North Dakota: Laboratory for a Suite of MAGA-Driven Election Reforms?
This activist’s package of controversial measures are rooted in Trump’s Big Lie. Do any of them make sense?
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In an age of propaganda and general craziness, we offer a formula for good information, delivered in a compelling manner.
Buckle Up; 2024 Will Be a Wild Ride
The elections of 2016 and 2020 were the “most important ever.” Now it’s happening again in 2024.
DonkeyHotey’s Favorite Cartoons From 2023
A look back at the year when a dinosaur-riding Jesus is honored in the US Capitol while Americans were fixated on TFGs courtroom dramas.
WhoWhatWhy’s Best Opinion Pieces of 2023, Part 2
Often insightful, usually humorous, and always irreverent: Our Sunday editorials paired with cartoons are regularly among our most-read pieces. Here are some of our favorites from this year.
Great Quotations on the Mysteries of Time
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Haley Finds Out the Hard Way Only Trump Can Say Racist Stuff
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WhoWhatWhy’s Best Ted Rall Cartoons of 2023
Ted Rall pulls no punches. He’s a patented political pugilist, landing haymaker after haymaker, week after week. Rall’s cartoons may not float like a butterfly, but they certainly sting like a bee. Here are some of our favorites from 2023.
WhoWhatWhy’s Best of Russ Baker’s Substack for 2023
Every week, WhoWhatWhy’s editor-in-chief provides bracing, fresh thinking with new perspectives on the events that define our times in his Substack, “Going Deep with Russ Baker.” Here are some of our favorites from 2023.
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Ten Podcasts of 2023 — Part 2
The power of cyber weapons, the depths of our gun culture, who owns history, and the relevance of our Constitution in 2023 make up the final five of this year’s “Best Of” WhoWhatWhy podcasts.
Donald Trump’s Merry Christmas Message: “MAY [FILL IN THE BLANK] ROT IN HELL”
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WhoWhatWhy’s Best Opinion Pieces of 2023, Part 1
Often insightful, usually humorous, and always irreverent: Our editorials are regularly among our most-read pieces. Here is Part 1 of our selection of our favorites from this year.
WhoWhatWhy’s Best International Stories for 2023
Ukraine remained the major focus through much of 2023, until the brutal October 7 attack by Hamas shifted attention to Israel and Gaza. WhoWhatWhy was there.
WhoWhatWhy’s Best Jon Richards Cartoons of 2023
Whether he’s skewering Republicans or Democrats, Jon Richards always has a sharp eye for the political hypocrisy of the moment.