Republicans

Junior at the dawn of revelation.

Jan 9, 2025

US Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024, in St Cloud, Minnesota.

How to Not Lose It Completely During Trump’s Second Presidency How to Not Lose It Completely During Trump’s Second Presidency

If we can’t count on this country’s vaunted checks and balances to either check or balance the power of an absurdist president, where else can we look?

Jan 9, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon

Linda McMahon introduces Donald Trump at the America First Policy Institute's agenda summit in 2022

The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda

The WWE executive has no real background in education, but she proved a loyal administrator of Trumpworld’s pet think tank, the America First Policy Institute

Jan 9, 2025 / Christopher Lewis and Jacob Plaza

Donald Trump Jr. looks on after arriving in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 7, 2025.

Donald Trump’s 21st-Century Colonialism Donald Trump’s 21st-Century Colonialism

Trump’s obsession with claiming Greenland and its people for the US is just a new version of the same old imperialist story.

Jan 9, 2025 / John Nichols

President-elect Donald Trump at a podium.

The Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew The Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew

New year, same media strategy: Downplay Trump’s most dangerous, extreme ideas as “trolling” or even “branding.”

Jan 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A funeral flower arrangement is set up outside the Federal Communication Commission building during protest against the end of net neutrality rules December 14, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet

Corporate-friendly judges on the Sixth Circuit have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse.

Jan 7, 2025 / John Nichols

A view of the US Capitol through security fencing.

When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration? When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration?

We are not taking what happened in 2021 seriously enough.

Jan 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Capitol Attack Anniversary

Capitol Attack Anniversary Capitol Attack Anniversary

On January 6, 2021, a mob of supporters of then-President Trump attacked the US Capitol in an attempted coup d'état following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

Jan 6, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023.

The TikTok Case Could Open the Floodgates to More Corporate Influence on the Media The TikTok Case Could Open the Floodgates to More Corporate Influence on the Media

Whether or not we agree with the Biden administration’s arguments, progressives shouldn’t root for the court to rule in favor of Tik Tok.

Jan 6, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

House Speaker Mike Johnson at the podium with a gavel.

There Is No Genuine Good News for Mike Johnson There Is No Genuine Good News for Mike Johnson

Yes, he won the House speakership, after 1.5 attempts. But he still doesn’t control his chamber.

Jan 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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