Sean Illing
Host of The Gray Area
Latest articles by Sean Illing
Why House investigators think this company might have gamed Facebook and helped Russia spread fake news.
Trump’s lawyer secretly floated pardons for Manafort and Flynn. He might have crossed a line.
A political theorist explains why populists rarely pay a price for abusing power.
“I wanted to show fear — real, shadowy, pervasive fear.”
“We’re always on, always plugged in, always stimulated, always in a constant state of self-presentation.”
“Bolton’s approach to war is preventive, and I think it’s extremely dangerous.”
The DOJ lawsuit is a major escalation in the Trump administration’s fight against “sanctuary cities.”
“Our system has failed at one of the core ambitions of a democracy.” —Yascha Mounk
Spoiler alert: It’s mostly about Russia.
“This is payback.”
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