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.
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
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
Even as his hearing unfolded, the Trump administration began firing the FBI's career leadership.
What the D.C. midair collision shows us about the challenges of Trump II
Envisioning what Patel could do to the Hoover Building—or vice versa
The incoming Trump administration is trying to cover-up the FBI's investigation even before it takes office
