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It’s hard to remember that only 10 weeks ago, the American economy was quite good, our foreign relations were on
In many ways this was another horrific week. Like a terrible hurricane, the Trump dictatorship is sweeping more people into
I know it’s almost overwhelming — the continuous cacophony of catastrophes brought on my the crackpot in chief. But I
Trump said worldwide automobile taxes, er, tariffs, will come into effect next week, on April 3, alongside Trump’s so-called reciprocal
Financial services executive Frank Bisignano, Trump’s pick to become permanent commissioner of Social Security, faced lawmakers this morning in a
Let’s say you don’t like what the Trump administration is doing, or you don’t like Trump. You express these views
Trump is dismantling much of the Department of Education. He has ordered wrestling executive-turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut most
The major weapon of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime is fear that causes people to be intimidated into silence and submission. The
The message we’re getting from stock and bond markets deserves your attention. Recall that Trump was elected largely because Americans
Your anxiety is entirely justified. We are going through one of the most stressful times in American history. It is
I remain optimistic about the longer term, but I still awaken each morning with a sense of dread. I’m sure
Since I offered you 10 reasons for modest optimism last week, discontent with the Trump-Musk regime has surged even further.
One of the unacknowledged advantages of the horrendous era we’ve entered is that it is revealing for all to see
If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of
Trump’s startling remarks this week that Ukraine’s leadership “should have never started” the war in Ukraine, that Ukraine’s President Zelensky...
They want a dictatorship built on hopelessness and fear, but we can take courage from the green shoots of rebellion now appearing across America...
Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for the next six months and
I want to talk today about the media’s coverage of the Trump-Vance-Musk coup. I’m not referring to coverage by the
Sometimes it takes a crisis to reveal one’s true character. This is especially true of people who occupy positions of
By Jonathan Power War over Ukraine? It mustn’t be. Some of us believed that at the end of the Cold
The Trump-Musk regime is accusing federal civil servants of fraud, based on no evidence, while at the same time allowing
He is the most lawless president in American history. He’s allowed Musk’s rats unfettered access to the Treasury’s payments system.
It’s a coup. As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making
Elon Musk vowed this week to unilaterally cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government grants after he and
It can be overwhelming. Trump is trying to “flood the zone” so we focus on a few outrages that we
In his ongoing rampage against the laws of the land, Trump this week fired National Labor Relations Board acting chair
In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are
Trump has spent much of the past week complaining — and lying — about California’s water policies, falsely claiming that
By Jonathan Power Besides dealing with Ukraine, Russia stands at a major crossroads as it works out how exactly to
Trump will try to take credit for the Biden economy. Don’t let him. And don’t let Republican enablers of Trump
Trump and his MAGA allies are already targeting the four major pillars of resistance to Trump during his first term.
The cast of characters Trump has chosen to populate his second term are a Star Wars cantina of fanatics, extremists, conspiracy theorists, sexual...
It will not be the first time in history that someone is seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power, although it may be the first time that so...
As a practical matter, where will we find a firewall against the excesses of the Trump regime? The federal courts. You might say it doesn’t matter...
The challenge is the same as it was at the start of the 20th century: To fight for an economy and a democracy that works for all rather than the few.
As we come to the end of a difficult year, it’s important to establish a baseline for seeing how much worse Trump will make the American system...