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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
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