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Now that Trump’s tariffs have been halted, his One Big Beautiful Bill has been stymied, and his multibillionaire tech bro
I’m trying not to be too delighted about the new reality TV show starring Elon and Donald, but the dialogue
When it comes to non-Americans, Trump and his regime are clear: Foreigners — especially if they’re Chinese — are no
Why is Trump trying to cancel “Sesame Street,” which has helped children learn to read and count for over half
One of our highest priorities in this darkness must be to protect the people who are doing the most right
I rarely ask you to look at charts. Today is an exception. This one is from the Economic Policy Institute.
Cut Medicaid to give billionaires a huge tax cut. But why? They say they want a smaller government, but that can’t
One of my purposes in sending you this daily letter is to give you the truth about an important issue
Trump’s latest idiotic idea of redistributing $3 billion in grant money from Harvard to trade schools, which he posted, masks a
As Republican senators go home for the Memorial Day weekend, it’s an excellent time for those of you who live
The old professor in me thinks the best way to convey to you how utterly awful the so-called “one big
I’m truly sorry that Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. But the Biden news that’s been dominating
Last Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody’s, the ratings firm, announced that the U.S. government’s
The showdown is nearly upon us. The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump regime cannot deport a group of Venezuelans
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, says Trump’s tariffs are “too high” and it will have to raise prices because of
On Sunday night, the U.S. announced that it is cutting tariffs on Chinese imports from 145 percent to 30 percent,
On Saturday, the town of Starbase, Texas, was born. The town includes Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch facility and company-owned land
The Federal Reserve decided this week to leave interest rates where they are, at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent. Although the Fed acknowledged that...
Words matter. When the media points out Trump’s “potential conflicts of interest,” as it has in recent days when describing Trump’s growing crypto...
Trump is planning a giant military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., to coincide with his 79th birthday on
Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first hundred days, “the first hundred days” of a presidency has become the first test
The most important constraints on the Trump regime during its heinous first hundred days have been (1) federal courts, (2)
Today is the start of the 14th week of the odious Trump regime. Wednesday will mark its first 100 days. The U.S. Constitution is in peril. Civil...
Some Democrats fear they’re playing into Trump’s hands by fighting his mass deportations rather than focusing on his failures on
Billionaire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the drop in the stock market is nothing to be concerned about because Americans
A few days ago I had breakfast with my old friend John Shattuck, who, as president of Central European University
My heart leapt last Saturday when I saw how many people turned out for the Hands Off protests: More than
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