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June 4, 2024
Matt Ford
Texas Republicans’ Brazen Plan to Control the State Forever
The state GOP just approved a party platform that would effectively ensure one-party rule.
June 3, 2024
Michael Tomasky
It’s Up to You, Democrats: Make Donald Trump’s Conviction Matter
In a new poll, 10 percent of Republicans said Trump’s conviction made them less likely to vote for him. But Democrats have to make sure these voters don’t forget about it come November.
June 3, 2024
Timothy Noah
Lock Him Up! Why Donald Trump Should Do Jail Time Before the Election
Granted, most first-time offenders who commit this particular crime don’t do time. But Trump isn’t most first-time offenders.
May 31, 2024
Matt Ford
Samuel Alito Knew Exactly What That Upside-Down American Flag Meant
As he made clear in a Supreme Court opinion in 2022, he’s well aware of how private intentions and public perception can differ when it comes to flying flags.
May 31, 2024
Matt Ford
Convicted Felon Donald Trump Is Facing a Long and Daunting Road
The former president’s life will get even more complicated in July, when he’s sentenced just days before the Republicans nominate him at their convention.
May 30, 2024
Matt Ford
San Francisco Is Handing the Right-Wing Supreme Court a Gift
The city, joined by some odd bedfellows from U.S. industry, is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality enforcement. And it could spell trouble for the rest of America.
May 29, 2024
Timothy Soseki Kudo
Israel Can “Legally” Kill Babies Because the Laws of War Are Immoral
Just because international law allows the killing of civilians, including children, doesn’t mean that it isn’t morally abhorrent.
May 29, 2024
David Masciotra
Ted Kennedy Warned Us About Samuel Alito. He Was Ignored.
The Supreme Court justice’s flag controversy should come as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to his nomination hearings in 2006.
May 28, 2024
Michael Tomasky
If Trump Is Convicted, It’s Democrats’ Job to Make Sure America Cares
Say it again and again: “convicted felon Donald Trump.”
May 23, 2024
Matt Ford
Clarence Thomas Is a Big Fan of Racial Gerrymandering
In a Supreme Court decision siding with South Carolina Republicans, the right-wing justice took the opportunity to attack landmark civil rights rulings that protected Black voters’ political representation.
May 23, 2024
Grace Segers
The Hot New Down-Ballot Races: State Supreme Court Seats
With the end of nationwide abortion rights, money and attention is pouring into state-level high court races.
May 22, 2024
Matt Ford
A Federal Judge Just Called Out the Supreme Court
Carlton Reeves did not pull any punches in criticizing qualified immunity—and demanding that the justices finally do something about it.
May 22, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Is Big Oil Putting Microplastic in Your Testicles?
And if they are—should someone do something about that?
May 21, 2024
Aaron Regunberg
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Donald Braman
A Big Tool to Fight Climate Change Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Civil forfeiture is usually used against people suspected of drug offenses. Instead, we could be using it to make Big Oil pay for its role causing mass death.
May 21, 2024
Matt Ford
Samuel Alito Has Fox News Brain
The fact that the American flag flew upside down at his house not long after January 6 further confirms his warped worldview.
May 20, 2024
Michael Tomasky
Alito and Thomas Aren’t Really Jurists. They’re Theocratic Leninists.
The Supreme Court justices are intent on using maximal power to fundamentally reorder society.
May 17, 2024
Greg Sargent
MAGA Rage at Trump’s Trial Just Got Darker and More Dangerous
Republicans aren’t just showing “loyalty to Trump.” They’re saying that Trump is more important than the rule of law.
May 17, 2024
Tyler McBrien
The Weird Spectacle of a Silent Trump
What it’s like to observe the loudest man in American politics being forced to keep quiet, day after day after day
May 16, 2024
Matt Ford
Even the Right-Wing Supreme Court Has Its Limits
Led by Clarence Thomas, the justices overwhelmingly rejected an outlandish conservative attempt to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
May 16, 2024
What American Fascism Would Look Like
It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country.
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