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Trump Is a Liar. That’s Bad. But He’s Delusional—and That’s Even Worse

Here we go again. The new oil deal with Venezuela, Donald Trump bragged over the weekend, will “substantially lower” gas prices and won’t cost...

31.08.2026 2

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

How Did the World Get to Be Held Hostage by Two Malevolent Cretins?

Today is the six-month anniversary of President Trump’s war in Iran, which as any non-brainwashed human can see has been a failure in every sense....

28.08.2026 6

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

What Jon Ossoff Gets That Far Too Many Democrats Don’t

There’s a new Democratic presidential frontrunner, according to the Kalshi prediction markets at least. Over the weekend, Jon Ossoff claimed first...

24.08.2026 5

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Springsteen Museum’s Modest, Big-Hearted Vision of America

It’s odd, when you think about it, that there is no major, comprehensive museum devoted to American music. One can after all make a very strong case...

19.08.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

At Long Last, Americans Are Starting to See the Truth About the GOP

It was heartening to see a couple of polls come out recently showing that for the first time in a long time, Americans trust the Democrats more than...

17.08.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Why Don’t Leftie Candidates Do Better Among Working-Class Voters?

The question has popped up frequently in this election cycle. Even in the wins notched by left-leaning and socialist candidates, those candidates...

14.08.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Memo to Those Who Fear Socialism: Why Don’t You Try Fix Capitalism?

Everywhere I look, I see people expressing alarm about the popularity of socialism. It polls in the mid-to-high 30s, and considerably higher among...

10.08.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Yes, El-Sayed May Lose. But Democrats Shouldn’t Try to Make It Happen.

The reaction so far among establishment Democrats to Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow win in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary has been surprisingly...

07.08.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

This Sleazoid MAGA Congressman May Just Have Turned a Red Seat Blue

I’m betting there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Max Miller. Just another take-a-number MAGA Congressman. Except that he’s not. He’s...

03.08.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

We Now Have the Leading Charge in Trump’s Next Impeachment

The Todd Blanche nomination mess in the Senate is truly one of those pass-the-popcorn moments for Democrats and liberals. One can sense that John...

31.07.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Is This Guy the Worst Party Chair in the History of the United States?

Self-help author Marianne Williamson didn’t exactly impress a lot of people as having the sharpest political mind during her brief foray into...

27.07.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Trump Just Gave Us a Horrible New Reason to Worry About the Iran War

Donny is frustrated. The Wall Street Journal reports that at a recent White House meeting, President Trump “launched into a tirade against Iranian...

24.07.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The World’s Worst Nightmare: Donald Trump in Charge of a Real-Live War

The war in Iran—so recently “ended” to the back-slapping acclaim of the administration that started it—is definitely back on. Iran attacked an...

20.07.2026 30

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Michael Tomasky

No President Has Embarrassed This Country the Way Trump Did Last Night

First of all, I could barely stay awake. It was only a 25-minute speech, and it’s not like 9:25 p.m. is my bedtime, but President Donald Trump’s...

17.07.2026 20

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Michael Tomasky

Lindsey Graham’s Legacy? It’s About One Thing Only, and It Isn’t Good

It’s hard to remember it now, now that Donald Trump’s dominance over a supine and gutless Republican Party has extended for more than a decade and...

13.07.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Susan Collins May Be Chuckling, but She’s in Far Worse Trouble Now

The conventional media wisdom is that Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins is sitting back and laughing this week, and well she might be. The collapse of...

10.07.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump Has a New—and Stupid and Likely Ineffective—Favorite Word

Donald Trump has a new favorite word. He’s been calling Democrats “communists” ever since a few democratic socialists won the party’s House...

06.07.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump Is a Treacherous, Idolatrous, Know-Nothing Anti-Patriot

History—in this case, through the pen of Thomas Boswell—does not record for us the context in which Samuel Johnson offered up the famous quote...

03.07.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Important Missing Word That Discredits the Centrists’ New Letter

So Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi of Long Island has come out swinging against the socialists. “We are capitalist, not socialist,” reads a...

29.06.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Dems Must Talk Seriously About Supreme Court Expansion

Was Thursday among the darkest days in the history of the Supreme Court? You could make a case. First, a majority cleared the way for a pesticide...

26.06.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Vandalism at the Reflecting Pool? Yes—It Was Committed by Donald Trump

Add David Hearn to Donald Trump’s ever-growing list of enemies of the state. The Bethesda man was out for a bike ride in Washington, D.C., last...

22.06.2026 40

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

If Obama Had Done What Trump Just Did on Iran, He’d Be Crucified

When I read history, I often wonder what it must have felt like to live those events in real time, as I’m sure you do. Did it seem an ominous moment...

19.06.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Michael Tomasky Wrote a Novel, and It’s Not Remotely What You’d Expect

Alex Shephard: I’ve always wanted to say that our guest needs no introduction, but I have never been able to do so, because it has never been true....

17.06.2026 10

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

2028 Democrats Litmus Test: Billionaires, I’m Coming After Your Money

Imagine you were buying a car, and the only thing you knew about it was the color. Not the horsepower, not the number of cylinders, not the options;...

15.06.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Not-So-Secret Impulse Behind Trump’s Vulgar, Garish Birthday Party

The president turns 80 on Sunday, and, as with everything pertaining to Donald Trump, his need to place himself at the center of our attention is...

12.06.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Mixed Feelings About Platner? Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed.

