Matt Bai

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Matt Bai

This tax testifies to the utter corruption of conservative thought (washingtonpost.com) This tax testifies to the utter corruption of conservative thought By Matt Bai 2025061611005900 There's so much wrong with the sprawling budget bill that the House just passed and the Senate is debating — I refuse to call it by its cringey name — that it seems myopic to fixate on a provision that probably wouldn't make anyone's top 10.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Matt Bai

Trump is doing Democrats a favor by elevating Newsom (washingtonpost.com) Trump is doing Democrats a favor by elevating Newsom By Matt Bai 2025061217231000 I can't tell you whether events in California this week will end up making the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, the national spokesman for a revitalized Democratic resistance or a symbol of runaway immigration and social unrest. Like most things political these days, it could tip either way.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Matt Bai

The unbearable lightness of Elon Musk (washingtonpost.com) The unbearable lightness of Elon Musk By Matt Bai 2025060111453200 As Elon Musk departs Washington, his mood resembles his Cybertruck: ugly and adolescent.

1 month ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Matt Bai

This past weekend, I listened to the new Bruce Springsteen release that has President Trump thundering like Zeus. I found it moving and thought-provoking — not so much because of anything Springsteen said, but because the songs he chose to include in this live compendium have taken on new meaning since the years in which he wrote them. A story emerges in that recording, and it’s bigger and more complicated than any clash between a songwriter and a president.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Matt Bai

In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea (washingtonpost.com) In Springsteen’s protest, a fitting Memorial Day plea By Matt Bai 2025052518220400 This weekend, somewhat out of fandom but mostly out of sheer curiosity, I listened to the new Bruce Springsteen release that has President Donald Trump thundering like Zeus.