Donald Trump

Hostility toward migrants weakens our reaction to economic shocks

By Noah Berlatsky / October 3, 2022 /

It’s exacerbated a pandemic situation in which inflation and hiring crises in key industries create chaos and uncertainty.

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Judge Cannon’s sideshow

By Lindsay Beyerstein / September 30, 2022 /

The criminal investigation into the classified documents is continuing.

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Three-judge panel says Donald Trump can’t sue his way out of a criminal investigation

By Lindsay Beyerstein / September 29, 2022 /

Appeals court slams Trump-appointed judge for abuse.

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The problem isn’t that DeSantis is politicizing immigration. It’s that he’s depoliticizing it

By John Stoehr / September 26, 2022 /

Politics is how normal people can change the world.

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To democratize our way of life, we need ‘democratic contempt’ for the spoils of white power

By John Stoehr / September 23, 2022 /

An answer to the Republicans’ contempt for democracy.

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Republican anti-democrats are telling us who they are. Are we listening?

By John Stoehr / September 21, 2022 /

The GOP’s ulcerous paradox.

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My Pillow Guy is the heart of the ‘Big Lie’ conspiracy

By Lindsay Beyerstein / September 19, 2022 /

It’s surprising it took so long for the FBI to take his phone.

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The assassination of Trump’s character, Ken Starr-style

By John Stoehr / September 15, 2022 /

“Piece by painful piece.”

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Ken Starr, janus-faced moral hack, is finally dead

By Erik Loomis / September 14, 2022 /

In short, Starr’s feelings about sexual crime depended entirely on whether he liked the person who committed it. 

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Queen Elizabeth, Donald Trump and the right to rule by blood

By John Stoehr / September 13, 2022 /

“The monarchist new right.”

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