Steve Benen
Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”
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Confronted with evidence of Russia aiding Iran, Team Trump has shrugged, boosted Russia’s economy and vouched for Moscow’s reliability.
One wants to have faith in the competence of U.S. leaders during a war, but 12 days into the conflict, this isn’t possible.
If the assessments hold, the strike will rank among the worst cases of U.S.-caused civilian casualties in a generation.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but the Republican administration has made bad decisions and showed poor judgment in ways that have already had lasting effects.
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
The defense secretary insisted that the ongoing conflict “is actually quite contained.” Perhaps he was referring to some other war?
In the second week of the war, Team Trump’s emphasis on the president’s thoughts, beliefs and opinions appears to be intensifying.
It would have been easy for the GOP leader to say, “The Republican Party does not support religious bigotry of any kind.” He chose a more radical path.
As Jeremy Carl’s nomination collapses, a larger question hangs overhead: Why in the world did the president nominate this guy?
The more Democrats win closely watched races, the more Republicans should be concerned about the 2026 midterms.
