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Alex Jones

Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking

As 67 members of the Electoral College ask for a briefing on what the intelligence community is telling Congress, right-wingers fight back.

Dec 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Demonstrators gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Take the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Banks That Are Funding It Take the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Banks That Are Funding It

Demand that the banks backing the Dakota Access Pipeline support the sovereignty and rights of indigenous peoples and end their financing of the pipeline.

Dec 15, 2016 / NationAction

Donald Trump Wisconsin

The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’ The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’

Clinton is winning by almost 3 million votes. There is every good reason to protest an Electoral College that intends to trump the popular will.

Dec 15, 2016 / John Nichols

Putin on TV

Cold War Hysteria vs. US National Security Cold War Hysteria vs. US National Security

Allegations that Putin “stole” the election for Trump further prevent the urgent discussion needed to cope with grave new Cold War dangers.

Dec 15, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be.

Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be. Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be.

President Obama’s economic reforms were modest—but they’re definitely worth fighting for.

Dec 15, 2016 / Bryce Covert and Mike Konczal

Hunter S. Thompson

This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson. This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson.

In Hell’s Angels, the gonzo journalist wrote about left-behind people motivated only by “an ethic of total retaliation.” Sound familiar?

Dec 15, 2016 / Feature / Susan McWilliams

Obama 2008

How Will History Judge Barack Obama? How Will History Judge Barack Obama?

The president succeeded in repairing our institutions—but millions of Americans wanted to blow them up instead.

Dec 15, 2016 / Chris Hayes

Obama gives State of the Union

I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already

Before Trump’s election, we on the left didn’t give President Obama enough credit. Why?

Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Obama 2008 supporters

The Deferred Dream of Barack Obama The Deferred Dream of Barack Obama

His presidency remains symbolic—but it has become an emblem of America’s refusal to truly change.

Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge

Obama Iraq press conference

Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room

The president’s insistence on thinking before acting drove the media around the bend... and toward Donald Trump.

Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

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