Donald Trump

Veterans for Trump

The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview

His foreign policy isn’t an alternative to US empire. It’s a cruder rendition of it.

Aug 10, 2016 / John Feffer

Vladimir Putin

Neo-McCarthyite Kremlin-Baiting of Trump Continues to Prevent Urgent Policy Debates Neo-McCarthyite Kremlin-Baiting of Trump Continues to Prevent Urgent Policy Debates

While pro-Clinton “liberals” and others escalate their slurring of Trump as Putin’s “agent” and “puppet,” international developments vital to US interests are being ignored in this...

Aug 10, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump speaks at Detroit Economic Club

Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust

He’s pushing the same old failures of Reaganomics: tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, along with nostalgia for an industrial era long gone.

Aug 10, 2016 / Jeff Madrick

Trump Rally North Carolina

Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated? Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated?

It’s not about what Trump truly meant, but what his supporters will hear.

Aug 9, 2016 / George Zornick

Donald Trump Detroit

Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con

Trump’s lies about election rigging will do real damage to a Clinton presidency.

Aug 9, 2016 / Joan Walsh

RNC confetti

The Circus and This Year’s Presidential Election Have More in Common Than You Think The Circus and This Year’s Presidential Election Have More in Common Than You Think

Elephants, a ringleader who’s a walking Ponzi scheme, and insults flying left and right—welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth.

Aug 9, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Bernie Sanders

The Sanders Movement Is Only Just Beginning The Sanders Movement Is Only Just Beginning

After a campaign that forced Democrats to have a real debate about ideas, Sanders and his supporters are now moving—and fighting—to continue the political revolution they started.

Aug 9, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Are Hillary Clinton’s Strong Poll Numbers Misleading? Are Hillary Clinton’s Strong Poll Numbers Misleading?

Pundits are afraid that Trump is doing better than the numbers suggest.

Aug 8, 2016 / Jon Wiener

Donald Trump and Paul Ryan splitscreen

Trump and Ryan Deserve Each Other Trump and Ryan Deserve Each Other

Ryan legitimized Trump, and now he’s getting what he deserves.

Aug 5, 2016 / John Nichols

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Donald Trump

How Did GOP Presidential Nominations Decline From a World War II General to a Narcissistic TV Celebrity? How Did GOP Presidential Nominations Decline From a World War II General to a Narcissistic TV Celebrity?

This does not represent progress.

Aug 4, 2016 / Andrew J. Bacevich

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