So what madness will he come up with next? It has been two weeks since he accused the former President of illegally wiretapping Trump Tower–an allegation he refused to retract yesterday during his news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Two weeks and no evidence. However, to his supporters, he doesn’t need any evidence; his […]
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How Steve Bannon Was Radicalized
He has repeatedly referenced a French novel from the 70s with an apocalyptic vision.
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What the Right Did to Carter, The Left Must Do to Trump
You can’t deny the strategy worked. Yesterday, I reaffirmed by 2015 call for progressives to be as vigorous in their defense of President Obama’s legacy as right-wingers are in their defense of President Reagan’s legacy. In that 2015 piece, I noted: [November 4, 2015] marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Reagan’s victory over President Jimmy Carter. […]
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The Moral Stench of Trump’s Address to Congress
There will never be kinder, gentler Trump.
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Trump Won’t Be Filling Hundreds of Agency Jobs
He’s trying to run the government like a mom-and-pop.
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The Return of the Alpha Males
Trump’s embrace of aggressive masculinity is a direct threat to world peace.
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Bannon’s Goal: A Deconstruction of the Administrative State
There’s a reason so many members of Trump Cabinet have spent their careers undermining the agencies they are now running.
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Trump Kicked Off His Presidential Aspirations at CPAC in 2011
His appearance at CPAC was a trial balloon for his presidential campaign.
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The Right’s Demonization of Refugees
The violent swarthy refugee is a figment of the Fox News imagination.
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The Key to Resisting Trump: Democratic Unity
Progressives cannot become divided by the DNC chair race.
