Donald Trump

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025.

The Moral Hollowing Out of the United States The Moral Hollowing Out of the United States

On the brink of a potentially devastating government shutdown, Trump spent his day with Pete Hegseth haranguing generals at a summit that should’ve been an e-mail.

Oct 1, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump attends the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 26, 2025. in Farmingdale, New York.

Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown

Too easily dismissed as hyperbole, the Antifa myth is being used as a weapon to destroy domestic opposition.

Sep 29, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Rodney Taylor

Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation

The so-called “worst of the worst” immigrants that the Trump administration is holding in detention facilities are mostly just regular people trying to make ends meet.

Sep 26, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents

The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

President Donald Trump introduces White House border czar Tom Homan during a “One Big, Beautiful” event in the East Room of the White House, on June 26, 2025.

Donald Trump’s Corruption of the Law Is Destroying American Democracy Donald Trump’s Corruption of the Law Is Destroying American Democracy

If Democrats don’t fight this with everything they have, they are basically admitting that authoritarianism is here to stay.

Sep 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the “Trump Gold Card” and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

Trump Dials Up the Authoritarianism to 11 Trump Dials Up the Authoritarianism to 11

When Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his enemies and she didn’t resign, it was a sign that we’ve already passed into strongman rule.

Sep 22, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump, real estate mogul, poses in the foyer of his home in August 1987 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

The Real Estate Roots of Trumpism and the Coming Clash With Democratic Socialism The Real Estate Roots of Trumpism and the Coming Clash With Democratic Socialism

Trump’s brand of authoritarianism emerges out of New York City’s real estate industry. As mayor, Zohran Mamdani vows to curb that sector’s outsized power. A fight is coming.

Sep 18, 2025 / John Whitlow

President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2025. Also pictured, from left to right, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Administrator Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Don’t Let Trump’s Henchmen Rewrite History. They’re the Ones Inciting Violence. Don’t Let Trump’s Henchmen Rewrite History. They’re the Ones Inciting Violence.

A brief catalogue of the times Republicans have called for brutal repression makes clear that Trump, not the left, is tearing apart the country.

Sep 17, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, on Sunday, September 14, 2025.

Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a pretext for a concerted attack on Trump’s enemies.

Sep 15, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A masked ICE agent stalks the corridors on the 12th floor of Lower Manhattan’s immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, New York City on September 8, 2025.

Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy

Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered.

Sep 12, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

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