I’m guessing you have a pretty good idea of what Graham Platner was getting up to last week—fending off yet another round of allegations about his...

08.06.2026 40

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Why The New York Times Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise

Everyone is up in arms, and rightly so, about what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS News in general and 60 Minutes in particular. The firing of Scott Pelley...

05.06.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Trump’s America vs. Springsteen’s: I Know Which Is the “Real America”

So now Donald Trump wants to cancel his “Freedom 250” concerts. Musical artists, who were obviously lied to by Trump adjutants when convinced to...

01.06.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Real—and Deeply Corrupt—Reason Trump Is After E. Jean Carroll

Holy Damage Control, Batman: CNN originally reported late in the day Wednesday that the Justice Department was opening a probe into whether E. Jean...

29.05.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Stop the Presses—Donald Trump Actually Did Something Good for Once

Donald Trump has made just about everything he’s touched worse. He’s going to spend this week bragging about his peace deal with Iran, but please...

26.05.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

There’s One Thing All Democrats Must Agree On, or They’re Dead in 2028

I started reading the Democratic autopsy of their 2024 loss that was belatedly released Thursday, but I stopped on page eight, when I got to this...

22.05.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.

Will 2026 finally be the year when a critical mass of Americans wakes up and realizes that Republicans always screw up the economy? I doubt it. The...

18.05.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

How Do We Know the China Summit Was a Failure? Because Trump Did It.

Donald Trump says China agreed to buy 200 jets from Boeing. He crowed about it on Fox News Thursday night. But funny thing: A spokesman for China’s...

15.05.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Obamacare Subsidies: Are Republicans More Stupid Than They Are Cruel?

There are a lot of things wrong with today’s Republican Party. They lie. They lie about how much they lie. They have handed their party and our...

11.05.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

This Is the Issue That Must Unite Democrats—and It Isn’t Donald Trump

The self-pity of some people knows no bounds. Steven Roth, the CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, said this week that the phrase “tax the rich” is hate...

08.05.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Why Seed Patents—Yes, Seed Patents—Are Key to the Democrats’ Future

The House Progressive Caucus released its affordability agenda last week. Ever since Zohran Mamdani rode the multisyllabic a-word to his surprise...

04.05.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

John Roberts Is Either Dumb or Racially Obtuse. And He’s Not Dumb.

If Chief Justice John Roberts has uttered two quotable sentences in his career that will likely appear high up in his New York Times obituary, they...

01.05.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

We Marinate in Conspiracy Today. Who’s to Blame? Partly, Donald Trump.

History should bother to record the dark irony that the apparent third (or fourth, or maybe fifth) assassination attempt against Donald Trump came at...

27.04.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Let’s Hope America’s Dumbest War Doesn’t Become Its Most Tragic

As we barrel toward the ninth week of this two- or three-week war, virtually all of the reporting and most of the commentary is focused on the...

24.04.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Did Donald Trump Promise Iran $20 Billion? If So—Is that Treason?

Last Friday morning, Axios published a scoop about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Iran. The administration, according to four sources,...

20.04.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Trump’s Sycophants Just Approved the Tackiest Monument to Him Yet

The Great Sphinx of Giza stands 66 feet tall. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is around 180 feet. Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, 164 feet. The Sydney Opera...

17.04.2026 20

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

How Did California Democrats Let Eric Swalwell Get This Far, Anyway?

I started hearing the swirling Eric Swalwell rumors a couple of weeks ago. There were stories coming, and they were going to be bad. Well they came,...

13.04.2026 60

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Michael Tomasky

Donald Trump Is Losing What Little Mind He Has Left

Hey, Donald Trump, you just launched a war that you’re losing, that’s costing you millions of supporters, that’s tanking your standing among...

10.04.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

You Can Smell It Now: The Trump Presidency Is in Total Free-Fall

The presidency of Donald Trump is now officially in collapse. His war is … not exactly a disaster, but it sure isn’t the cakewalk he envisioned...

06.04.2026 40

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Why Liberals Should Maybe Hope the Republicans Nuke the Filibuster

Donald Trump—juggling a war that shows more signs every week of dragging on far longer than he imagined, a nation of enraged air travelers, and a...

30.03.2026 50

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

This Week: The Single Cringiest Moment of the Cringey Trump 2.0 Era

In every age, there are moments large and small that somehow manage to capture the regnant ideology in all its proud and decadent vulgarity. You know...

27.03.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Seems Like Trump May End This War Soon. What Will It Have Been Worth?

Now the latest in the Iran war is that the Pentagon may deploy about 3,000 members of the legendary 82nd Airborne to Kharg Island. Or it might be...

24.03.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

The Scariest Thing About This War? He’s Sitting in the Oval Office.

Iran, according to reports, has around 500 power plants. The vast majority run on natural gas, though a fairly impressive number are solar. Only one...

23.03.2026 30

New Republic

Michael Tomasky

Yes, Trump Derangement Syndrome Exists; but It’s Among His Supporters

I don’t understand why everyone is so upset about Donald Trump’s invocation of Pearl Harbor during his tête-à-tête with Japanese Prime Minister...

20.03.2026 30

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Michael Tomasky

A Big Announcement Is Coming This Week. Americans Should Be Nervous.

Something is happening this Thursday that, during normal times, Americans wouldn’t need to pay a lick of attention to. Freedom House, the esteemed,...

16.03.2026 60

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Michael Tomasky