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1:28:15

Renee Good and the problem of other minds

A recording from Matthew Sheffield and Virginia Heffernan's live video

1 hr ago • Matthew Sheffield and Virginia Heffernan

After years of cowering to Trump, congressional Republicans finally speak out against Jerome Powell intimidation

DOJ investigation against Federal Reserve chair prompts Republican outcry

Jan 13

52:03

As Trump’s authoritarian moves increase, establishment media face a time for choosing

Former New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan on how the mainstream media refuses to stand up for itself or the country

Jan 12 • Matthew Sheffield and Margaret Sullivan

The insurrectionary spirit of January 6 infuses the second Trump Administration

Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably…

Jan 10 • Jim Carroll

1:08:10

Even Democrats who disagree can learn from Zohran Mamdani

New York Times contributor and long-time city politics observer Elizabeth Spiers on how Mamdani is pointing ways forward for his party

Jan 7 • Matthew Sheffield

Recent posts

Five years after the Capitol putsch, Trump’s shock troops are rebuilding the same organizations

After Trump pardoned and commuted their sentences, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are reconstituting, actively co-opting organizing techniques of…

Jan 6

With Venezuela intervention, President Trump's lawlessness goes global

Attempting to clothe himself in the glory of military conquest while openly scheming to steal another country's oil, the president once again betrays…

Jan 5 • Jim Carroll

The dangerous delusions behind Trump’s illegal Venezuela invasion

Far-right activists across the world have sought to replace international peace organizations with the antiquated ‘spheres of influence’ model that…

Jan 4 • Matthew Sheffield

1:11:27

To understand the Christian right, learn the history of the postwar Christian left

Historian Gene Zubovich on how liberal Protestants built an America that the radical right has been trying to destroy

Jan 2 • Matthew Sheffield

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Robert Kennedy’s bizarre obsession with ‘natural’ isn’t going to make Americans healthier

Historian of fitness Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on why an obese president has a health secretary who moralizes about wellness

Dec 31, 2025 • Matthew Sheffield and Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

Failing to challenge Trump on immigration, Democrats have given MAGA free rein to redefine American identity

Too many Democrats don't grasp that the war on immigrants is also a war on non-white American citizens, and in favor of white supremacist rule over all…

Dec 22, 2025 • Jim Carroll

1:35:36

Democrats won’t release their 2024 election autopsy, here is ours

Discussing ‘What Republicans Know’ on the Liberal Currents podcast Half the Answer

Dec 19, 2025 • Matthew Sheffield

Richest 0.001 percent of people now have more wealth than poorest half of humanity

‘The benefits of globalization and economic growth have flowed disproportionately to a small minority’

Dec 15, 2025

When Donald Trump attacks Somali immigrants, he attacks America

The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S., and needs to be called out for the unforgivable…

Dec 13, 2025 • Jim Carroll

1:05:02

Web3 has been great for Republican billionaires—and awful for almost everyone else

Molly White on how the cryptocurrency industry ate Trump’s second presidency and possibly the global economy as well

Dec 12, 2025 • Matthew Sheffield

Republicans actually do have healthcare proposals

Replacing Biden-era insurance subsidies with health savings accounts is likely to cause costs to skyrocket and markets to destabilize

Dec 9, 2025

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In his second term, Trump’s threats against media and tech companies have gotten real results

Former AFP fact-checker Arthur MacMillan discusses how media conglomerates are worrying more about political offense than telling the full truth

Dec 5, 2025 • Matthew Sheffield

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