Too Much Information with Abe and Traci

As the shutdown of the federal government stretches into its third week, how are things looking? What are the prospects of Congress taking up its business again, and which looming triggers might be enough to bring people back to the table? Join Traci and Abe for the late... Read more

Portland is once again in the center of national consciousness, as the President tries to gin up a violent conflict and state and city officials move to counter him in the courts. The Secretary of Defense -- sorry, the Secretary of War -- a Christian Nationalist, has bee... Read more

How many National Guard deployments does it take to make everyone forget about the Epstein Files? In the long term, the answer might be unknowable -- but in the short term, Portland is facing its turn in the barrel. The president has ordered Oregon National Guard troops ... Read more

As many had predicted, the MAGA-verse has leveraged the murder of Charlie Kirk to persecute their enemies. Even more predictably, Donald Trump has stepped up his campaign of personal vengeance against those he believes have slighted him. Just another week in authoritaria... Read more

Right-wing commentator and activist Charlie Kirk was murdered last week. Before a suspect was even apprehended, the verdict poured in from the American political right -- the killer is a leftist. War on the left was declared across the land, even from the President of th... Read more

From murders on the high seas to the worst Supreme Court decision in some time (and that's saying something), the evidence is everywhere that we are no longer sliding toward authoritarianism -- we are in it. Join Traci and Abe as we document the atrocities. Read more

Blue cities and states are awash in violent crime, the president says as he hides his bruised hands from the cameras. But is it true? And what do things look like in red states? Is it all a pretext to normalize the armed occupation of American cities? Yes, yes it is. And... Read more

Oregon was among dozens of cities and states called out -- and threatened -- last week by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The threat? End our designation as a "sanctuary state" or face legal repercussions from the Dept. of Justice. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek politely refuse... Read more