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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

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The destruction of USAID is a canary in American democracy’s coal mine

As demonstrated by the Trump administration’s takedown of USAID, disinformation, amplified by social media, poses an even greater threat to...

16.02.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump always passes the buck

It’s a safe bet that “The Buck Stops Here” is not displayed anywhere in President Donald Trump’s White House.

09.02.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump exacts revenge on former allies who criticized him

Trump issued executive orders that revoked security details for former National Security Advisor John Bolton, former CIA Director and Secretary of...

02.02.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

A presidential grant of clemency worthy of praise

A few days before he left office, President Biden commuted the sentences of about 2,500 drug offenders.

26.01.2025 40

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Try as he might, Trump can’t kill clean energy

Trump is fighting against market forces, technological innovation and pork-barrel politics.

19.01.2025 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Will the ‘real’ Speaker Johnson please stand up?

Given the GOP’s razor-thin House majority, no one can be certain what the Speaker can and will do in 2025.

12.01.2025 4

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Matt Gaetz can run, but can he hide?

The Ethics Committee’s well-documented conclusions should command the wide attention.

05.01.2025 9

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

RFK Jr. should not be confirmed as HHS secretary

Kennedy’s claims about the 1918 pandemic, HIV, COVID immunity, the origins of Operation Warp Speed, autism, antidepressants, fluoridated water, 5G...

22.12.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s tariff plan is bad policy and bad politics

Last month, President-elect Donald Trump announced that on his first day in office, he will impose a 25 percent tariff on all products from Canada...

08.12.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Why did Kari Lake lose in Arizona even though Trump won?

In 2024, the content and tone of Lake’s campaign remained unmistakably Trumpian.

24.11.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Mitch McConnell’s lamentable legacy

As Michael Tackett implies in his new book, “The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party,” he...

17.11.2024 7

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

What Trump has actually done for Black Americans

Trump’s botched response to the pandemic fell disproportionately on Black Americans.

03.11.2024 5

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Harris must personalize her economic message

Harris cannot rely on facts, statistics or detailed policy pronouncements.

13.10.2024 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s obsession with Harris’s IQ is telling

Trump’s public statements have also become increasingly incoherent.

06.10.2024 100

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Donald Trump pals around with some truly awful people

It seems reasonable to conclude that Ye, Fuentes, Loomer, Robinson and Vance are Donald Trump’s kind of guys.

29.09.2024 70

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Most Americans support these 3 initiatives to prevent school shootings

K-12 school shootings occur far more frequently in the U.S. than in any other country.

15.09.2024 4

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump will say anything about abortion to get elected

Trump knows that a substantial majority of Americans strongly oppose the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

08.09.2024 3

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Will RFK Jr. give Trump a shot in the arm?

Kennedy and Trump differ on many issues, but they have well-deserved reputations as peddlers of false and dangerous allegations about the safety...

01.09.2024 3

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Are Republicans or Democrats more committed to reducing child poverty?

More often than not, congressional Republicans have opposed child tax credit increases, while Democrats have made sizable child tax credits a high...

25.08.2024 5

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

On Gaza, Harris has learned the lessons of 1968

The challenge for Harris involves combining full-throated support for Israel’s right to defend itself with signals that she will do more than...

04.08.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s election lies must be refuted every time he repeats them 

Donald Trump has made over 800 false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, and his lies have undermined faith in free and fair...

28.07.2024 30

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

How to stop autocracies from ganging up on democracies

Autocrats and dictators share the same goals. And they are collaborating to achieve these goals.

21.07.2024 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor

Why NYC’s congestion pricing plan is stuck in traffic

New York’s congestion pricing plan is a textbook example of the perennial conflict between good policies and good politics.

14.07.2024 2

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Glenn C. Altschuler, Opinion Contributor