Donald Trump has been encouraging police brutality, mob violence, and military force against immigrants and protesters for years.
Politics
Reporting and analysis on American politics: campaigns, elections, Congress, the White House, and the fight to make our democracy work.
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 Trump-Class Battleship: Worst Idea Ever
It’s not just ruinously expensive; it would weaken the Navy.
Posted inPolitics
Greenland and the Benjamins
There’s a method behind Trump’s madness and it’s colored green.
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Another Way Republicans Are Overplaying Their Hand on Immigration
Now they’re going after Americans who are also citizens of another country—like me, and Melania and Barron Trump.
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
Mamdani: The Unique Voice of NYC’s First African-Born Mayor
With a global platform, Mamdani can call attention to human rights abuses in his birth country, Uganda, particularly those against the musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
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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 inHealth Care
Republican Attacks on the Affordable Care Act Give Democrats an Opportunity to Court Small Business
Millions of entrepreneurs, small proprietors, and gig workers get their health insurance through Obamacare.
