The CliffsNotes Exoneration The CliffsNotes Exoneration
You don’t actually have to do the reading to pass the test.
Apr 2, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Trump Warned Us He Would Be a Terrible President Trump Warned Us He Would Be a Terrible President
His announcement speech in 2015 laid bare the callousness and corruption we’ve witnessed since.
Mar 28, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate
Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”
Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
RIP, Russiagate RIP, Russiagate
The implosion of the collusion theory is a humiliation for everyone who promoted it.
Mar 26, 2019 / Aaron Maté
The Unquestionable Exoneration of Donald Trump The Unquestionable Exoneration of Donald Trump
Maybe the real collusion was the friends we made along the way.
Mar 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
No, the Media Didn’t Over-Hype ‘Russiagate’ No, the Media Didn’t Over-Hype ‘Russiagate’
No human being on Earth has done more to keep the Trump-Russia narrative in the news than Donald Trump.
Mar 25, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’ Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’
Too many reputations and other interests are vested in the legend for it to vanish from American politics anytime soon.
Mar 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege
But the solution isn’t to inflate sentences for wealthy white men—it’s to reduce sentences for poor people of color.
Mar 8, 2019 / Elie Mystal
The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’ The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’
The two governments have repeatedly interfered in each other’s domestic politics during the past 100 years—and it’s not all bad.
Mar 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Michael Cohen Destroyed Not Just Trump but Also His House GOP Defenders Michael Cohen Destroyed Not Just Trump but Also His House GOP Defenders
A president who talks like a mob boss got protected by his GOP mob-boss wannabes. Cohen, a former Trump enforcer himself, made them all look ludicrous—and vulnerable.
Feb 27, 2019 / Joan Walsh