Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State
The president’s war with the permanent administrative state presents a dilemma to those wary of both.
Oct 25, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Impeachment Polls Show Democrats Are Wooing the Wrong White People Impeachment Polls Show Democrats Are Wooing the Wrong White People
It’s obvious which Trump supporters will go down with this ship—and there’s no point trying to change their minds.
Oct 25, 2019 / Steve Phillips
Don’t Count the Senate Out on Impeachment Don’t Count the Senate Out on Impeachment
To convict Trump on impeachment charges, 20 GOP senators will need to break ranks. Here’s how that can happen.
Oct 24, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name Trump’s Kurdish Betrayal Gives Peace a Bad Name
Slamming Republicans as “the party of cut and run” raises the question of whether Democrats have a better idea.
Oct 24, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony
But the president won’t be laughing when the emoluments clause becomes the basis for impeachment.
Oct 22, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump’s Cruel Refugee Policies Are Somehow Getting Worse Trump’s Cruel Refugee Policies Are Somehow Getting Worse
His administration’s new rules are making nearly impossible for migrants and refugees to live in the US.
Oct 22, 2019 / Arnold Isaacs
Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War
The danger in criticizing the president’s policies is that it could revive an interventionist temper on the left.
Oct 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Everything Keeps Getting Worse for Trump’s Toadies Everything Keeps Getting Worse for Trump’s Toadies
Giuliani, Mulvaney, and Pompeo are getting in deeper and deeper trouble as the impeachment push accelerates.
Oct 22, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Will US Military Leaders Ever Stand up to Trump? Will US Military Leaders Ever Stand up to Trump?
America needs more vocal military leaders like Smedley Butler to drown out the silence of people like former defense secretary James Mattis.
Oct 21, 2019 / Tyson Manker
There Was a Smart, Progressive Way to Withdraw From Syria There Was a Smart, Progressive Way to Withdraw From Syria
Representative Ro Khanna explains how the president’s disregard for diplomacy has failed the Kurds and prospects for real and lasting peace.
Oct 21, 2019 / John Nichols