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Trump Is the Anti-Trump

Trump Is the Anti-Trump

There is an alternate universe in which the president is the popular, successful figure of his imagination.

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Guess What Trump Values Above the Constitution

The State of the Union was very revealing.

01.03.2026 10

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What Hath Trump Wrought

The real state of the union.

25.02.2026 6

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What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

A Q & A with Andrea Pitzer.

21.02.2026 400

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Marco Rubio Is Failing Western Civ

The Declaration of Independence’s powerful vision of equality stands as a chief obstacle to the MAGA right’s effort to consummate its vision of...

19.02.2026 2000

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We Have to Look Right in the Face of What We Have Become

Any serious push to account for the actions of this government must include recompense and repair for its victims.

11.02.2026 9

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This Is Just Who Trump Is

The birther of a nation.

08.02.2026 200

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Common Ground Is for Suckers

Some are more American than others.

04.02.2026 4

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Trump’s Brute-Force Approach to Power Is Wearing Thin

Arresting Don Lemon doesn’t send the message the president wants it to.

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Minneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg

The White House has failed to achieve either its strategic or its tactical goals in Minnesota.

28.01.2026 7

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Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable

We have three years left with a mad king. It doesn’t feel sustainable.

21.01.2026 9

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This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks

The president’s assertion of unlimited authority is a total rejection of popular sovereignty and the logic of the Constitution.

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America Doesn’t Need ICE

The shooting in Minneapolis is just the latest sign.

10.01.2026 20

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There Is a Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy

Jan. 6 is a symptom. Elite impunity is the cause.

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The White House Is a Lost Cause

Why are the Supreme Court and Congress conspiring to give him more power?

17.12.2025 20

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Think Globally, Give Locally

Make yourself an active member of your community.

06.12.2025 4

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Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most

In the right hands, the pardon power is too strong. In the wrong hands, it is disastrous.

04.12.2025 7

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The White House Gold Rush Is On

They came bearing gifts. They left with what they wanted.

19.11.2025 40

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JD Vance Is Idling at the Edges of American Politics

Why doesn’t the vice president have more to say about Nick Fuentes?

15.11.2025 30

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Democrats Are Teaching Trump the Wrong Lesson

They need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal.

12.11.2025 10

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We Can’t Pretend to Know the Future of the Democratic Party

There is no one-size-fits-all template for winning elections.

08.11.2025 5

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Make No Mistake, Trump Is an Albatross

Just Ask Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger and Zohran Mamdani.

05.11.2025 20

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A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm

The Constitution is not a word game.

02.11.2025 10

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Trump’s Path of Destruction Is Far-Reaching

From Venezuela to the East Wing of the White House.

25.10.2025 5

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There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings

Who’s the patriot now?

22.10.2025 8

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Republicans Know How Vulnerable Trump Is. The Attacks on No Kings Prove It.

What explains the Republican Party’s posture toward these protests?

19.10.2025 20

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It’s Not Government They Don’t Like

Remember when Republicans loved states’ rights?

09.10.2025 10

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Who Is Donald Trump Responsible To?

Trump’s exclusionary view of the country strains the bonds of union.

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Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

What a narrow result in a closely divided nation actually means for the country and its political parties.

01.10.2025 7

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This Is About So Much More Than Lisa Cook

Trump dreams of infinite presidential power.

24.09.2025 10

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The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society

The Trump administration and its adherents want dominance and obedience.

20.09.2025 10

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Trump’s Economic Magic Trick Is Coming Undone

The president’s voters wanted to have it both ways. Reality said no.

17.09.2025 10

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Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

We can condemn his assassination without mythologizing him.

13.09.2025 20

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They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America

Five words from the Declaration of Independence that national conservatives don’t like.

10.09.2025 20

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The Visual Language of Trump’s Authoritarianism

It’s an unreal spectacle.

31.08.2025 7

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All the Things Trump Thinks He Owns

The White House is not the president’s property. Neither is the Smithsonian. Nor Washington itself.

27.08.2025 10

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What Jesse Jackson and Zohran Mamdani Have in Common

We cannot let this dark moment consume us.

23.08.2025 9

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What Trump Is Really Up to in Washington

Even as the president is putting on a show, he’s also doing everything he can to reach his ultimate aim.

20.08.2025 7

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Why Trump Always Wants a Crisis

If the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.

13.08.2025 10

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The Dred Scott Dissent Lincoln Loved

What if the infamous case had been decided correctly?

09.08.2025 20

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The Death of the Fourth American Republic

The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

06.08.2025 20

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JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own

The vice president envisions a world of tiered citizenship, where entry depends on heritage and status rests on obedience.

23.07.2025 20

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Mike Johnson Would Like You to Know About His Subservience

The speaker comes in with a strong entry in the sycophancy sweepstakes.

20.07.2025 20

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Now Can We Stop Talking About What a Maverick Trump Is?

The president is a normie Republican. Stop thinking otherwise.

02.07.2025 10

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We Know Exactly Where the Supreme Court’s Change of Heart Has Come From

The justices’ strange about-face has a source.

28.06.2025 20

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ICE Will See You Now

It won’t be easy to get rid of authoritarian habits of mind.

25.06.2025 10

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Right-Wing Violence Is Not a Fringe Issue

Let’s not confuse ourselves about where the primary responsibility lies.

21.06.2025 10

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Well, You Certainly Wouldn’t Call It Presidential Underreach

Maybe Trump and Miller don’t understand Americans as well as they think they do.

18.06.2025 6

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The Polls Are In. Trump Is Not Winning in Los Angeles.

The results are surprisingly clear on this.

14.06.2025 7

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Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He’s Actually a Weak Man

He is still dangerous, though.

11.06.2025 8

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