An immigration lawyer’s guide to triaging the coming emergency

Did anything good actually happen this year?

Elon Musk emerged victorious in Trumpworld’s first fight over foreign-born tech workers. But underneath Laura Loomer’s hateful rhetoric lies a legitimate concern.

Preserving access to Plan B, misoprostol, and more isn’t just about stockpiling doses. It’s about building circles of trust.

The two major techbro obsessions—crypto and AI—have delivered mostly scams and hype. But this year, they managed to buy themselves a federal government.

To restore the party’s fortunes, organizers should look to down-ticket races to build pressure against Trump—and create a new generation of leaders.

That’s the lesson of 2024, and John Adams thought about it a lot.

Don’t worry, the president-elect’s plans to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal aren’t serious. But they sure are weird.

The critical health benefit for millions of Americans looked to be all set for a two year extension. Then Elon and Trump intervened, and now its fate remains in purgatory.

Your stock portfolio may grow. But say goodbye to next year’s raise—and maybe even your job.

If we’re being honest, he deserves this ignominy every year. But after Trump dodged justice this year and nonetheless won the presidency, we cannot responsibly give this “award” to anyone else.

He’s the richest person in human history, yet he’s trying to deny meager raises for lawmakers and doesn’t care if federal workers go unpaid over the holidays.

Trump says Cheney might be “in trouble,” based on something cooked up by House Republicans. That demolishes the GOP’s spin about Kash Patel’s plans for the FBI.

When the president-elect says he wants to revive “impoundments,” he’s really talking about a vast expansion of his autocratic vision.

A multimillion-dollar settlement proves corporate media will choose profits over press freedom every time.

On money matters, I once supported the president-elect with full throat. I now see how his ideas could take down our nation.

How is it possible that Americans are good with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating?

Trump wants to turn the FBI into something so draconian that the political press many not grasp it until it’s too late. And Republican senators are already giving themselves cover to go along with all of it.

Corporate tax cuts! Threatening Republicans! Arresting Democrats! Rethinking the polio vaccine?! People are about to find out what they voted for.

Democrats have striven to set themselves apart from the movement that put Trump in office. Maybe they should imitate it instead.