Setting a Fire by the Powder Keg
Trump, Miller, and ICE are playing with fire and we cannot help them stick the blame elsewhere.
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The U.S. in Venezuela: Why Is Corporate Media Being So Weird? (Half the Answer #57, with Marisa Kabas)
Trent and Caitlin check in with The Handbasket’s Marisa Kabas about the year that has been the first week of 2026. What are we doing in Venezuela, and why is corporate media being so weird about it? What are the ethics of publishing scoops that involve military actions? Why
The Spirit of the Laws
The Constitution is not in heaven. Without honorable and virtuous public officials, constitutional limits have no meaning.
Murder in Minneapolis
What this violent crime perpetrated by agents of the state means for the next three years.
We Need to Get Off the Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
To My Students on the Anniversary of January 6
The political violence of the Trump era is all today's teenagers have ever known.
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We Are Going to Win (Neon Liberalism #58, with Adam Gurri)
Take a step back and recall where you were on election night 2024. Recall the way the future looked in January 2025 at Trump's inauguration. In this episode, Samantha and Adam Gurri, editor-in-chief of Liberal Currents, evaluate the long game against Trump—and argue that the Trump revolution
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The Opposition Report #9
Venezuela, Epstein, purchased pardons, and more.
The Logic of Liberalism
Contra the dreams of populist strongmen, real constraints on executive power are the only approach consistent with real freedom.
Mamdani Teaches Us How to Speak the Language of Illegitimacy
How should the next Democratic government act on the belief that Trump's second term was lawless and illegitimate?
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
Liberal Currents in 2026
A brief outline of our plan, and an update on the rate we pay to authors.