Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence? Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
He’s playing with fire, but he doesn’t care. Desperate to win reelection amid mass unemployment, he knows that he has few cards left to play.
May 19, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists… If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…
Attacking science, forcing people back to work, closing the border, suppressing the vote—the Trump/GOP strategy looks increasingly like white nationalist accelerationism.
May 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis
“Immigrant workers give life, give a pulse, to our economy. We need to be taken into account.”
May 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump and the GOP Are Ignoring Economic Catastrophe Trump and the GOP Are Ignoring Economic Catastrophe
Instead, the president spent the past week pushing disinformation campaigns and vitriolic attacks against constructive responses to the pandemic.
May 12, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Why Are Republicans Stampeding to Reopen? Why Are Republicans Stampeding to Reopen?
They’re following the lead of Trump, who encourages gun-toting protesters, blames immigrants and China, and demonizes the media.
May 5, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead Trump and GOP to Nation: Go Bankrupt, Drop Dead
They’re promoting policies that could push not only the economy but the US system of government to the breaking point.
May 1, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Federalist Fight Against Fascism The Federalist Fight Against Fascism
Progressive states and attorneys are charting their own course, using the courts to rein in an out-of-control president.
Apr 28, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Once Again, Trump Shreds US Immigration Law Once Again, Trump Shreds US Immigration Law
His new ban is an election gambit—that despite his manifest incompetence and a cratered economy, he can win this fall by doubling down on xenophobia.
Apr 24, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Pandemic Priorities? Incite Violence, Increase Pollution. Trump’s Pandemic Priorities? Incite Violence, Increase Pollution.
That, plus more deportations—of coronavirus-exposed refugees.
Apr 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James ‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James
Governors, mayors, and attorneys general set the agenda, as Trump’s malignancy, like the coronavirus, grows exponentially.
Apr 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky