Executive Branch

LAX Trump protesters

The Resistance to Trump Is Big, Diverse, and Ferocious The Resistance to Trump Is Big, Diverse, and Ferocious

It will take sustained and strategic action on many fronts to defend our democracy while building a bigger, stronger progressive movement.

Jan 31, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Mad King Donald’s Alternative Facts Mad King Donald’s Alternative Facts

“I’m, like, very smart, believe me!”

Jan 31, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Trump Has Created a Constitutional Crisis

Trump Has Created a Constitutional Crisis Trump Has Created a Constitutional Crisis

It took Richard Nixon almost five years to launch a Saturday Night Massacre. Donald Trump launched a Monday Night Massacre in just ten days.

Jan 31, 2017 / John Nichols

People hold up signs at an immigration rally

Lawmakers Warn of a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ as Refugees and Green-Card Holders Remain in Detention Lawmakers Warn of a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ as Refugees and Green-Card Holders Remain in Detention

Attorneys across the country continue to fight to free travelers targeted by Trump’s executive order.

Jan 30, 2017 / Alex Kane

Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out

Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out

Your silence will not protect you.

Jan 29, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami

This Is the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban

This Is the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban This Is the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban

Friday’s executive order extended to seven countries—but that list could grow.

Jan 28, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Donald Trump

Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President

It’s been a dizzying week—but it’s crucial to keep an eye on what’s really happening. 

Jan 27, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter

Donald Trump

‘Trump Made Idiots of Us All’ ‘Trump Made Idiots of Us All’

Matt Taibbi on Trump, Joan Walsh on the Women’s March, and Erwin Chemerinsky on suing Trump.

Jan 26, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump

Trump Did Not Fulfill His Day-One Promise to Drain the Swamp Trump Did Not Fulfill His Day-One Promise to Drain the Swamp

The president has signed a lot of executive orders—but not this one.

Jan 25, 2017 / David Dayen

Putin 2016

Incessant Kremlin-Baiting of President Trump Is a Threat to US National Security Incessant Kremlin-Baiting of President Trump Is a Threat to US National Security

Allegations that the president is a “puppet of Putin” could prevent him from making decisions in America’s best interests.

Jan 25, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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