Republicans

Trump's Amended Travel Ban

For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes

Basheer Othman still can’t join his wife in the United States.

Mar 7, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Rex Tillerson hearing

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Paul Ryan

The Republican Health-Care Bill Is the Worst of So Many Worlds The Republican Health-Care Bill Is the Worst of So Many Worlds

This attempt to repeal Obamacare fails on every score—except cutting rich people’s taxes.

Mar 7, 2017 / David Dayen

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

But we are not going to be played like this.

Mar 7, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man! Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man!

His new superpower: reading the teleprompter.

Mar 7, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again

The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again

White House adviser Steve Bannon insists that Muslims don’t have the right “DNA” for democracy.

Mar 6, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War

It’s fashionable now to take shots at Republicans, but both parties are responsible for creating chaos around the world.

Mar 6, 2017 / Oliver Stone

Wilbur Ross

Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters

Behind the scenes, a lot happened this week at several federal agencies. 

Mar 3, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter

Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump

Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump

When Obama was in the White House, the safest place for young undocumented immigrants was in the public eye. Vargas’s detention shows that’s no longer true.

Mar 2, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Trump Wearing Make America Great Again Hat

How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform

Harold Meyerson on beating Trump from the left, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Joan Walsh on Harry Belafonte.

Mar 2, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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