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February 25, 2020
Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions
His naked callousness has shown plainly that these rituals sometimes reveal the nonsense they’re meant to cover up.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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February 11, 2020
Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do
The Trump administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, lays bare the lies he told during the State of the Union.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
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February 7, 2020
Rush Limbaugh and Bayard Rustin: A Tale of Two Countries
These two Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients could not be more different. By awarding the right-wing radio host, Trump has sullied the medal’s reputation.
Peter Dreier
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February 5, 2020
Wine, Lobsters, and the State of the Union at DC’s Trump Hotel
Trump’s speech did not command the same attention as what appeared to be the true purpose of the event: schmoozing.
Ken Klippenstein
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February 5, 2020
Trump’s State of the Union Was a Terrifying Game Show Stunt
The president lied and handed out medals, while the Democrats fumbled.
Elie Mystal
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February 7, 2019
The State of the Union Is Not Good
John Nichols on Trump; plus Sasha Abramsky on TPS and Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change.
Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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February 6, 2019
Trump’s Wildly Inconsistent Foreign-Policy Vision
Last night’s State of the Union speech showcased the president’s deeply contradictory approach toward foreign affairs.
James Carden
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February 6, 2019
Stacey Abrams Shows Trump What a Politician Who Cares About This Country Sounds Like
After Democrats in suffragette white cheered themselves on, Georgia’s Abrams seized her moment.
Joan Walsh
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February 5, 2019
It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point?
Trump’s cynical speech spoke to the past, not the future.
John Nichols
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January 31, 2018
After a Dismal State of the Union, ‘We’re Going to Shake Off Trump’s Dark Shadow’
The best part of State of the Union night was the rejection of Trump’s bullying, and the outlining by Donna Edwards of an alternative vision.
John Nichols