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Topic: Norm Ornstein

An image of US President Donald Trump hangs on the outside of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington, DC on October 7, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal agencies go MAGA amid shutdown

Russell Payne
Donald Trump behind bars (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump makes conviction bad for democracy

Chauncey DeVega
Former President Donald Trump attends the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 287 mixed martial arts event at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on April 8, 2023. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

"The first of a series of indictments"

Chauncey DeVega
Trump supporters face off with police and security forces in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Norm Ornstein: "The system is broken"

Chauncey DeVega
(L) West Front of the U.S. Capitol during Joe Biden's Presidential inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (R) US President Donald Trumps supporters riot outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Looking back at carnage, forward to hope

Chauncey DeVega
Nancy Pelosi; Robert Mueller; Jerry Nadler (AP/Getty/Salon)

Full throttle toward impeachment

Paul Rosenberg
Donald J Trump (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trumpism's deep roots

Elias Isquith
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Let's call them all lunatics

Paul Rosenberg
Marsha Blackburn, Louie Gohmert (AP/Chris Usher/Carolyn Kaster)

Wingnuts' ruinous shenanigans

Heather Digby Parton
Norman Ornstein (C-Span)

Alex Halperin
Krist Novoselic (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Krist Novoselic
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The GOP is officially broken

Jonathan Bernstein
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Jillian Rayfield