Talking Feds Substack

Ruminating with friends

Ideas. Influence. Impact. TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.

You are not the crazy ones.

Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy

democracy and dictatorship, Russia and Ukraine, America and Europe, local and global, past and present

The reader is my notebook

Fearless journalism about the law, your rights and your powers to effect change in the Trump era.

A Substack that explores how we can develop our "moral muscle" to stand up for democracy -- and each other -- in this critical moment. Plus insight and analysis at the intersection of law, national security, and the intelligence community.

Michael Podhorzer on politics, economics, and democratic crises.