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Which Is Worse, Trump or Brexit? Which Is Worse, Trump or Brexit?

The answer will depend on what the left can make of what comes next.

Dec 13, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge

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Is Trump’s New Attorney General Nominee Just Another Jeff Sessions? Is Trump’s New Attorney General Nominee Just Another Jeff Sessions?

David Cole on William Barr, Dave Lindorff on Pentagon accounting fraud, and Marc Cooper on the revolution in Armenia.

Dec 13, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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It’s Time to Demystify Russiagate It’s Time to Demystify Russiagate

There have been endless, bewildering plot twists, but essentially it’s a corruption scandal—one that should bring down Trump’s presidency.

Dec 12, 2018 / David Klion

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If Trump Wants to Curb Migration, He Shouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid If Trump Wants to Curb Migration, He Shouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid

Dita has been deported three times back to El Salvador. Now a USAID-funded organization gives her hope that she can thrive in her own country.

Dec 12, 2018 / Eileen Grench

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The Impeachment of Donald Trump Is No Longer ‘Off the Table’ The Impeachment of Donald Trump Is No Longer ‘Off the Table’

Incoming Judiciary Committee chair Nadler correctly says of the latest allegations: “Certainly, they’re impeachable offenses.”

Dec 10, 2018 / John Nichols

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A Trumpian Year in Review A Trumpian Year in Review

In a crippled world, all the news that’s fit to splint.

Dec 10, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

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A Presidency on Drugs A Presidency on Drugs

The Trump administration makes the news cycle feel like a bad dose of amphetamines.

Dec 6, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

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Staffing the Administration Staffing the Administration

Replacing someone forced to leave Could surely be no easier. Trump looks among the folks he knows, And picks someone who’s sleazier.

Dec 6, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption

Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.

Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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New Cold War Dangers New Cold War Dangers

The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous that was its predecessor.

Dec 5, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

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