Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann offers commentary on Department of Justice actions, court rulings and political events, tied to his weekly Main Justice show with co-host Mary McCord. Issues pair episode takeaways with legal analysis of retribution, the Supreme Court and the rule of law.
Website: https://weissmann.substack.com
The Downballot covers US elections at every level, with daily news digests, ballot measure guides and data-driven analysis of races and special elections. Readers get campaign updates, a tracker of ballot measures, and statistical comparisons of electoral trends.
Tangle summarizes the leading arguments from across the political spectrum on major U.S. and world news, alongside quick hits and its own editors' takes. Readers get a balanced overview of the day's political stories plus occasional columns, such as Isaac Saul's new 'A Grain of Saul'.
Ross Barkan's essay newsletter offers long-form political and cultural commentary from a left-of-center perspective, examining media coverage of democratic socialism, the state of 'woke' culture, and media consolidation under Bari Weiss at CBS. Readers get pointed, opinionated analysis that engages with specific columns, outlets and recent controversies.
A free speech newsletter pairing original essays by Jacob Mchangama on historical and contemporary free expression, including a multi-part series on Frederick Douglass, with news roundups on government actions against press and speech. It offers a point of view grounded in scholarship and sources, aimed at readers interested in civil liberties and the history of free speech.
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