Doomsday Scenario
Reporting and thoughts from Garrett M. Graff, trying to answer if things are as bad as they seem.
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There is no other cavalry coming.
The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way
This week's news roundup by our intrepid foreign correspondent William Boot, as it should be covered by the US media
Celebrating the people who make the federal bureaucracy work
This isn't "just" a crisis.
William Boot's latest dispatch
A rare joint essay on the dangers inside the battle for the soul of the FBI and CIA
America's dream of a politically independent bureau is officially dead
A suggested guide to how the US media should be bravely—and clearly—covering our national crisis
A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas
America has been through this moment before—it's up to us to build something different.
A second update on Elon Musk's coup from our intrepid imaginary foreign correspondent
