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Utah Governor Spencer Cox at a dias next to FBI Director Kash Patel in an FBI polo shift.

American Racism Is a National Security Threat American Racism Is a National Security Threat

Foreign bots were spewing much of the racist rhetoric that followed Charlie Kirk’s killing. And yet it gained traction only because there is plenty of homegrown racism to exploit....

Sep 29, 2025 / Kali Holloway

MAGA Mouse

MAGA Mouse MAGA Mouse

Collective punishment comix.

Sep 26, 2025

Rodney Taylor

Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation

The so-called “worst of the worst” immigrants that the Trump administration is holding in detention facilities are mostly just regular people trying to make ends meet.

Sep 26, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents

The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Disney CEO Bob Iger holds a 2016 press conference at Disney’s Shanghai resort.

How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner berated the company’s capitulation before authoritarian MAGA threats, but in many ways, he set the example.

Sep 24, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

President Donald Trump displays his executive order establishing the Trump Card for HB-1 visa applicants at the Oval Office on September 19.

The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch

What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?

Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris

Demonstrators hold photographs during a rally for Trans Day of Visibility in New York City on March 31, 2025.

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping. The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

Sep 24, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

Adam Jentleson, center, appears with his boss, Senate minority leader Harry Reid before a ceremony in the Capitol on December 15, 2016.

The Latest New Democratic Think Tank Is a Dead End The Latest New Democratic Think Tank Is a Dead End

The Searchlight Institute, founded by former senate staffer Adam Jentleson, epitomizes the careerist tendencies of white-collar workers on the Hill.

Sep 23, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Kimmel Canceled

Kimmel Canceled Kimmel Canceled

Corporations bow to an autocrat’s whims.

Sep 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner and Peter Kuper

President Donald Trump introduces White House border czar Tom Homan during a “One Big, Beautiful” event in the East Room of the White House, on June 26, 2025.

Donald Trump’s Corruption of the Law Is Destroying American Democracy Donald Trump’s Corruption of the Law Is Destroying American Democracy

If Democrats don’t fight this with everything they have, they are basically admitting that authoritarianism is here to stay.

Sep 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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