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Trump is caving on tariffs, and he isn’t even president yet. I’ve argued previously that the interests of the business lobby and the rich would...
Donald Trump promises he will “ not cut one penny ” of Medicare, but like most elected Republicans he’s a strong proponent of Medicare...
Is it my imagination, or are there fewer “year in review” photo essays this year? In years past, newspaper editors loved these features because you...
Is the Trump coalition coming apart before the Trump administration even begins? That seemed possible amid last week’s cage match between Elon Musk...
The hard lesson of 2024 is that liberals spent too much time fretting that Donald Trump would subvert democracy if he lost and not enough that...
Something about the holiday season seems to inspire nostalgia for the American imperium—that epoch from 1898 through the first decade or so of the...
Donald Trump’s election provides a useful occasion to examine the difference between what rich people want and what constitutes a thriving economy....
The highest-paying part-time job in human history is the position of chief executive at Tesla—or rather, it would be the highest if the legal...
Donald Trump is flooding the zone with so many terrible nominations that you may have missed that the president-elect recently picked former Rep....
Joe Biden reminded us he was still president on Sunday by pardoning his son, Hunter. This was, as TNR’s Matt Ford rightly pointed out , “a...
As someday it may happen that a victim must be found I’ve got a little list—I’ve got a little list Of society’s offenders who might well be...
The pithiest summary of Donald Trump’s last presidency was by the comedian John Mulaney. He compared it to a horse being set loose in a hospital....
The popular MSNBC chat show Morning Joe is the subject of a ridiculous new uproar. Last week the show’s co-hosts, Joe Scarborough and Mika...
Donald Trump doesn’t seem to give his Cabinet appointments much thought , often skipping the drudgery of FBI background checks and more informal...
The mainstream press has been criticized for normalizing, or “sanewashing,” Donald Trump and his political allies. Having spent my career migrating...
The people have spoken; Donald Trump will be our next president. But the people also spoke last May when Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts...
I know what you’re thinking. How can I, a 98-pound weakling, DEREGULATE my industry or win fat GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS? But after last week’s...
The oligarchs won. When the markets closed November 6—the day Donald Trump was declared winner of the presidential election—the combined wealth of...
We live in a working-class country. More people graduate college than ever before, but, among Americans aged 25 and over, the great majority (62...
The working class may love Donald Trump, but Trump doesn’t love it back. This is a point I’ve tried to emphasize throughout the campaign season....