Manafort Monday Turns Into a Very Bad Day for Trump—and Mike Pence Manafort Monday Turns Into a Very Bad Day for Trump—and Mike Pence
Paul Manafort put the Trump-Pence ticket together and maintained ties to the veep even after leaving the campaign.
Oct 30, 2017 / John Nichols
Stop Listening to Trump and Start Listening to Real Populists Like Sherrod Brown Stop Listening to Trump and Start Listening to Real Populists Like Sherrod Brown
In case you missed it, the Ohio senator made a powerful speech this week against forced arbitration.
Oct 27, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump’s FCC Chair Moves to Undermine Journalism and Democracy Trump’s FCC Chair Moves to Undermine Journalism and Democracy
If media cross-ownership rules are eliminated, monopolies will dominate.
Oct 26, 2017 / John Nichols
Jeff Flake’s Call of Conscience Will Not Be Answered by Soulless Republicans Jeff Flake’s Call of Conscience Will Not Be Answered by Soulless Republicans
If a president is dangerous, he should be checked and balanced by Congress. But this Republican Congress still chooses partisanship over principle.
Oct 24, 2017 / John Nichols
Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break
Senators Bernie Sanders and Tammy Baldwin led the opposition with a pair of amendments that challenged a “horrible bill.”
Oct 20, 2017 / John Nichols
The Virginia Governor’s Race Is a High-Stakes Test for Trump The Virginia Governor’s Race Is a High-Stakes Test for Trump
GOP candidate Ed Gillespie has adopted the president’s Neanderthal messaging.
Oct 19, 2017 / John Nichols
Jeff Sessions Keeps Lying to the Senate Jeff Sessions Keeps Lying to the Senate
Sessions once claimed he never met with the Russians. Well, sorta, kinda, maybe. It depends…
Oct 18, 2017 / John Nichols
Actually, No, Bob Corker and John McCain Are Doing Nothing to Hold Trump Accountable Actually, No, Bob Corker and John McCain Are Doing Nothing to Hold Trump Accountable
All talk, no walk.
Oct 17, 2017 / John Nichols
Donald Trump’s Lies About the Iran Deal Reveal He Is Dangerously Out of Touch with Reality Donald Trump’s Lies About the Iran Deal Reveal He Is Dangerously Out of Touch with Reality
The president needs to be checked and balanced by Congress.
Oct 13, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump’s Latest Attacks on the Press are Ignorant, Wrongheaded, and Dangerous Trump’s Latest Attacks on the Press are Ignorant, Wrongheaded, and Dangerous
The FCC and Congress need to defend the First Amendment.
Oct 11, 2017 / John Nichols