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In Border Crisis, Dems Are Complicit
As in the past, they continue to accept the GOP’s bad faith.
How the New York Times Creates Credibility for Trump
If there are few consequences for lying, there are few for rape.
The Humiliation of Trump’s Weakness
Iran bloodied his nose. Who’s next to punch the bully?
When ‘Truth-Tellers’ Silence Truth
Chuck Todd laundered the GOP’s intellectual dishonesty.
‘Speech Freaks’ Don’t Want to Protect Speech
They want to destroy it. Liberals are helping.
Liberals Must Name the Evil
Suffering is central to fascist politics. Indeed, “sadism” is the point.
Does GOP Have a ‘Women Problem’?
It’s an argument you hear so often it seems true.
Taking Democracy for Granted
The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer is always a must-read. Last week, he wrote a piece in keeping with key themes in the Editorial Board. Black Americans did not abandon liberal democracy because of slavery, Jim Crow, and the systematic destruction of whatever wealth they managed to accumulate; instead they took up arms in two world wars…
Is Trump Vulnerable to a Recession?
For his base, the economy may matter less than racism.
Carter: Trump Wants Dirt Because Americans Do, Too
Leave it to Stephen Carter to ask instructive questions. Still, I wonder whether this might not be a good moment to move from familiar and comfortable Trump-bashing to ask a larger question: Might it not be time we demanded that our political candidates and their supporters refuse dirt from any source, foreign or domestic? Might we not consider…