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ABCs of a Coup

ABCs of a Coup ABCs of a Coup

Erection set.

Jun 13, 2025 / Steve Brodner

President Donald Trump wears a baseball cap with military insignia and holds up a fist. He faces away from a crowd of troops at Fort Bragg who wear camouflage-printed fatigues and maroon berets. Some troops hold up their phones or American flags.

Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord

The quickest way for the United States to become fascist is by politicizing the military.

Jun 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Michael Ledeen on floral sofa in front of plants and a window facing trees in sunshine.

Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American Fascism Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American Fascism

From Iran-contra to Iraq war WMD lies to Trumpism, this right-wing pundit kept subverting democracy. 

May 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College; Robert Manuel, president of DePaul University; David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law and former legal director of the ACLU; and Jeffrey Armstrong, president of California Polytechnic State University testify during a hearing before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses.”

McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings McCarthyism 2.0: Reflections on Testifying in the House Antisemitism Hearings

I soon realized that neither the law nor the facts matter to the Committee on Education’s Republican inquisitors.

May 28, 2025 / David Cole

President Donald Trump gestures on stage as he tours the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement? Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement?

A threatened judiciary cannot rely on cops controlled by the White House.

May 26, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Associate US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

An Open Letter to Clarence Thomas An Open Letter to Clarence Thomas

As the Trump administration tries to remake society along apartheid lines, your vote to stop the assault, however unlikely, is absolutely essential.

May 19, 2025 / Column / Elie Mystal

Jeff Bezos, Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai and businessman Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech

And how we get it back.

May 16, 2025 / Eric Reinhart

Protesters, activists, and local politicians gather in Lower Manhattan to denounce the arrest yesterday of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey.

Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation” Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”

On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will prevail.

May 13, 2025 / Anthony Conwright

United States Supreme Court justices

Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech

The Supreme Court protects the rights of the rich and conservative—to heck with almost everyone else.

May 13, 2025 / Leah Litman

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his four-day Middle East visit and the first international trip of his second term.

The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump

The Democrats missed their first chance to spotlight Trump’s repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They shouldn’t miss their second.

May 12, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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