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Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk?

Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk? Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk?

No! Hell no! Never! The enemy of your enemy is still a corrupt plutocrat who wants to destroy democracy.

Jun 9, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Supporters gather on May Day at City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Senator Bernie Sanders held a rally along his Fighting Oligarchy Tour.

Trump’s Tax Bill Helps the Rich, Hurts the Poor, and Adds Trillions to the Deficit Trump’s Tax Bill Helps the Rich, Hurts the Poor, and Adds Trillions to the Deficit

The “big, beautiful bill” has reaffirmed that a pledged golden age is really just a windfall for the über-wealthy.

Jun 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Joni Ernst’s Cruelty and Sarcasm Might Cost Her Her Job Joni Ernst’s Cruelty and Sarcasm Might Cost Her Her Job

Iowa’s Republican senator says gutting Medicaid is no worry because “we all are going to die.” Voters seem to disagree.

Jun 3, 2025 / John Nichols

TACO the Town

TACO the Town TACO the Town

Justice: Retail, wholesale.

May 30, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Activists outside the office of US Representative Jeff Hurd (R-CO) in response to proposed cuts to Medicaid, on May 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation

Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase. It’s also putting pressure on rural members of Congress.

May 30, 2025 / Erica Etelson

A person sits at a desk that has a taped sign that reads,

The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts

The Trump administration’s funding cuts and attacks on public education are just the beginning.

May 29, 2025 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire

Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College; Robert Manuel, president of DePaul University; David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law and former legal director of the ACLU; and Jeffrey Armstrong, president of California Polytechnic State University testify during a hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses.”

McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings

I soon realized that neither the law nor the facts matter to the Committee on Education’s Republican inquisitors.

May 28, 2025 / David Cole

The late Representative Gerry Connolly—in a photograph from 2013.

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying

The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.

May 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Jeff Bezos attends Global Champions Arabians Tour Miami Beach Presented by Qatar Airways on April 17, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Why Jeff Bezos Loves Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill Why Jeff Bezos Loves Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill

The legislation contains massive giveaways to the oligarch class.

May 23, 2025 / Sarah Anderson and Lauren Jacobs

President Trump Attends GOP House Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill As Budget Bill Faces Resistance

Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie

Last night, the president’s destructive spending bill passed the House by a single vote.

May 22, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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