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Letters from an American – February 7, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, February 7, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Feb 07, 2026 Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be arrested and held in detention centers without the right to release until…
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Marty Baron Warns That Jeff Bezos Is Shredding ‘The Washington Post’ to “Ingratiate Himself With Donald Trump” – Vanity Fair
Politics Marty Baron Warns That Jeff Bezos Is Shredding The Washington Post to “Ingratiate Himself With Donald Trump” The former editor of the paper tells Vanity Fair that the “tremendous” newsroom brings in readers, but Trump has driven the owner and his publisher, Will Lewis, to decisions that have sent those readers out “the back door.”…
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A National Newspaper Falls — and Democracy Feels It
Why the Dismantling of The Washington Post Is a National Warning By DrWeb, assisted by AI. All content, images edited and approved. Some images are also public domain, as noted in the captions. On February 4, 2026, the American people lost a vital organ of their democracy. It didn’t happen in a courtroom or through…
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CNN Polls – CNN Politics
CNN Poll of Polls: Trump approval Presidential job approval ratings are one of the few metrics consistently and similarly measured in nearly all major public polls. An average of recent polls can often paint a more reliable picture of how the public views the president than a single poll can. The CNN Poll of Polls…
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Does Donald Trump have dementia or another cognitive issue? – Slate
Medical Examiner Is Trump Losing It? It’s time to seriously ask the question. By Anna Gibbs, Jan 26, 20265:45 AM Copy Link Share Comment Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Donald Trump has been acting a little weird lately, even…
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Opinion: The Golden Dome, a Trumpian con job, is a waste of money for Canada – The Globe and Mail
Editor’s Note: The Canadians are on board with no Kings, no Trump.. I like their reporting, the honest posts, and no hiding the Trump Administration’s wrongdoings. — DrWeb Opinion: The Golden Dome, a Trumpian con job, is a waste of money for Canada https://t.co/efsFS8tVE8 — The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) January 28, 2026
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Tracking Trump’s Legal Cases – Annual Report – 2025 – DrWeb’s Domain
2025 Year-in-Review Report A factual record of actions, decisions, patterns, and consequences across 2025 Documentation note: This annual report is intentionally concise and readable. For full transparency and research utility, see the companion page: Sources & Documentation — 2025. I. Executive Overview — 2025 at a Glance The year 2025 marked a transition from political…
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Trump can be bad all on his own – The New York Time
Credit: Ben Wiseman If you missed the previous newsletter, you can read it here. The president’s advisers stink. That’s not the problem. By Frank Bruni Given President Trump’s habitual insistence that he’s a victim — of partisan prosecutors, incompetent pollsters, the Federal Reserve, Norway — it’s a tribute to him that Republicans are identifying yet…
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Letters from an American – January 24, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, January 24, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 24, 2026 This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital. Video from the scene shows Pretti directing traffic on a…
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Trump’s Investigator Breaks His Silence – The New York Times
Jan. 23, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Featuring Glenn Thrush, Produced by Alex SternStella TanMary Wilson and Mooj Zadie, Edited by Brendan Klinkenberg and Michael Benoist. Contains music by Rowan NiemistoDan Powell and Pat McCusker. Engineered by Alyssa Moxley. Three years after his appointment as special counsel, Jack Smith finally delivered the…
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Takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump – AP News
Politics Takeaways from Jack Smith on his case against Trump, ‘so many witnesses’ and the threats ahead 1 of 6 | Jack Smith stands by his Trump investigation at congressional hearing 2 of 6 | Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026…
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CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities – CNN Politics
Politics 5 min read CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta, and Edward Wu, 13 hr ago Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS…
