As Trump picks the guy who works to jail his enemies as his new director of national intelligence, a legal observer explains why this could lead to a true nightmare scenario.

As Trump erupts amid fresh obstacles on multiple fronts, commentator Molly Jong-Fast discusses how much worse things can get in the final two and a half years of Trump’s term.

As Trump’s travails cause MAGA to fracture and GOP defenses to crumble, a historian of the right explains how all the turmoil reflects growing awareness that Trump is passing from the scene.

As Trump’s homeland security secretary issues a shocking response to a worsening battle at an ICE facility, an immigration advocate explains how this saga captures Trumpism’s violence and bloodlust.

As Trump accidentally says too much about his party’s midterm travails, the author of a piece on Trump’s deepening unpopularity argues that Democrats have hidden ways to capitalize.

As Trump propagandists rage at journalists for covering the president’s physical decline, a writer who focuses on Trump’s weaknesses explains why covering up his frailty is backfiring spectacularly for him.

As Trump’s GOP support cracks in earnest, a writer focused on his corruption explains why all the self-dealing has pushed Republicans to the breaking point—and why it looks real this time.

As Fox News releases some of Trump’s worst polling ever, the writer of a piece on his unpopularity explains why his coalition is imploding—and why his only way out is massive cheating.

As Republicans start turning on Trump over his illicit $1.8 billion scheme, the author of a piece on Trump’s corruption explains why this saga is so deadly for the GOP—and why Trump won’t let it go.

As Republicans seethe over Trump’s decision to elevate the weaker, more extreme Senate candidate in Texas, a Democratic operative who knows the state explains what the path to victory now looks like.

As Trump reaches a “settlement” with DOJ that hands $1.8 billion in taxpayer money to a fund he controls, a legal expert explains just how corrupt this truly is—and why it might backfire for the GOP.

As Trump’s tirade reveals too much, a political scientist explains how his pathologies badly undermine him on the global stage—and why his failures abroad are producing worsening autocracy at home.

As Trump breaks new disapproval records amid fresh GOP panic, the author of a piece on his travails explains how unchecked corruption and soaring gas prices are hitting him with a double whammy.

As damning revelations make the Iran fiasco worse for the GOP, an international relations expert explains why its economic damage is only just beginning—and why Trump is politically stuck.

As Trump seethes over soaring prices, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg discusses the good signs and the bad for his party right now, and suggests ways to maximize Democratic odds in the midterms.

As Trump’s mental decline accelerates in plain sight, the author of a piece on the tortured psychology of MAGA explains how his chief sycophants have become akin to an “end-stage cult.”

As Trump reveals new levels of corruption to the GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms, a writer on voting rights explains why Democrats must develop an aggressive long-term response.

As fresh revelations shed glaring light on Trump’s Iran miscalculations, a writer who tracks Trump’s policy failures argues that the political fallout for the GOP could be worse than anyone expects.

As Trump keeps attacking Pope Leo, a scholar of religion explains how MAGA persuaded Trump that he’s a more hallowed figure than the pope—and why that’s resulting in a total fiasco for him.

As Trump’s obsession with building monuments to himself backfires for his party, a political scientist explains how his “vanity presidency” is badly alienating voters in the middle.