It’s about to be a constitutional crisis, if it’s not already. And we’re only three weeks in. Buckle up.

By Harry Litman

With the federal workforce facing an onslaught by Trump and Elon Musk, its employees—and the populace it so dutifully protects—desperately need defenders.

By Bryce Covert

Trump is counting on his opposition’s deeply ingrained fear of being divisive to give him the room to break the country. So far he’s getting what he wants.

By Michael Tomasky

The markets haven’t freaked out about the president’s weird contention that he might renege on a portion of the national debt yet. But if he keeps talking about it—watch out.

By Timothy Noah

The once-independent agency has been forced to embrace a change of mission—serve the president’s exclusive interests, and carry out his revenge on the American people.

By Matt Ford

With the White House and Elon Musk’s DOGE working to dismantle the government, civil service employees are finding ways to push back.

By Grace Segers

The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.

By Greg Sargent

On February 12, we gathered influential political commentators determined to mitigate the imminent threats of a second Trump term, including Jared Bernstein, Jamie Raskin, Bennie Thompson, Pramila Jayapal, Olivia Troye, Mark Zaid, Greg Sargent, Michael Tomasky, and more.

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