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June 7, 2017
Brian Beutler
Our Debt Limit Nightmares Are Coming True
But here's how Democrats can end Republican brinkmanship for good.
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Not a Builder. He’s a Destroyer.
The president only wants to sabotage and tear down what already exists—and the Republican Party is eager to let him.
June 5, 2017
Eric Sasson
The Democrats Need to Do More Than Oppose Trump
The party must stand for progressive policies, not merely resistance.
May 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Leaving the Paris Agreement Won’t Doom the Planet
Trump reportedly is on the brink of withdrawing from the deal, prompting widespread hysteria. But it's not the most damaging thing he can do to Obama's climate legacy.
May 31, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Kathy Griffin controversy made clear where basic decency resides in American politics.
May 30, 2017
Magazine
Michael Tomasky
Elitism Is Liberalism’s Biggest Problem
There are plenty of non-deplorables in middle America. The Democrats need to learn how to embrace them.
May 24, 2017
Magazine
Shannon Stirone
Our Next World War Might Be Fought in Outer Space
To counter threats from China and Russia, the U.S. military is scrambling to weaponize space on a scale not seen since Ronald Reagan.
May 19, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt Is the Hypocritical Liar That Trump Deserves
The EPA administrator made a career of trying to break the agency. Now he claims that Obama's EPA didn't accomplish enough.
May 17, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Has Really Screwed Himself This Time
He suggested he taped conversations with James Comey. Now, a memo by the former FBI director reveals damaging details about those conversations.
May 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Merrick Garland now has a lifetime appointment as a political prop.
May 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Will the “Liberal CPAC” Kick Off the 2020 Race?
The Center for American Progress hopes to show anxious liberals that Democrats have the ideas and the leadership to take on Donald Trump.
May 16, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Is Putting the Country at Intolerable Risk
His reckless disclosure to the Russians is more proof he's unfit to be president, but the Republicans won't act to avert a constitutional crisis.
May 15, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Killed the “Indispensable Nation.” Good!
What might countries accomplish now that they can't rely on America?
May 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Did John McCain just rescue a big part of Obama’s climate legacy to punish Trump for firing Comey?
May 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
The EPA Fired a Bunch of Scientists. It’s Just Political Theater—For Now.
"It’s meant to unsettle people, and it’s doing a pretty good job."
May 8, 2017
Jeet Heer
How Freud’s kettle logic explains Trump’s incoherent story on Michael Flynn.
May 5, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Will Regret Their Cruel Health Care Lies
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan made outrageous promises about the American Health Care Act that will be exposed if the bill ever becomes law.
May 4, 2017
Graham Vyse
Is Barack Obama a globalist?
May 1, 2017
Brian Beutler
Do Republicans Really Want Donald Trump Running Health Care in Their Name?
April 28, 2017
Brian Beutler
No, Obama’s Wall Street speech critics aren’t creating a double standard.
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