Marc Ambinder
Marc Ambinder is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership and Policy. A former White House correspondent and political reporter, he is the author of several books about national security, including “The Brink: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983.” He is a consultant for Spycraft Entertainment and lives in Los Angeles.
Marc Ambinder is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership and Policy. A former White House correspondent and political reporter, he is the author of several books about national security, including “The Brink: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983.” He is a consultant for Spycraft Entertainment and lives in Los Angeles.
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msnbc / Opinion
The pro-Trump attack on the Capitol proves Congress isn't safe
We expect access to our elected leaders. That's a problem for security.
msnbc / Opinion
The U.S. missed its window to prevent Russia's huge cyberattack
In a nutshell, there’s not much we can do to prevent attacks like these from happening, at least in the near-term.
msnbc / Opinion
Republicans are waging a war on democracy. But why are they allowed to get away with it?
There are no incentives, at the federal or local level, for Republicans who want power at any cost to act any differently.
msnbc / Opinion
Scott Atlas cared more about 'owning the libs' than Covid. And Americans paid the price.
We’ll be feeling the after-effects of Trump’s war on science for a long time.
msnbc / Opinion
Trump's GSA tells Biden the transition can begin. But let's not sugarcoat this failed coup.
Establishing a line here is a critical function of journalism. Which is why it's important for the media to call what Trump's campaign tried to set in motion an attempted coup.
msnbc / Opinion
Why Parler's facing the same constraints conservatives fled on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are too censorious for conservatives, but Parler isn’t quite the answer they hoped it would be.
msnbc / Opinion
The solution to Trump-Biden polarization may be easier (and cheaper) than we think
Studies show a direct correspondence between the closing of newspapers and the polarization of people formerly served by those newspapers.
msnbc / Opinion
Voting has a violent history in the U.S. There's a reason we're talking about it so openly now.
It's been relatively easy for white Americans to ignore the long history of violence aimed at Black voters. This year, they're experiencing it firsthand.
