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How Trump and DOGE Broke the IRS
The Internal Revenue Service may never be the government’s most popular agency, but it could have been the most efficient.
In 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which invested $80 billion to fix the IRS. In 2023, then-IRS...
A Narrowing Vision of America
At the “Great American State Fair,” a metaphor for Trump’s America. Credit: Author
When the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage 11 years ago last month, the reaction was sheer jubilation. Couples flocked to courthouses to formalize their...
Women Aren't "Under-Babied." They're Under Threat.
It’s the worst beach read ever. The ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation—the architect of Project 2025—is back with a “pro-natalist” sequel.
Its 168-page report, titled “Saving America by Saving the Family,” blames social welfare progra...
Why is JD Vance Embracing Richard Nixon?
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly politics editor, and Matt Lewis, columnist for NOTUS, enter “The DMZ” to discuss Tulsi Gabbard, Vice President JD Vance, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and more You can watch the full episode of “The DMZ” above.
And ch...
In Defense of Nonfiction
Credit: Substack
I had the privilege of speaking at a book event in D.C. earlier this month with two other journalist authors when someone in the audience asked, “Is AI going to kill nonfiction?”
Good question.
If “nonfiction” were syno...
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Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent magazine based in Washington, D.C. Our mission: To preserve democracy and champion good governance through honest journalism and thoughtful commentary.
Intellectually honest journalist and columnist for NOTUS Perspectives. Author of ‘Too Dumb to Fail’ and ‘Filthy Rich Politicians.’ Political commentary, media criticism, news and culture, with a dose of humor. (Opinions here are my own.)
Bill Scher is the Politics Editor at the Washington Monthly, as well as a contributor to POLITICO and Real Clear Politics. He is a co-host of the online political show "The DMZ," and the host of the history podcast "When America Worked."
Journalist, lawyer, and author of Poverty for Profit (New Press, 2024) and Abandoned (New Press, 2020). Coming soon: Betrayed-America Didn't Vote for This (Common Sense Coalition, 2026). www.anneskim.com
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