Politics

An Amazing Week for Resistance Rallies—Plus, Bad Voter Registration Laws

An Amazing Week for Resistance Rallies—Plus, Bad Voter Registration Laws An Amazing Week for Resistance Rallies—Plus, Bad Voter Registration Laws

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols discusses Bernie and AOC on the road,
and Elie Mystal talks about bad laws that are nevertheless popular.

Mar 26, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Chuck Schumer coming through a doorway

The Opposition Party That Wasn’t The Opposition Party That Wasn’t

With Democrats failing to put up much of a fight against the Trump administration, favorability ratings have plummeted to an all-time low.

Mar 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Four men in suits sit in the Oval Office.

Group Chat War Plans Provide a Window Into Trump’s Mafia State Group Chat War Plans Provide a Window Into Trump’s Mafia State

American foreign policy is now all about incompetent shakedowns and cover-ups.

Mar 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Duped

Duped Duped

Racism in today’s America.

Mar 25, 2025 / OppArt / Barbara Brandon-Croft

Crowd cheers and does the wave before Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speak at the Fighting Oligarchy: Where do we go from here tour to Arizona State University's Mullet Arena in Tempe, Arizona USA on March 20, 2025.

The Democrats Have Disappeared The Democrats Have Disappeared

As Trump and Musk bulldoze democracy, the Democratic Party is MIA. While Republicans use government to cripple the opposition’s ability to compete, Democrats whine about “no...

Mar 25, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Mike Huckabee speaks with Donald Trump in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

Democrats: Tell Mike Huckabee to Go to Hell Democrats: Tell Mike Huckabee to Go to Hell

Trump’s nominee for Israel ambassador believes that we need bloodshed in the Middle East to bring about the end times. Nobody could be a worse choice.

Mar 25, 2025 / Beth Miller

Mark Carney stands at a Liberal Party of Canada podium.

Trump’s Threat to Canada Won’t Be Defeated by Centrist Nostalgia Trump’s Threat to Canada Won’t Be Defeated by Centrist Nostalgia

You can’t fight fascism with cozy memories.

Mar 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Exploitation

Exploitation Exploitation

The US economy benefits from the labor of immigrants, including undocumented workers.

Mar 24, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Despite the massive mobilization of Bernie Sanders’s two presidential campaigns, his supporters remain a junior partner in the Democratic Party power structure.

Time for a Progressive Rethink Time for a Progressive Rethink

Anger at the Democratic Party’s inept leadership and subservience to Big Money has been rising since the election. But the left also must examine our own role in enabling Trump.

Mar 24, 2025 / Jeff Faux

Dodger Jackie Robinson stealing home in a Cubs game on May 1, 1952.

Brooklyn Dodger 1, Draft Dodger 0 Brooklyn Dodger 1, Draft Dodger 0

Donald Trump picked on the wrong athlete. Even though Jackie Robinson died in 1972, last week he bested Trump in a contest about the role of racism and the civil rights movement.

Mar 24, 2025 / Peter Dreier

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