Deep State Radio

Among All the Traitors in US History, Where Does Donald Trump Rank?

On a special webinar edition of Deep State Radio, the Financial Times Edward Luce hosts a conversation with David Rothkopf,…

Read More »

And Now for Something Completely Different: Optimism.

We know, we know. This is no time for complacency. This is no time to minimize the challenges we face.…

Read More »

The Man Who Ran Washington

In this special episode we discuss “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III,”…

Read More »

The View from Inside the Trump White House: It Ain’t Pretty

Some of the most hard-hitting and shocking criticisms of Donald Trump have come from insiders in his administration.  From Rex Tillerson’s…

Read More »

The Most Successful Covert Operation Since the Trojan Horse…and It Wasn’t So Covert

Russia has been trying to weaken the United States since the first days of the Cold War. But in that…

Read More »

Will America Tear Itself Apart?

One of our regulars, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, had an article in the Weekend FT called “Will America…

Read More »

A Song of Fire and Ice…and Cyber and Terrorists and Lawyers

In Game of Thrones, leadership decisions were made with the help of dragons and Moon Doors and Valyrian steel daggers.…

Read More »

From a Wannabe Authoritarian to the Perfect Weapon

Donald Trump has unleashed resources of his government to support his campaign against Joe Biden in a way that America…

Read More »

From the 25th Amendment to a Trip to the Hague: What to Do About Trump?

The increasingly erratic president was pretty erratic to begin with.  Which has made the past week all the more unnerving. …

Read More »

The 3 a.m. Call is Coming from Inside the White House

The biggest national security story in America today is the biggest domestic story and the biggest political story and the…

Read More »

Shit Show or Clusterfuck? (And are we talking about the debates, Trump’s taxes or the whole Trump presidency?)

The debate this week was a trainwreck inside a dog’s breakfast wrapped in bad acid trip.  It was, despite the…

Read More »

Our Unfolding Democratic Emergency: The Red Lights are Already Flashing

The Constitutional rot of the past four years has set the stage for the corruption of our institutions and, equally…

Read More »

The Most Precarious Moment for American Democracy Since the Civil War

The President of the United States has deliberately raised questions about whether our democratic system will work properly while actively…

Read More »

Have We Already Seen the October Surprise?

Is a resurgent COVID the October Surprise? Is it the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Will it be the…

Read More »

Setting the Agenda at a Watershed Moment for Women’s Rights in America

Cecile Richards is the CEO and founder of Supermajority, a new organization for “women’s activism, training and the mobilization of a…

Read More »

What Happens When We Lose a National Hero a Moment When the Entire US Government Faces a Crisis of Legitimacy?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a rarity in Washington, a true hero, one of those voices who would not be silenced…

Read More »

The Question That Looms Above the Trump Presidency

Michael Schmidt’s new book “Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President” is one of…

Read More »

Donald Trump’s “Avalanche of Outrageousness”: The Perspectives of Peter Strzok

Peter Strzok is one of America’s most respected, experienced counterintelligence specialists. His career at the FBI reads like a thriller…

Read More »

Will Joe Biden Be the President Progressives Think We Need?

The divide between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and centrists has dogged the party for years and hurt…

Read More »

Is There a Cure for What Ails the GOP?

The Republican Party not only produced the corrupt, failed presidency of Donald Trump, but it has supported Trump at every…

Read More »