David Atkins

Trump’s unpatriotic, self-interested sabotage is not without precedent.

The symbiotic relationship between terrorism and conservative government strikes again.

Donald Trump took to Twitter on this New Year’s Eve to taunt his American opponents as “enemies”: Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2016 Baiting and trolling […]

Billions of pixels have been spilled on what Democrats did wrong in the 2016 election and how they can improve their chances in the future. Most of these pieces (mine included) have assumed a basic level of attention to campaign rhetoric and facts on the part of the voters, whether it’s appeals to social justice, […]

If Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is confirmed after this latest news, it will mean Republicans have no shame at all: Rex Tillerson, the businessman nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US secretary of state, is the long-time director of a US-Russian oil firm based in the tax haven of the Bahamas, leaked documents […]

More than a month after the election, a war of words and ideas still rages on the left between the Sanders-leaning economic populists and the more establishment defenders of the Clinton campaign. Broadly speaking, the contours of the argument center around whether Clinton could have done more from a populist messaging standpoint to appeal to […]

2016 is almost over, and good riddance to it. But 2017 is right around the corner. Twenty short days left in the Obama presidency, and then begins the long dark nightmare. Progressives will need to come together to help one another more than ever. The press is going to come under attack like never before. […]

It would seem strange to call the Republican Party desperate, given that they will soon hold more power at the federal level than at any time since 1928, plus control of a majority of the states. But despite the good fortune of the GOP in their unexpected slim victories in the Rust Belt, Republicans remain in […]

As news rolls in about Russia’s likely sabotage of the American political system, the noose is beginning to tighten uncomfortably around Republicans. The only question that matters now is this: what did Donald Trump know about the hacks on his political opponents, and when did he know it? It is becoming increasingly clear from all […]