Trump Threatens America: Reelect Me, or Else Trump Threatens America: Reelect Me, or Else
His plan, aided by the GOP, is to use any means necessary to remain in power despite having lost popular legitimacy.
Sep 29, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic
Tonight’s debate gives the Democrat a chance to make Trump’s tax avoidance the Republican’s albatross.
Sep 29, 2020 / John Nichols
Re-Education Camp Re-Education Camp
Trump proposes white-washing American history.
Sep 29, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy
A rush to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the eve of an election jeopardizes the credibility of the judicial branch.
Sep 28, 2020 / John Nichols
Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination
Her Catholicism is irrelevant. The worldview of the fringe right-wing sect she has grown up in definitely isn’t.
Sep 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Countdown: 38 Days Until the Election Countdown: 38 Days Until the Election
Democracy is on the line.
Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think
The problem with Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has nothing to do with her strongly held religious beliefs and everything to do with her right-wing Republican ones.
Sep 25, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Senator Wyden Presses the DHS on ‘Unconstitutional’ Surveillance Senator Wyden Presses the DHS on ‘Unconstitutional’ Surveillance
The Oregon senator asked for confirmation of The Nation’s reporting on the tapping of protesters’ phones in Portland.
Sep 25, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Mueller’s Failure Exposes the Limits of Prosecutorial Liberalism Mueller’s Failure Exposes the Limits of Prosecutorial Liberalism
Instead of fantasizing about square-jawed lawmen, progressives need to figure out how to curb the imperial presidency.
Sep 25, 2020 / Jeet Heer