Donald Trump has been encouraging police brutality, mob violence, and military force against immigrants and protesters for years.
Bill Scher
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Posted inForeign Policy
Rules-Based International Order 1. Trump Imperialism 0
The president tried to assert the power to do whatever he wanted on the global stage. The market disagreed.
Posted inPolitics
The Republican Party Faces a Bigger Crisis Than the Democratic Party
Presidential campaign strategist David Plouffe calls for a Democratic overhaul to survive 2030 Census changes to the Electoral College map, but demographic shifts really threaten the GOP.
Posted inPolitics
Stephen Miller’s Worldview Is Straight Out of “Starship Troopers”
The Trump advisor declared the world is “governed by force,” not “international niceties.” Director Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic showed us what that world looks like.
Posted inPolitics
Death By Lightning Shows Why a Professional Civil Service Matters
Donald Trump wants to bring back the spoils system. The Netflix miniseries is an entertaining tale of why we should never do that.
Posted inNewsletter
Trump Is Trying to Control the Corporate Media. Here’s How You Can Stop Him
The president wants to pick CNN’s owners and decide what CBS News airs. Tax-deductible donations to Washington Monthly keep independent media alive.
Posted inPolitics
What Maine’s U.S. Senate Primary Tells Us About the Democratic Party
A massive generational divide is central to the competitive race between an incumbent governor and an oyster farmer.
Posted inPolitics
The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
Trump’s clemency record should be viewed alongside his deregulatory agenda, putting global markets at risk.
Posted inPolitics
On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge
Nativists extol the 30th president for closing the golden door. But he never broadly disparaged immigrants and often praised diversity.
