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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...
Trump wants to buy Greenland and annex Canada as the 51st American state. When I first heard these ideas I thought he was joking, but as with all...
In three weeks and one day, a bunch of bilious billionaires will essentially take over the U.S. government. What do they want? Consider where...
I wanted to say something about former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. Carter wrote the following on June 16, 1977, and...
When I was secretary of labor, America’s emerging big tech industry pushed to raise the cap on the number of skilled workers allowed into the...
Donald Trump isn’t the cause of what ails America. He’s the consequence. The real causes go back four decades. Let me start with a bit of family...
When most people stop believing that they and their children have a fair chance to make it, the tacit social contract begins to unravel, and a...
In the wake of Kamala Harris’s loss to Trump, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he isn’t going to criticize Trump’s nominees...
You have every reason to be worried about what happens after January 20. Many people could be harmed. Yet I continue to have an abiding faith in...
The holidays provide an apt time to pause and assess where we are. You have every reason to be worried about what happens after January 20. Many...
You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way.
We are beginning to see this all over the U.S. political-economic system — giant corporations and hugely wealthy people going out of their way to...
At a time in American history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and...
We are in a queasy interregnum. Four weeks ago, we learned that Donald Trump won the 2024 election. In six weeks, he’ll be taking over the United...
When she was a member of Congress, former Representative Liz Cheney took positions on many issues that I abhorred. I suspect you did, too. But on...
The solution is obvious and simple, which is why the nation's richest people hate it so much: Scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay a much fairer...
What happens when we refuse to allow Trump’s lackeys to wreak revenge on his political enemies who live within our states and communities?
My first reaction to the Sunday news that President Biden was pardoning his son Hunter was sadness. Biden has a constitutional right to pardon his...