Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein covers legal affairs, health care and politics for the Editorial Board. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, she’s a judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Find her @beyerstein.

Anthony Fauci rebuked Rand Paul, and it still stings

August 25, 2023 / Comments Off on Anthony Fauci rebuked Rand Paul, and it still stings

Two years later, the Kentucky senator wants him prosecuted.

Fear not, the right to lie is safe

August 11, 2023 / Comments Off on Fear not, the right to lie is safe

It’s about what Trump did, not what he said, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

Using abortion, red states try to expand power over blue states

July 28, 2023 / Comments Off on Using abortion, red states try to expand power over blue states

What’s stopping them is a Democrat in the White House.

For the House Republicans, the scientific method itself is now evidence of conspiracy

July 19, 2023 / Comments Off on For the House Republicans, the scientific method itself is now evidence of conspiracy

They seized on a snippet of a researcher’s email in which he and colleagues tried to disprove the lab leak theory. Yes, that’s science.

Robert F Kennedy, antivaxer extraordinaire, can’t help himself

June 30, 2023 / Comments Off on Robert F Kennedy, antivaxer extraordinaire, can’t help himself

Reputational rehab wasn’t going to be easy, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

We need gun control, not perverse legal precedents

June 8, 2023 / Comments Off on We need gun control, not perverse legal precedents

Criminalizing ordinary people in impossible situations is grotesque. 

He received mercy from a system he sought to destroy

May 26, 2023 / Comments Off on He received mercy from a system he sought to destroy

Stewart Rhodes’ lawyers seemed shocked by his sentence.

The Feinstein Dementia Mitigation Team

May 19, 2023 / Comments Off on The Feinstein Dementia Mitigation Team

Neither the senator nor the people of California are well-served by this grotesque spectacle, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

AI isn’t what it’s said to be

May 16, 2023 / Comments Off on AI isn’t what it’s said to be

ChatGPT and others are fancy autocomplete.

Lawyer for Enrique Tarrio, ex-Proud Boys leader, has a point

May 9, 2023 / Comments Off on Lawyer for Enrique Tarrio, ex-Proud Boys leader, has a point

Trump was the unindicted co-conspirator in the court room.