Donald Trump

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Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All

The expansion of the fossil-fuel industry has been transformed into a major component of American foreign policy.

Feb 12, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

What We’ve Learned in Year 1 of Russiagate

What We’ve Learned in Year 1 of Russiagate What We’ve Learned in Year 1 of Russiagate

The relentless pursuit of this narrative above all else has had dangerous consequences.

Feb 9, 2018 / Aaron Maté

John Kelly

John Kelly Has Got to Go John Kelly Has Got to Go

His awful response to domestic-abuse charges involving a top aide is just the latest in a series of toxic blunders.

Feb 8, 2018 / John Nichols

Torrey Smith

Why So Many Philadelphia Eagles Are Rejecting This White House Why So Many Philadelphia Eagles Are Rejecting This White House

They are not interested in a dialogue with a president who has already convinced them of his bigotry.

Feb 8, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Devin Nunes

Trump Interprets the Nunes Memo as Total Vindication Trump Interprets the Nunes Memo as Total Vindication

It has proven this whole Russia probe is a hoax. Yes, it shows that I’m totally innocent, folks. I’m delighted it clears me, as I have been hoping, Of the falsehoods that I, in the…

Feb 8, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President?

Joan Walsh on Trump, Nomi Prins on financial deregulation, and Ann Jones on Norwegians.

Feb 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump Carrier Working Women

Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women

His administration has already made workers, especially women, poorer, less secure, and less safe.

Feb 8, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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Russiagate or Intelgate? Russiagate or Intelgate?

The publication of the Republican House Committee memo and reports of other documents increasingly suggest not only a “Russiagate” without Russia but also something darker: The “co...

Feb 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Undocumented youth

The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane

Trump’s “shithole” remarks only scratch the surface.

Feb 7, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright

35 and Counting! Democrats Flip Another Republican Legislative Seat

35 and Counting! Democrats Flip Another Republican Legislative Seat 35 and Counting! Democrats Flip Another Republican Legislative Seat

A pro-union Democrat just won a seat in Missouri that Trump won by a landslide.

Feb 7, 2018 / John Nichols

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