Comparing Trump to Hitler is considered facile, a trivialization of genocide. But their rises to power are frighteningly similar.
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Whitewashing History
The White House report attacking the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History seeks to enforce Napoleon’s maxim: History is written by the winners.
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A Unified Theory of Donald Trump’s Presidency
Past presidents have tapped their unarticulated prerogative powers in times of necessity and for the national good. For Trump, it’s a permission slip to do as he will.
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Does MAGA Actually Believe Their Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories?
You can understand the Trump administration better if you really believe undocumented migrants vote in large numbers and act in concert.
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Crabs, A Helicopter, and One Town’s Fight Against ICE
As ICE creates new deportation centers, Newport, on the quirky, impossibly beautiful Oregon coast, finds itself a battleground in Trump’s war on immigrants. It’s not alone as ICE plans for hosts of detention centers in small towns.
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The GOP’s Cruel Plans for Another Big Ugly Bill
The Republican Study Committee’s framework for a second reconciliation bill aims to make life even more miserable for immigrants, including legal residents.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Bail for All, Except Undocumented Immigrants
The Fifth Circuit embraces a radical vision of endless detention, as does the Trump administration. Will it be too much even for the Roberts Court?
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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.
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Trump’s Policy Failures Are Even Worse Than We Realize
News investigations into Trump-era national security and criminal justice decisions haven’t penetrated the national consciousness because of the president’s ability to distract. They should.
