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  • The Situation: Horsepeople of the Trumpocalypse

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 27, 2025
    Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have one thing in common: They believe things that aren’t true.
  • The Situation: A User’s Guide to Following the News

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 23, 2025
    Seven principles for navigating the chaos
  • The Situation: Why the Jan. 6 Pardons Won’t Work

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 21, 2025
    Not even the president can change the truth.
  • The Situation: Merrick Garland Takes His Leave

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 17, 2025
    Reading between the lines of the attorney general's farewell address
  • The Situation: Bondi Aspires to Normalcy

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 15, 2025
    Bondi’s remarks bore a semblance of normalcy. But when put to the test, how far will she go to satisfy Trump’s abnormal demands?
  • Pete Hegseth speaking with attendees at the 2022 Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.

    The Situation: The Cult of Unqualified Authenticity

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 14, 2025
    On Pete Hegseth and the first hearing for a Trump nominee for a major cabinet position
  • The Situation: A Measure of Justice Amid the Complaints

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 10, 2025
    The case in New York about which seemingly everyone sought to complain turns out to have legs.
  • The Situation: Ending the Trump Cases the Right Way

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 8, 2025
    What to make of the flurry of activity as Trump’s criminal cases wind down.
  • The Situation: Today Nothing Happened

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 6, 2025
    Reflections on Jan. 6
  • The Situation: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Trump

    Benjamin Wittes
    Jan 2, 2025
    Four baskets of things to watch out for.
  • The Situation: Chris Wray Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Kash Patel

    Benjamin Wittes
    Dec 11, 2024
    Wray faced no good option here. He chose the worst.
  • The Situation: Advice and Consent Doesn’t Mean Adjourn and Appoint

    Benjamin Wittes
    Dec 9, 2024
    Is the Senate beginning to assert itself? 
  • The Situation: The Plot to Lie to Children

    Benjamin Wittes
    Dec 5, 2024
    I read Kash Patel’s three books for small children. They’re really weird.
  • The Situation: Please Don’t Defend This Pardon

    Benjamin Wittes
    Dec 3, 2024
    Six reasons why the Hunter Biden pardon betrayed important values for which his father had purported to stand.
  • The Situation: The Patel Paradox

    Benjamin Wittes
    Dec 2, 2024
    You can’t consent to impeachable abuses and then object to impeachable abuses.
  • The Situation: I’m Thankful For, Presidential Power Edition

    Benjamin Wittes
    Nov 27, 2024
    In scary times for democracy, remember that we still have a lot going for us.
  • The Situation: Jack Smith Throws in the Towel

    Benjamin Wittes
    Nov 25, 2024
    In January, a man whom the Justice Department argued only today has committed grave crimes for which the evidence is strong will become president of the United States.
  • The Situation: Gaetz Goes Down

    Benjamin Wittes
    Nov 21, 2024
    Taking wins where I can find them.
  • The Situation: Four Is Easier Than One

    Benjamin Wittes
    Nov 20, 2024
    Safety in numbers for disaster nominees.
  • The Situation: In Defense of Merrick Garland

    Benjamin Wittes
    Nov 18, 2024
    Merrick Garland is the new Jim Comey.
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