confidence in Ukraine's ability to fully defeat Russia. The right's response only displays its weakness.

The J6 Select Committee has made criminal referrals to the DOJ for Trump and others. What happens next? NOBODY goes deep and lays it all out like Teri Kanefield!

When Seth Rich was murdered in Washington, D.C. in 2016, many right-wing conspiracies popped up saying he had something to do with leaked DNC emails. In his new book, Death on W Street, Andy Kroll debunks the conspiracy theories about Rich's death. Kroll joins Rick on this episode to help show how the MAGA media will do anything they can to succeed, even if it means making stuff up. And Rick's entry onto The Enemies List in this episode is an interesting one. Listen to find out who Rick is targeting for the list.

If Kevin McCarthy thinks being House Speaker will make Mitch McConnell follow his lead, he is crazier than his House GOP caucus.

Sometimes individual attacks can appear unrelated, but the big picture is key. Thus is the war on democracy.

Just as courage is contagious, so is cowardice, and the cancer of cowardice is running unchecked in the Republican party. There is no cure because the patient is not seeking one. That means democracy is still in danger.

It has now become obvious to all that Russian media is simply another weapon in the arsenal of Putin’s hybrid invasion of Ukraine. It has been apparent to freedom-loving nations since early in their illegal invasion that Russia no longer has any independent media, nor should it be treated as possessing such.