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American politics is undergoing seismic changes that will alter the course of history. At Words Matter, we believe that facts, evidence, truth and objective reality are necessary and vital i...
The Supreme Court is taking away your rights. The ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act isn’t based on sound legal decision-making - it repre...
Congress is broken. Justice is gone. Corruption runs rampant in our government, and our most vile politicians get off scot-free. Meanwhile,...
The lunatics are truly running the asylum formerly known as the White House. Sadly, a man who collects raccoon genitalia running the HHS isn...
Corruption, dark money, and dangerous leadership - three elements that have characterized the Trump administration. We are governed by a man...
Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. Todd Blanche is set to replace her, at least according to Trump. Why did Bondi’s firing come now? Was...
Donald Trump’s war in Iran is turning into quicksand. With every decision he makes, we sink deeper into this conflict, and our President is...
Trump cannot avert a national embarrassment even if he tried. From alienating our closest European allies, to destabilizing the global econo...
The Trump administration is a shining example of every terrible -ocracy you can imagine. As global oil prices skyrocket and conflict with Ir...
Donald Trump is clearly declining - mentally, physically, and at the polls - and he knows it. What does this mean for the rest of Trump 2.0?...
The SAVE Act is the next assault on democracy by this administration — and it might just be the biggest yet. Trump and his cronies are focus...
The Supreme Court has ruled against Donald Trump’s tariff agenda in a major blow to his economic policy. Are we finally seeing real pushback...
Concerns about an impending government shutdown are growing, and it is critical that the Democratic Party can adopt strong messaging to vote...
Welcome to another week in Trump’s America. The President is “renovating” the Kennedy Center a la the East Wing of the White House, the Wash...
Alex Pretti was murdered by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Where is the accountability? The Republican Party appears more concerned with public...
If Donald Trump is right about one thing, it’s that “we’ve never seen anything like this.” From the disastrous alienation of our NATO allies...
Donald Trump is now threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to send federal troops to Minneapolis. The public outrage and protests over t...
On Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer brutally murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and...
It’s been a disastrous year in American politics. Donald Trump is going around naming everything after himself and proclaiming everything is...
Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle were tragically murdered. Their son, who has history of struggles with addition and mental health, is curre...
The Republican Senate just voted against extending the Affordable Care Act. Twenty million people could lose their healthcare coverage soon,...
Tuesday was a surprisingly difficult victory for the Republicans in red Tennessee. The speical election’s electoral results have a lot to te...
As we approach Thanksgiving in our current political climate, Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf ask - what is there to be thankful for? Donal...
If the current political climate wasn’t bleak enough, Donald Trump is now calling for his political enemies to be executed. The transgressio...
As deeply disturbing as our current political situation is, the consequences of dysfunction in Washington on average Americans is what reall...
The Tuesday elections were a massive success for the Democrats and a beacon of hope for the United States. Nevertheless, we are still living...
You may think you’ve seen crazy, but when it comes to Trump, you ain’t seen nothing yet. With SNAP benefits set to expire and the effects of...
Donald Trump just tore down the East Wing of the White House. Yup, that’s right - the President of the United States, in the middle of a gov...
Words matter to the Trump administration, and their willingness to accept and embrace the most vile language and discourse is despicable. At...
"When they go low, we go high" is officially dead—and David Rothkopf and Norm Ornstein are here to unleash a scathing critique of the Democr...
The current government shutdown is unlike any we have seen before. President Trump is turning this into a political assault on blue states,...
Make no mistake - we are headed towards a government shutdown and it is a strategic move from the Trump administration. So what are the Demo...
“This is a 10,000-meter race to a full-blown police state, and they’re picking up speed.” The Trump administration is using the Charlie Kirk...
Yesterday, on September 10th, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Today, September 11th, marks the 24th anniversary of the largest terroris...
Democratic leadership doesn’t seem to be up to the challenge of this new Trump era. Despite some strong Democratic figures fighting back, th...
President Trump met with Vladimir Putin and listened to him warn against mail-in voting. Then, Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders visit...
As if Trump’s authoritarian transgressions weren’t already blatant, the President has now deployed National Guard troops to “protect” our na...
“Thank God for South Park.” Words Matter is back for another weekly edition of political therapy with Dr. Norm Ornstein and David Rothkopf....
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to record a new episode of Words Matter this week. The following show is an episode of Deep...
South Park is back, and they don’t care about pissing off Donald Trump… unlike Columbia University. While Trump fumes about his disastrous P...
Make no mistake - the Justice Department is actively fostering Trump’s authoritarian regime and increasingly rewarding loyalty over legality...
The United States is a country in need of saving. From the blatant illegality of numerous White House decisions to the fecklessness of Congr...
Before we grab a hotdog and head out to the 4th of July fireworks, we have to reflect on the current state of our country and ask ourselves,...
Donald Trump’s actions regarding Iran are raising important questions for America: how reliable is our intelligence? How is disinformation w...
The recent events in Minnesota, where a gunman assassinated one congresswoman and injured another, is part of clear and troubling rise in po...
Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to California is not just about immigration and Los Angeles - it is a damning step in his long-last...
While Donald Trump and Elon Musk are currently feuding in a King Kong vs. Godzilla battle on social media, the devastating impact of their s...
On this week’s episode of Words Matter, Leah Litman, legal expert and author of Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievanc...
Donald Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill is akin to a murder-suicide pact. Not only could it be political suicide for the Republicans, but it was...
The Supreme Court’s decisions on birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions could have significant implications for executive power....
There's a new American Pope—one who has been openly critical of the U.S. government. What does this mean for Trump? Meanwhile, in the backgr...