Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Shows Just How Low He’ll Go to Win Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Shows Just How Low He’ll Go to Win
His attack on Twitter is really an attack on the right to criticize the president.
May 29, 2020 / John Nichols
Mitch McConnell Is Even Worse Than Trump Mitch McConnell Is Even Worse Than Trump
The president and the Senate majority leader have both gone AWOL in a crisis.
May 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer
Mitch Blowing It All to Hell Mitch Blowing It All to Hell
Twist and Shout
May 26, 2020 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn
Scott Walker Is Peddling the Deadly Snake Oil of Austerity Scott Walker Is Peddling the Deadly Snake Oil of Austerity
Recommending austerity for struggling states is the policy equivalent of touting bleach injections as a coronavirus cure.
May 25, 2020 / John Nichols
You Can’t Mask Stupid You Can’t Mask Stupid
The very people howling the loudest about reopening—and running around maskless—are the ones making it too dangerous to reopen.
May 21, 2020 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal
‘America Needs a Coronavirus Cure, Not More War’ ‘America Needs a Coronavirus Cure, Not More War’
Progressive democrats look to reduce the defense budget.
May 21, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait Trump’s Crackpot Claims Are a Distraction—and We’re Taking the Bait
The president’s claim that he’s taking a discredited Covid treatment is throwing the media off the real news.
May 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Joan Walsh
It’s Trump’s Party Now—and Will Be Even After He’s Gone It’s Trump’s Party Now—and Will Be Even After He’s Gone
While Trump emits his own unique forms of venom, he is a reflection of, not a contrast to, today’s Republican Party.
May 19, 2020 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel