Biden’s Mindless Escalation is a Final Betrayal of Ukraine Biden’s Mindless Escalation is a Final Betrayal of Ukraine
Instead of preparing for inevitable negotiations, the outgoing president adds fuel to the fire.
Nov 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer
BREAKING: Matt Gaetz Quits, and Journalism Still Matters—a Lot BREAKING: Matt Gaetz Quits, and Journalism Still Matters—a Lot
Forty-five minutes after CNN contacted Trump’s attorney general nominee about additional allegations of sexual misconduct, he was done.
Nov 21, 2024 / John Nichols
How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination
He can pick a strident abortion opponent like Roger Severino, who wrote the Project 2025 chapter on HHS, as his number two.
Nov 21, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline
Trump is on track to bring a hasty end, silent or otherwise, to an “American Century” of global dominion.
Nov 21, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe
Meet “first buddy” Elon Musk.
Nov 21, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency? What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency?
An all-hands-on-deck approach to the coming world of Donald Trump and crew is distinctly in order.
Nov 20, 2024 / William D. Hartung
Will “Serious” Republicans Block Any of Trump’s Freak-Show Cabinet Picks? Will “Serious” Republicans Block Any of Trump’s Freak-Show Cabinet Picks?
Will they stand up to even the scariest of these nominees? I’m not optimistic.
Nov 19, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The First Amendment Will Suffer Under Trump The First Amendment Will Suffer Under Trump
Given what’s heading our way, we need a capacious view and robust defense of the First Amendment from all quarters.
Nov 19, 2024 / Nan Levinson
When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance. When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance.
If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will have to look to the states.
Nov 19, 2024 / Van Gosse
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First
His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.
Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer