Trump Leads a Government of, by, and for Bullies Trump Leads a Government of, by, and for Bullies
Where are the president and his minions on the empathy scale? Pretty damn low.
Jan 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
McConnell’s Impeachment Plan Is to Make Us All Give Up McConnell’s Impeachment Plan Is to Make Us All Give Up
The senator’s just-released trial rules are designed to exhaust the public into losing focus—and hope.
Jan 21, 2020 / Elie Mystal
The Loser President The Loser President
Trump could lose by many millions of votes and still secure an Electoral College win—and Democrats aren’t paying this the attention it deserves.
Jan 20, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols
Democrats Should Embrace the Politics of Impeachment Democrats Should Embrace the Politics of Impeachment
As the GOP hunkers down in defense of Trump, Democrats have to force an awareness of the electoral cost.
Jan 17, 2020 / Jeet Heer
How Does This White House Stop Lying? By Not Talking at All. How Does This White House Stop Lying? By Not Talking at All.
That must be why there hasn’t been a regular press briefing in 300 days.
Jan 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster Trump’s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
The president’s vanity project is sapping water from valuable animal habitats along the border and could doom countless climate migrants.
Jan 17, 2020 / William deBuys
Mitch McConnell Is the Crooked Guardian of an Imperial Presidency Mitch McConnell Is the Crooked Guardian of an Imperial Presidency
The majority leader has admitted he’s conspiring to thwart an impartial impeachment trial. Everyone with a brain and a conscience should be calling for his recusal.
Jan 16, 2020 / John Nichols
The Media Failed Us in the Lead-Up to the Iraq War The Media Failed Us in the Lead-Up to the Iraq War
It may be about to fail us again.
Jan 16, 2020 / Connie Schultz
The Only Way Out of Our Latest War The Only Way Out of Our Latest War
We cannot let the president continue our misadventures in the Middle East.
Jan 16, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump’s Idea of a Conspiratorial Deep State Is… Just the Regular Government Trump’s Idea of a Conspiratorial Deep State Is… Just the Regular Government
A quick history lesson shows us that Trump’s definition of the scheming “deep state” is inaccurate.
Jan 15, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon