Al Qaeda’s Favorite President
For ISIS and Al Qaeda, Trump's foreign policy is the gift that keeps on giving.
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The Billionaires’ Party and the Union Leader
Teamsters president Sean O’Brien headlined the RNC’s opening night and praised two of the party’s leading snake-oil salesmen: vice presidential candidate J. D. Vance and Missouri senator Josh Hawley. The party of billionaires couldn’t be happier.
What’s the Point of Impeachment?
Getting rid of Trump would be great, but Congress isn’t going to do it — we actually have to vote him out. And impeachment, a therapeutic ritual for MSNBC hosts and an act of score-settling by the national security state, isn’t helping.
Bernie Sanders Should Run for President a Third Time
Multiple reports say Bernie Sanders hasn’t ruled out another presidential campaign. He should go for it.
Obamacare Lives
Trump's moves to “sabotage” Obamacare are hardly a death blow for the health law.
Elizabeth Warren’s Electoral Track Record Is Incredibly Worrying
A new look at the 2018 midterms shows that while Bernie Sanders has already won back “Obama-Trump” voters, Elizabeth Warren was decimated in exactly the kinds of places Democrats need to win in 2020.
So Much for a Newly Reborn Republican Party
People keep saying that economic populism and an antiwar, anti-interventionist spirit have swept the GOP. But there wasn’t much substantive evidence of that at the RNC.
Pardon Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden performed an immense act of public service to the American people by blowing the whistle on the National Security Agency’s vast, clandestine surveillance programs. President Donald Trump should pardon him.
America’s Theater
Journalist Nick Turse on drone warfare, US intervention in Africa, and foreign policy in the age of Trump.
The Question of Russia and the Left
Making political hay from attacking Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s puppet is both wrong and dangerous.
Eric Adams vs. the Rule of Law
Even as part of a mayoralty characterized by attacking public services, scapegoating of migrants, and raising housing costs, New York City mayor Eric Adams’s pandering to Donald Trump in an effort to escape federal corruption charges is particularly brazen.
The Mysteriously Vanished NATO Critique
Reading the avalanche of pro-NATO coverage after Trump's recent criticisms, you might assume there is no case that NATO is an American imperial project we should dismantle. But there is.
The Quiet Death of National Review
With the rise of MAGA in the ranks of the GOP, the Right no longer needs a veneer of intellectualism. It no longer needs National Review.
Impeachment Without Class Politics: An Autopsy
The impeachment proceedings are boring and will result in nothing — but they could have looked much different if the Democrats had pursued an impeachment focused on Trump’s flagrantly corrupt emoluments. The problem is, many House Democrats are incredibly rich themselves and don’t want to anger wealthy donors.
Here’s Why the Teamsters Declined to Endorse Kamala Harris
The Teamsters’ refusal to endorse Kamala Harris underlines the need for the labor movement to develop a coherent political appeal to win its members over, on terms that are relevant to the vast majority of the working class.
Austerity With a Vacant Face
Capital’s third favorite party sounds a lot like its first.
Hillary Clinton’s Terrible 2016 Campaign Has Made It Even Harder to Deal With Russia
Recent revelations prove that Hillary Clinton had a direct role in spreading now-discredited allegations that stoked the Russiagate frenzy — an episode that has made the already challenging task of pursuing a rational policy toward Russia even more difficult.
Keeping George Orwell on the Left
The term “Orwellian” has long been a vacuous cliché, and now even allies of Trump are making use of it to deride their opponents. But George Orwell, a self-described democratic socialist, always belonged on the Left.
The “World’s Coolest Dictator” Visited the White House
In Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele, Donald Trump sees a far-right authoritarian who has something he doesn’t: an actual popular mandate.
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