America’s Authoritarian Remodel Is Well Underway America’s Authoritarian Remodel Is Well Underway
There’s an ick factor to Trumpism that is getting worse by the day.
May 29, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
We Should All Be Mad As Hell About Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund We Should All Be Mad As Hell About Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
As if the past 16 months weren’t enough, this week I reached my breaking point.
May 22, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Is Rooting Around in the Public Trough Trump Is Rooting Around in the Public Trough
Trump’s second term is unabashedly a project of self-enrichment and oligarchic rule.
May 15, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Hungary Just Showed How to Kick Out a Strongman Hungary Just Showed How to Kick Out a Strongman
Trump is using authoritarian tactics that were perfected by Viktor Orbán. But the Hungarian authoritarian leader’s defeat may also offer a road map for beating Trumpism.
May 8, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
As Trump’s Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme As Trump’s Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme
Increasingly unpopular and facing a fracturing coalition, Trump is using government power to punish his critics, take political revenge, and revel in his own cruelty.
May 1, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Is Wildly Unpopular—but He Remains a Threat Trump Is Wildly Unpopular—but He Remains a Threat
The Trump brand is tarnished, and his grip over the GOP is loosening—but his authoritarian ambitions have not yet been corralled.
Apr 24, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Authoritarian Project Starts to Take on Water Trump’s Authoritarian Project Starts to Take on Water
Viktor Orbán’s defeat is just the latest example of the administration’s European ambitions’ being stymied.
Apr 17, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
The United States Is Now an Apocalyptic Terror State The United States Is Now an Apocalyptic Terror State
With his genocidal threats against Iran, Trump has shown the world that he is a terrorist—one with a nuclear arsenal.
Apr 10, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up San Diego’s AI Battlefield Heats Up
The city is at the forefront of the fight against using big tech to surveill residents. But AI poses new threats.
Apr 8, 2026 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours Trump Is in His Own Universe—but He’s Still Wrecking Ours
Give the man a second opportunity to address the nation, and it’s entirely possible he could throw the whole world into a Great Depression.
Apr 3, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky