Donald Trump

Donald Trump at CPAC

This Time Trump Is Right: He’s Only Getting Worse This Time Trump Is Right: He’s Only Getting Worse

On a weekend publicity bender, he praised the January 6 violence as a “lovefest” and continued his quest to make slain rioter Ashli Babbitt a martyr.

Jul 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump in front of reporters

Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This

White House reporters are still confusing leaks and controversy with the stories most important for them to cover.

Jul 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

Nancy Pelosi Outplays Kevin McCarthy Once Again Nancy Pelosi Outplays Kevin McCarthy Once Again

The House minority leader threatens GOP members who agree to serve on the Select Committee to investigate January 6. But Liz Cheney defies him, and now Pelosi has a quorum.

Jul 1, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

January 6 Reckoning

January 6 Reckoning January 6 Reckoning

The veep who’d been slavishly loyal, Mike Pence, Accomplished his duty despite the mob, hence He’s now called a traitor; the hatred’s intense. In cults deviation…

Jun 29, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Gaslighting on a Global Scale

Gaslighting on a Global Scale Gaslighting on a Global Scale

A conversation with Bonnie Honig on “disaster patriarchy” and how feminism offers the best way to make sense of the post-Trump moment.

Jun 21, 2021 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Mark Meadows

Trump Toady Mark Meadows Is Running a Legal Group That Promotes White Rights Trump Toady Mark Meadows Is Running a Legal Group That Promotes White Rights

Along with Stephen Miller and others, Meadows is still making life hard for women and people of color. These Trumpists should be doing nothing but testifying in Congress, and the c...

Jun 16, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Senator Mitch McConnell

McConnell Explains How He’ll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President McConnell Explains How He’ll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President

The Republican signals that if his party retakes the Senate, he’ll block Biden’s high court nominees in 2024—and very probably in 2023.

Jun 15, 2021 / John Nichols

Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6 Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6

The speakership would be for Kevin His version of a place in heaven. He seems to think to reach that level A pact’s required with the Devil.

Jun 15, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Media Executives Meet With Attorney General Merrick Garland At The Dept. Of Justice

Congress Can’t Ignore the Trump DOJ’s Apparent Abuse of Power Congress Can’t Ignore the Trump DOJ’s Apparent Abuse of Power

Secretly collecting communications data from reporters, members of Congress, and even his own White House counsel seems like more evidence of Trump’s lawlessness.

Jun 14, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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