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President Donald Trump pointing in front of an American flag.

Will “Serious” Republicans Block Any of Trump’s Freak-Show Cabinet Picks? Will “Serious” Republicans Block Any of Trump’s Freak-Show Cabinet Picks?

Will they stand up to even the scariest of these nominees? I’m not optimistic.

Nov 19, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Close-up of Gov. Pritzker with his left hand up in a fist.

When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance. When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance.

If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will have to look to the states.

Nov 19, 2024 / Van Gosse

President-elect Donald Trump appears onstage with US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 4, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First

His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.

Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Reshaping the Direction of the USA Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Trump and Project 2025.

Nov 18, 2024 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

 Clone Car

 Clone Car  Clone Car

The handshake.

Nov 15, 2024 / Steve Brodner

President Donald Trump, flanked by Senator John Thune, stops to speak to the cameras following his lunch with Senate Republicans in the Capitol on Wednesday, January 9, 2018.

John Thune Once Objected to Trump. Does He Have the Courage to Do So Now? John Thune Once Objected to Trump. Does He Have the Courage to Do So Now?

The once and future president tried to oust Thune from the Senate in 2022. Thune won another term. Now, he’s the Senate majority leader.

Nov 15, 2024 / John Nichols

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice

An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”

Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody) Please Skip the Inauguration, Madam Vice President (and Everybody)

These freakish and unqualified cabinet picks, from RFK Jr. to Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, show that Trump is clowning you.

Nov 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the president-elect is testing congressional servility.

Nov 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump

What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump What We Learn From the Texas Town That Voted for Abortion and for Trump

The right to abortion won big this election—and so did the man who ended Roe v. Wade. Nowhere was that contradiction more pronounced than in Amarillo, Texas.

Nov 14, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

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