Topic
Foreign Policy
Foreign policy on the site tends to arrive with the receipts attached. A former Obama aide relitigates the Iran nuclear deal, arguing the JCPOA was right and the war talk was always dumb, while a journalist examines why Republican senators keep torching their own careers to follow the party line. The coverage prefers evidence to hot takes.
The coverage
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart·Culture
Ben Rhodes Told You So: The JCPOA Was Right, the Iran War Was Dumb, and Everyone Knew It
The former Obama deputy national security advisor walks Jon Stewart through a decade of foreign policy failure, and the argument is depressingly airtight.
Brian Tyler Cohen·Culture
Alex Wagner on Why Republican Senators Are Torching Their Own Careers for Trump
The MSNBC veteran joins Brian Tyler Cohen to explain how the Iran war, gas prices, and a castrated Congress add up to a 2026 disaster Republicans are building themselves.