Chuck Schumer Is the Weakest Link Chuck Schumer Is the Weakest Link
The Senate minority leader wants to make sure everyone else is fighting for democracy—so he’s not at risk.
Mar 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy
You can’t make America great again by wrecking the government.
Mar 19, 2025 / James K. Galbraith
Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out
Everyone knows Trump is messing up, but fear and greed prevent resistance.
Mar 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How Trump Plans to Manipulate US Economic Data to Gaslight the Public How Trump Plans to Manipulate US Economic Data to Gaslight the Public
The president and his GOP cronies want to tamper with government statistics and use deceptive budget gimmicks to lie about the impact of their massive tax and budget cuts.
Mar 10, 2025 / Sam Gustin
How to Save the Democratic Party From Itself How to Save the Democratic Party From Itself
The flailing and unpopular party elite needs to be replaced with fighting economic populists.
Mar 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Javier Milei’s Crypto Scandal Is Part of a Larger Network of Grift and Graft Javier Milei’s Crypto Scandal Is Part of a Larger Network of Grift and Graft
The Argentinian president faces impeachment charges for endorsing a crypto rug pull, via the same network that apparently launched Melania Trump’s memecoin.
Feb 19, 2025 / Jacob Silverman
Why Elon Musk and the GOP Have the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in Their Crosshairs Why Elon Musk and the GOP Have the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in Their Crosshairs
Republicans have long wanted to kill the CFPB. With Musk and Russell Vought, they may finally have their chance.
Feb 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors
Elon Musk’s power grab is finally energizing a resistance. But it’s already being undermined by the party elite’s dependency on Silicon Valley.
Feb 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.
Feb 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Why DeepSeek’s Surprise Breakthrough Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise Why DeepSeek’s Surprise Breakthrough Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise
While America was busy with stock buybacks and quarterly profits, China spent decades building an integrated system linking research, manufacturing, and innovation.
Jan 30, 2025 / Corbin Trent