The Weekly List

Host Amy Siskind discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Recorded April 6th, 2022.)

Host Amy Siskind discusses the factors at play in Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Recorded March 7th, 2022.)

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in American politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the last few weeks in US politics.

Host Amy Siskind talks about the progress of the Biden administration and the continuing attacks on democracy.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the political events of the last few weeks.

Host Amy Siskind discusses the vaccine rollout, improving economy, and the latest instances of police brutality.

Host Amy Siskind talks about the wave of attacks against Asian Americans during the last year and the Biden administration's work toward coronavirus relief.

Host Amy Siskind discuss additional facts about the attack on the Capitol that have come to light in the last few weeks.

Host Amy Siskind talks about Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.

Host Amy Siskind talks about the shift to "normalcy" after the end of the Trump administration.

January 2021 I am grateful, with all your input, to have continued this project through inauguration. Since I started tracking Donald Trump in November 2016, I have posited that he cared about two things: making money and staying in power; admittedly, events in this final list caught even me by surprise. The pace of broken norms had slowed considerably in our AFTER lists for November and December....

In December, Trump continued to push lies and  conspiracy theories about the election, not only failing to concede, but  pushing efforts to overthrow the election results. During this month,  Trump became increasingly isolated as even loyalists pushed back on his  false allegations or resigned, leaving an inner circle composed almost  entirely of his family members and con...

Summary of the continuing broken norms in the weeks after the election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.

This project could not have ended in a more  perfect way (she writes while sipping champagne): Donald J. Trump was  defeated shortly before noon on Saturday, the cutoff time each week, and  so I was able to gloriously write “THE END” at the end of Week 208   — something I have been waiting to do for four long years. This week, the U.S. held its election, and it  was differ...

In the final full week heading into the  election, the seeds of Trump’s bungled pandemic response came back to  haunt him, with the twin challenges of record daily cases and  hospitalizations in many states, along with the worst week for the stock  market since March. Even as a new outbreak hit Vice President Mike  Pence’s staffers, Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows all...

This week, with Election Day nearing, the  coronavirus raged out of control, with a record number of new daily  cases on Thursday, and then again Friday, topping 83,000.  Hospitalizations also soared in many states, and the death toll started  to rise. Trump meanwhile continued to hold campaign rallies in  battleground states, almost all of which were in the midst of surgi...

This week, despite millions of Americans having  voted already, Senate Republicans started the process of confirming  Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. With Republicans in control of  the Senate, there was little Democrats could do to address the hypocrisy  and outrage over Trump’s actions, other than show up to vote, which  they did in record numbers. Behind in the p...

This week the public was given little information  about Trump’s health and recovery from the coronavirus, including basic  questions like when he last tested negative or his medical status. Even  by Trump’s standards, this week he acted extraordinarily crazed and  erratic — both in his actions and his words. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  questioned if Trump was in “an alter...