Republicans

Trump RNC Speech

Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail

His victory illustrates the weakness of the Republican Party, not its strength. And despite his braggadocio, he’s vulnerable.

Jan 6, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Honduran Military Police

Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel? Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel?

Allowing the deal would be a powerful sign that the new administration plans to revive the Nixon Doctrine.

Jan 5, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Jeff Sessions

Republicans Are Planning to Rush Through Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing Republicans Are Planning to Rush Through Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing

Despite his controversial record, Democrats will only get to call four witnesses during the course of a two-day hearing.

Jan 5, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Anti-Putin Protest Portrait

A New Era in American-Russian Relations A New Era in American-Russian Relations

So what if Putin next annexes
 Some country that’s the size of Texas Or throws some Russians in the clink For what they write or say or think? No strong objections will be lodged I…

Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Donald Trump Christmas

The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before

A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.

Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Paul Ryan House

Just 18 Percent of Americans Approve of the Congress Paul Ryan Leads Just 18 Percent of Americans Approve of the Congress Paul Ryan Leads

But Republicans are sticking with him.

Jan 4, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump Mar-a-lago

The Confirmation Process Is an Opportunity to Expose Trump’s Big Lie The Confirmation Process Is an Opportunity to Expose Trump’s Big Lie

Activists should highlight the president-elect’s bait-and-switch from fake populist to country-club reactionary.

Jan 4, 2017 / The Nation

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over

We could debate the hypothetical outcomes until the end of time.

Jan 4, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Vladimir Putin

Did Putin Really Launch a ‘Cyber–Pearl Harbor’ Against America? Did Putin Really Launch a ‘Cyber–Pearl Harbor’ Against America?

Hysteria over Russia’s alleged hacking of the 2016 presidential election may make this US-Russian crisis more dangerous than the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Jan 4, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Chuck Schumer Democrats

Congressional Resistance to Trump Begins Now Congressional Resistance to Trump Begins Now

Democrats are fighting eight cabinet nominees and splitting Trump from GOP leadership on domestic issues. They could make a lot of trouble—and they should.

Jan 3, 2017 / Joan Walsh

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