MS NOW Daily Columnists
Zeeshan Aleem
Zeeshan Aleem is a writer and editor for MS NOW. He primarily writes about politics and foreign policy.
Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University.
Hayes Brown
Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MS NOW. He focuses on politics and policymaking at the federal level, including Congress and the White House.
Anthea Butler
Anthea Butler is a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael A. Cohen
Michael Cohen is an MS NOW columnist. He is also the publisher of the newsletter Truth and Consequences and hosts the weekly podcast That ‘70s Movie Podcast.
Jarvis DeBerry
Jarvis DeBerry is an opinion editor for MS NOW Daily. He was previously editor-in-chief at the Louisiana Illuminator and a columnist and deputy opinion editor at The Times-Picayune.
Anthony L. Fisher
Anthony L. Fisher is a senior editor and opinion columnist for MS NOW, often covering free speech, civil liberties and extremism. He was previously the senior opinion editor for The Daily Beast and a politics columnist for Business Insider.
Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman Mohyeldin is a host of "‘The Weekend: Primetime" and an MS NOW political analyst.
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
Symone D. Sanders Townsend is an author and a co-host of "The Weeknight."
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes is an MS NOW contributor and the author of the newsletter "To the Contrary."
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This rare species may be extinct by the time Pete Hegseth is done
The administration argues that it needs exemptions to the Endangered Species Act to extract more oil form the Gulf of Mexico when it’s already extracting record amounts.
New York gubernatorial candidate’s militia reportedly exposed
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s civilian militia on Long Island has garnered comparisons to Nazi brownshirts.
Privacy official resigns at DOJ’s Civil Rights Division as Trump menaces midterms
Yet another notable career employee exits the division responsible for voting rights as the president’s authoritarian assault on elections advances.
Team Trump targets post-Watergate reforms, one by one
One analysis noted Trump has taken aim at Watergate’s ethical checkpoints “as if in a shooting gallery” in his second term. It’s getting worse.
Transgender veteran blasts administration over service ban: ‘They seem to hate us’
“This is not an issue,” former U.S. Navy commander Shelly Bloomrose told MS NOW. “Why they have chosen to make it one, I don’t know.”
Amid Musk’s paranoia, U.S. Marshals deputized his unqualified security staff
Several members of Elon Musk’s security detail were deputized as federal agents despite failing to meet basic security requirements, according to emails obtained by NBC News.
Artemis II crew sets record for farthest distance traveled from Earth
The Orion spacecraft, which blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week, broke Apollo 13’s record set in 1970.
The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: ‘Wars are judged by the political orders they build’
In today’s newsletter: The latest on the war in Iran, Anne Applebaum on the U.S.’s allies and more.








