Eric Levitz

Time to accept that we simply have a mad king. The guy slapping 25% tariffs on Canada's postage while calling for its annexation - and releasing scarce water into the Central Valley to fight already-contained fires in LA - isn't doing a bit or pursuing a secret, rational strategy

This man fomented an insurrection, then bestowed pardons and military honors on its perpetrators. Here, he praises "free speech," then attributes all political violence to his ideological foes and vows to crack down on their organizations. We're living in an Orwellian nightmare.

A major insurance company announced that it would be reducing reimbursements for anesehtiemsiologists. This sparked outrage, as many people -- including a U.S. senator -- claimed that this would lead to surprise out-of-pocket expenses for patients. But that was not true. www.vox.com/policy/39003...

How AI could trigger an economic doom loop (according to a financial firm's viral memo) www.vox.com/politics/480...

It's true that there are tons of rich bigots. It's also true that more educated voters are, in the aggregate, much more progressive on social issues than non-graduates. This is reflected not only in their answers to polls, but in the parties/candidates they support nymag.com/intelligence...

A little over a year into his second presidency, Donald Trump has yet to turn America into a pure, uncut authoritarian nightmare — but not for lack of trying! www.vox.com/politics/479...

I wrote about why Silicon Valley is convinced we're in a "February 2020" moment (and how their dire prophesies could prove mistaken) www.vox.com/politics/478...

Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...

Tulsi Gabbard has been investigating baseless allegations that Venezuelan hackers rigged the 2020 election That's alarming, as it could indicate that Trump is trying to establish a national security rationale for seizing voting machines in November www.vox.com/politics/478...

A lesson of the backlash to Pretti's murder: Video is one of the last remaining constraints on Trump's mendacity and malfeasance And this is what made some online liberals' response to the second Pretti video - declaring it a deepfake without solid evidence - misguided www.vox.com/politics/477...

Summary execution is not the punishment for assault on an SUV in the United States. www.vox.com/politics/477...

Gotta admit, I too fell for this. When I first saw federal agents fire 10 shots into the back of a man they'd just senselessly beaten, I thought it was wrong. But then I learned that the murder victim wasn't even *that* hot

The White House has tacitly admitted that Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller defamed a man who was killed by their agents. It is a scandal that they still hold their positions www.vox.com/politics/476...