Where’s Plan B? Where’s Plan B?
Keeping your head. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 9.
Nov 13, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Trump’s Final Dereliction of Duty Trump’s Final Dereliction of Duty
In the twilight of his presidency, Donald Trump has retreated into fantasy, leaving Biden with a big mess.
Nov 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions
The president may deny reality, but he cannot change the fact that he is now losing the popular vote and the Electoral College by momentous margins.
Nov 12, 2020 / John Nichols
Good Riddance to Trump: A Political Obituary I Have Waited 5 Years to Write Good Riddance to Trump: A Political Obituary I Have Waited 5 Years to Write
But, sadly, his departure from office will be the most inelegant last hurrah and final curtain in American political history.
Nov 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Is It Mere Spite—or Something More Sinister? Is It Mere Spite—or Something More Sinister?
What’s behind President Trump’s ouster of Defense Secretary Mark Esper?
Nov 11, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
Not a Coup but a Cover-Up and a Con Game Not a Coup but a Cover-Up and a Con Game
Trump is refusing to concede and purging the civilian leadership of the Pentagon. The moment requires vigilance rather than panic.
Nov 11, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Bye, Donald Bye, Donald
The only reason Biden got more votes was because there was so much vote counting.
Nov 10, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap? John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap?
Kasich claims the left harmed Democrats. Wrong. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and movements boosted turnout and helped swing key states.
Nov 9, 2020 / John Nichols
Jared Kushner: Nepotism at Work Jared Kushner: Nepotism at Work
Son-in-lawless.
Nov 7, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances
Biden Is Piling Up a Popular-Vote Mandate for Ending Trumpism Biden Is Piling Up a Popular-Vote Mandate for Ending Trumpism
Even if an obsessive focus on the antidemocratic Electoral College obscures the public’s rejection of Trump, the popular vote has in fact rebuked the president.
Nov 4, 2020 / John Nichols