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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

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To Trump, America’s judges are either minions or traitors

Trump again made it clear that he thinks the courts should function as one more weapon in his authoritarian political arsenal.

23.03.2026 7

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

If you’re worried about a fair midterm vote, you should be

I’m getting increasingly worried about Donald Trump’s plans to interfere with, rig or subvert the 2026 and 2028 elections.

16.03.2026 3

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

250 years later: No kings, mad or otherwise

Trump has acted like a monarch accountable only to his own whims.

09.03.2026 3

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Trump’s department of injustice: Impunity for friends, brutality for enemies

The brazen lack of accountability for the rich and well-connected undermines public faith in our democracy.

02.03.2026 10

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The State of the Union is dire: What Trump won’t say at his address

The state of the union under Trump is in disrepair and disarray.

23.02.2026 200

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MAGA versus freedom of speech: The Olympic edition

Despite outrage-stoking claims from politicians and pundits, none of the U.S. athletes “trashed” the United States.

16.02.2026 100

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ICE is incognito, but there’s no masking the Trump regime’s cruelty

There will be no place to hide from the well-deserved contempt of their fellow Americans or the judgment of history.  

02.02.2026 30

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Live updates: Trump links Greenland push to Nobel snub as tensions rise with allies

America's European allies are pushing back hard against President Trump's pressure tactics in his bid to take control of Greenland, with U.K. Prime...

19.01.2026 10

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As Trump wars with King’s legacy, America must embrace it 

Attacks on the legacy of the civil rights movement have included library purges and demands for censorship in college classrooms, national parks and...

19.01.2026 10

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Rob Reiner’s great American legacy outshines Trump's vitriol

The energy that radiated from the center of Reiner’s being touched many lives. 

29.12.2025 20

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Trump’s absurdities are a prelude to his atrocities

There are connections between Trump’s buffoonery and the threats he poses to our freedom and future.

15.12.2025 10

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Unchecked extremism is tearing MAGA apart from within

This is a moment of the MAGA movement’s own making.  

10.11.2025 20

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Cutting SNAP and guarding the Epstein files is anything but divine

There’s good reason to suspect that Johnson has a very bad reason for his behavior.

03.11.2025 40

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Truth and witnesses are dangerous to tyrants, so keep filming

Images gathered and shared by journalists, activists and bystanders are exposing the lies and cruelty of the Trump regime. 

13.10.2025 20

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Trump is breaking his most important promises and keeping the worst

As the saying goes, a promise is only as good as the person who makes it.

22.09.2025 10

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In mourning Kirk, don’t further fan the flames of political violence 

Many right-wing activists and pundits and Republican officials, from the president on down, responded to Kirk’s killing with recklessly...

15.09.2025 10

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So much for states' rights: Now Trump wants to control the voting process

President Trump’s recent decree that the states must follow his orders to get rid of voting machines and voting by mail is wrong in every way....

25.08.2025 10

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Trump unleashes troops on cities already making progress on crime

President Donald Trump’s send-in-the-troops stunt in Washington, D.C., is not really about public safety. 

18.08.2025 20

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Six months of shakedowns from America’s extortionist-in-chief

Trump’s second term has basically been defined by the magnitude of extortion that can be brought to bear by a president who has no qualms about...

11.08.2025 10

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MAGA versus 'Truth, justice and the American way' 

It is a sign of how twisted our political culture has become that Fox News pundits were ranting angrily about the latest Superman even before the...

14.07.2025 9

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If Republicans won’t denounce their king, America will

Congressional Republicans may be willing to act like Trump’s royal subjects, but most Americans are not. 

16.06.2025 20

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How Democrats can win back male voters: start by respecting them

We can be the party that doesn’t say “do as I say,” but says, “we’ve got your back.”

10.06.2025 9

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Religious tests for federal judges are unconstitutional and un-American

In other words, no public official can be required to hold particular religious beliefs.

30.05.2025 10

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This Memorial Day, love America enough to fight for it

Resisting Trump’s efforts to act like a mad and unaccountable king is a profoundly patriotic act.

26.05.2025 10

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Trump’s Qatari 'Air Force One' could finally be a grift too far

The latest gigantic grift may be too much for even some Trump supporters to swallow.

20.05.2025 10

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Trump is attacking the foundations of church-state separation

President Trump's dismissal of church-state separation and his appointment of religious allies to a new commission raises concerns about the erosion...

12.05.2025 10

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Trump is destroying his own presidency — let's finish the job

How will we use the next 100 days and the next 1,000 days to move our country in a better direction? 

05.05.2025 10

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Trump's university mandates are about control, not antisemitism

The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to punish and take virtually complete control of institutions like Columbia and Harvard are...

28.04.2025 10

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At the first whiff of power, these Republicans betrayed the rule of law 

It should be shocking to every Republican elected official who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and who declares their support for the rule of...

21.04.2025 10

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In Trump versus the Constitution, Congress is backing the wrong side

We urgently need our courts and our elected officials, Democrats and Republicans, to reaffirm the checks and balances designed to prevent abuses of...

24.03.2025 10

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Trump says he’ll protect women but fails the Tate test

Why is the U.S. government going out of its way to help this guy?  

17.03.2025 10

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How right wing media amplifies Trump’s war on truth

Americans and people around the world are now experiencing the disastrous consequences of our becoming a “post-truth” society.

10.03.2025 20

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Trump is the right’s tool to dismantle a century of progress

Trump is not the originator or mastermind of the movement pushing America toward fascism.  

03.03.2025 10

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No one crowned Donald Trump king

Trump and the MAGA movement have basically abandoned a commitment to constitutional democracy.

24.02.2025 20

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Americans voted for lower egg prices, but Trump has other priorities

The past few weeks have made it clear that lowering prices for average Americans is the least of Trump’s concerns.  

17.02.2025 10

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A tidal wave of resistance is coming for Elon Musk

Musk’s outrageous behavior is lighting a fresh fire under Democrats in Congress. 

10.02.2025 20

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Live updates: Tariff war heats up; Senate to hold more votes on nominees

As President Trump's tariff war with Canada, Mexico and China heats up this week, fallout is expected in the markets and on Capitol Hill. The tariffs...

03.02.2025 10

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Federal judges are the first line of defense against Trump’s barrage

Judges will be a deciding factor in whether Trump’s slash-and-burn agenda succeeds or fails. 

03.02.2025 10

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Svante Myrick, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s crony meritocracy could shatter US civil service 

What the Trump folks want is to replace an existing meritocracy with the kind of spoils system that turns civil service into a sewer. 

27.01.2025 20

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In a self-censoring world, telling uncomfortable truths is resistance

When people ask what the resistance to Trump will look like this time, I hope a salient feature will be individual refusals to self-censor because of...

13.01.2025 10

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