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May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Promise to Pay Undocumented Immigrants to Leave Is a Trap
As with every “deal” the president offers, there’s a huge catch.
May 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Erupts After Republican Guru Rips Him on Fox News
The president can’t handle criticism of his remarks about children’s dolls.
May 5, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is …
Really
Big and
Really
Dumb
The president is peddling hot nonsense on what tariffs can do for America—and the person he’s conned the most seems to be himself.
May 5, 2025
David S. Abraham
How the United States Lost the Rare Earth Materials War to China
Chinese dominance in this critical sector of the economy did not happen by accident—it was a policy choice.
May 3, 2025
Greg Sargent
How Trump Accidentally Sabotaged His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia
Trump has now admitted twice that he could bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home, but says his lawyers are telling him not to. This was a very dumb move—and also a very revealing one.
May 2, 2025
Jonathan Guyer
The Forgotten Forever War That Cost Mike Waltz His Job
America has been bombing Yemen for two decades. That conflict ultimately led to Waltz’s dismissal as national security adviser.
May 2, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too
He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he’s done.
May 2, 2025
Jason Linkins
Americans Really Dislike Trump. But They’re About to Truly Hate Him.
Welcome to the summer of scarcity and the full-blown Trump recession.
May 1, 2025
Harry Litman
Shame: Bukele Cares More About Abrego Garcia’s Rights Than Trump Does
The president’s words and actions on this case have been atrocious. But as of Wednesday, the clock on his antics is now ticking fast.
May 1, 2025
Parker Molloy
“Just Say Yes”: Trump Demands Media Abandon Reality for His Version
The interview moment that perfectly encapsulates Trump’s relationship with truth and expectations of media compliance.
May 1, 2025
Timothy Noah
Trump’s Recession Has Begun
It’s already in Seattle. It will now travel east.
April 30, 2025
Elliot Haspel
Democrats Should Be Encouraging Women to Have All the Babies They Want
The left loves to mock right-wing pronatalists. But the decline in marriages and births in America is an existential threat to the liberal agenda.
April 29, 2025
Alex Shephard
Think Trump’s Unpopular Now? Just Wait.
100 days into his second term, the president’s approval numbers are historically bad. There’s good reason to believe they’re only going to get worse from here.
April 29, 2025
Greg Sargent
Karoline Leavitt’s Angry New Attack on Amazon Reveals Trump’s Weakness
OK, so Amazon backed down on posting the cost of Trump’s tariffs. But the wildly disproportionate attack on the company from the White House press secretary actually exposed Trump’s deep vulnerabilities.
April 29, 2025
Indigo Olivier
Trump’s War on Higher Education Isn’t Just About Crushing Dissent
The administration’s assault on colleges and universities is a key part of a larger right-wing project to reassert control over gatekeeping institutions.
April 29, 2025
Bryce Covert
What It’s Like to Be a Trans Federal Employee Under Trump
The civil service was once a safe and supportive workplace. It’s now a menacing environment where fear and chaos are the order of the day.
April 28, 2025
Claire Potter
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Neil J. Young
JD Vance Likes “Normal Gays.” Should We Count That as a Win?
The pursuit of being seen as “normal” has served the LGBTQ movement well. But is there such a thing as too normal?
April 28, 2025
Matt Ford
The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts
The conservative legal movement’s latest broadside against the judiciary is likely to fail, but it illuminates how far they’re willing to go to dismantle the rule of law.
April 28, 2025
Michael Tomasky
In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism
The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter.
April 26, 2025
Jason Linkins
The Democratic Senator Who Silenced the Centrist Naysayers
Maryland lawmaker Chris Van Hollen is picking the good fight—and fighting the right way.
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