Political Ideologies

Donald Trump sitting next to two Fox News anchors.

The Sycophants at Fox News The Sycophants at Fox News

Brian Stelter’s book Hoax gets half the story about the toadies of cable news.  

Sep 3, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman

Donald Trump

Trump’s Paranoia Commands the Government Trump’s Paranoia Commands the Government

Too often dismissed as a personal quirk, Trump’s promotion of conspiracy theories is a major threat to democracy.

Sep 2, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History

Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History

Trump implemented his “law-and-order” strategy with a Wisconsin trip that was low on sympathy and high on campaign rhetoric.

Sep 2, 2020 / John Nichols

Covid Country Diary

Covid Country Diary Covid Country Diary

We left Manhattan for the Catskills in March; two months into the city’s lockdown, this rural county had the highest per capita number of new cases in the state.

Sep 2, 2020 / Laura Flanders

Close to Zero

Close to Zero Close to Zero

This is what it looks like since Trump doesn't believe in science, the World Health Organization, or his own health advisors.  

Aug 31, 2020 / OppArt / Dee Hood

Trump Lit

Trump Lit Trump Lit

Hair on fire.

Aug 29, 2020 / OppArt / Michael Gelen

Trump speaks in front of the White House.

The ‘Abomination’ of a Convention Makes Clear the GOP Threat The ‘Abomination’ of a Convention Makes Clear the GOP Threat

Where does pundit savviness end and an invitation to fascism begin?

Aug 28, 2020 / Eric Alterman

Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent

Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent

A pitiful, hapless tyrant of a president blames the problems his administration has caused on out-of-office Joe Biden.

Aug 28, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Immigrant Children in the US Are Still In Cages

Immigrant Children in the US Are Still In Cages Immigrant Children in the US Are Still In Cages

Not in the headlines, but this travesty continues.

Aug 28, 2020 / OppArt / Tom Arie Donch

Alt-right protest

The F-Word: No Other Way to Describe Trump’s Fascism 2.0 The F-Word: No Other Way to Describe Trump’s Fascism 2.0

If Trump’s lengthy rap sheet of lies, threats, obstruction, and incitement doesn’t add up to fascism, then what would?

Aug 28, 2020 / Mark Green and Ralph Nader

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