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Sasha Abramsky

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Independent Agencies Oversee Elections and Media. Trump’s Seizing Their Reins.

Independent Agencies Oversee Elections and Media. Trump’s Seizing Their Reins.

A little-noticed executive order may in the long run have the largest impact on US democracy.

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Trump Abandons Ukraine, and Wages a War Against the Free Press

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Trump’s Speech Vowed a New “Golden Age,” But His Policies Drive Us Into the Dust

Trump’s Speech Vowed a New “Golden Age,” But His Policies Drive Us Into the Dust

In his speech to Congress, Trump doubled down on the tariffs that economists say may trigger another Great Depression.

05.03.2025 4

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The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History

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DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research

28.02.2025 10

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Trump Team’s Plan to “Make America Great Again” Is to Eviscerate Public Safety

Trump Team’s Plan to “Make America Great Again” Is to Eviscerate Public Safety

DOGE has put at risk basic government function, dramatically increasing the riskiness of daily life for all Americans.

27.02.2025 30

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Trump’s Aggression Against Canada Is Boosting Liberal Party’s Election Chances

Trump’s Aggression Against Canada Is Boosting Liberal Party’s Election Chances

Annexation is implausible because Canadians know just how much the US has shredded its own social safety net.

22.02.2025 20

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Sasha Abramsky

The Endless Conflicts of Interest in the Trump Administration

21.02.2025 8

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A Profoundly Un-American Moment

14.02.2025 4

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The Dehumanization Is the Point

07.02.2025 7

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Trump’s January 6 Pardons Were a Green Light to Far Right Paramilitaries

The GOP’s silence after the pardons made it complicit in Trump’s decision to normalize paramilitary violence in the US.

03.02.2025 2

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The Trump Administration Has Gone AWOL From the Union

31.01.2025 20

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The Mountain West’s Mega-McMansion Problem

28.01.2025 4

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Trump’s All-Out Assault on American Democracy Has Begun

24.01.2025 20

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Why I Won’t Be Watching the Clown Show That Will Be Trump’s Inauguration

17.01.2025 6

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The Insurance Crisis Looming in California as the Wildfires Burn

17.01.2025 10

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What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles

13.01.2025 3

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A Trump L’Oeil and More Signs of What’s to Come

10.01.2025 4

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As Worst Fire in LA History Raged, Trump Saw Tragedy as a Political Opportunity

Trump has treated the crisis like a political football. Will he also use FEMA funds as leverage over the blue state?

09.01.2025 10

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Trump’s 2025 Foreign Policy Plan: Make Colonialism Great Again

03.01.2025 10

The Nation

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Trump’s Debt Ceiling Power Play Is a Prelude to the Congressional Chaos to Come

With hours left before the U.S. government was slated to run out of money last week, Elon Musk and Donald Trump took to social media to strong-arm...

23.12.2024 4

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My 2025 Project: Starting a New Column, “Hiding in Plain Sight”

20.12.2024 4

The Nation

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Musk Slammed Trump’s Treasury Pick. But Is Scott Bessent Really That Moderate?

Donald Trump is a master of populist demagoguery. He knows exactly when to turn up the volume on his most controversial ideas, and he knows when to...

19.12.2024 4

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Trump’s Budget Director Could Usher In an Age of Unfettered Presidential Power

As Donald Trump’s cabinet takes shape, one name ought to stand out: Russell Vought, slated to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)....

09.12.2024 40

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Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary Won’t Neutralize the Damage His Administration Will Inflict on Workers

06.12.2024 4

The Nation

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Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like?

Donald Trump has spent years delegitimizing much of the media in the eyes of his followers. Now, he is moving beyond his rhetoric about “enemies of...

05.12.2024 6

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Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future

03.12.2024 5

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Trump’s Win Is a Boon to the Far Right in Europe and Beyond

Partway through Donald Trump’s first presidency, Richard Grenell, the newly minted U.S. ambassador to Germany, made the extraordinary announcement...

27.11.2024 40

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California Is Ready to Go Toe to Toe With Trump 2.0

22.11.2024 6

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Democratic Governors Join Forces to Resist Trump's Extreme Policies

15.11.2024 1

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Western States Are Still Counting Ballots. Here's Why That Matters.

08.11.2024 3

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Economic Anxieties Reigned Supreme in Western States

07.11.2024 3

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The Fight for the Presidency May Not End on Election Day

In the lead-up to today’s pivotal Election Day in the U.S., extremist political rhetoric and actions have taken center stage. In the Pacific...

05.11.2024 3

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GOP-Backed Arizona Polls Have It Wrong

01.11.2024 10

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Calling Trump a Fascist Is Well Overdue. Why Did It Take So Long?

25.10.2024 10

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Will Justice Department Actually Rein In Elon Musk’s Blatant Vote-Buying Scheme?

On Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Justice (DOJ) warned Elon Musk that he might be in violation of federal laws as regards his extraordinary...

24.10.2024 2

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The Immigration Lawyer Who Helped Too Many People

When Hector was around three years old, and his brother was just a baby, their parents decided to take the children north, from the little town in...

22.10.2024 2

New Republic

Sasha Abramsky

Student Voters Lean Left — So the Right Is Making It Harder for Them to Vote

For more than a decade, GOP state legislators have sought to make it harder for students — a group that by and large leans left — to vote. In 2012,...

19.10.2024 10

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Finally, the Democrats Call Trump the F-Word

18.10.2024 10

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What Arizona Polling Doesn’t Tell Us About the Tight Race

11.10.2024 2

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The GOP Is Engaged in an Eleventh-Hour Effort to Change Mail-In Voting Rules

With the election less than one month away, the Republican Party is engaged in an unprecedented 11th-hour effort to change the way mail-in votes...

09.10.2024 1

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Trump—and His Supporters—Are Now Reveling in Blatantly Fascist Calls to Violence

04.10.2024 8

The Nation

Sasha Abramsky

The Democrats' Secret Weapon in the Sunbelt States: Unions

27.09.2024 3

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Sasha Abramsky

A Tale of Two Divergent Approaches to Right-Wing Extremism

With the election less than two months away, at rallies, in interviews, and on social media Trump continues to reiterate old complaints: the 2020...

26.09.2024 7

Time

Sasha Abramsky

Why Is New UK Prime Minister Seeking Immigration Advice From Italy’s Far Right?

When U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party sailed to power in snap elections earlier this year, his party’s victory represented a...

24.09.2024 6

Truthout

Sasha Abramsky

There’s No Low Trump Won’t Go

20.09.2024 10

The Nation

Sasha Abramsky

Trump Is as Gullible as He Is a Threat to Democracy

13.09.2024 2

The Nation

Sasha Abramsky

Trump Has Always Been a Ruthless Bully. The Debate Exposed His Weakness.

For years, Donald Trump has bullied and blustered and beaten up on his generally hapless debate opponents. He has mocked their appearance and their...

11.09.2024 20

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“War Game” Offers a Glimpse of What May Happen if Trump Loses

06.09.2024 6

The Nation

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Trumpism Will Outlast Trump

30.08.2024 3

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