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Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody) Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody)

These freakish and unqualified cabinet picks, from RFK Jr. to Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, show that Trump is clowning you.

Nov 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the president-elect is testing congressional servility.

Nov 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump

What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump

The right to abortion won big this election—and so did the man who ended Roe v. Wade. Nowhere was that contradiction more pronounced than in Amarillo, Texas.

Nov 14, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd A Face in the Crowd

The threat beyond Trump.

Nov 13, 2024 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

US House majority whip Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN), US House majority leader Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) arrive for a news conference on the results of the 2024 election outside of the US Capitol on November 12, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Congress Must Reject a Bill That Would Give Trump New Power to Silence Critics Congress Must Reject a Bill That Would Give Trump New Power to Silence Critics

How a new House bill could chill dissent from nonprofits.

Nov 13, 2024 / Kia Hamadanchy

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the celebration of Women's Day at the Constitutional Court on March 4, 2024, in Madrid, Spain.

Should Sonia Sotomayor Retire Before January 20? Should Sonia Sotomayor Retire Before January 20?

The difference between what the answer should be—and what it will be—tells you almost everything you need to know about today’s Democratic Party.

Nov 13, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Underground

Underground Underground

Deep pipes.

Nov 12, 2024 / OppArt / Matt Wuerker

Trump after guilty verdict

Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level

With Donald Trump’s reelection, the slide toward a dangerously empowered president has reached a moment of reckoning,

Nov 11, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg

Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Reshaping the Direction of the USA Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Trump and Project 2025.

Nov 8, 2024 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

Kaddish for America:

Kaddish for America: Kaddish for America:

The choice.

Nov 8, 2024

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