President Trump Will Not Be as Powerful as He Seems
Donald Trump was a spectacularly weak president during his first term. All signs point to him being spectacularly weak during his second.
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The Trump-Modi Lovefest Is Sickening
This week, Donald Trump went to India to sign a new arms deal with the far-right leader Narendra Modi. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the pair remained silent as Hindu nationalists unleashed a wave of violence against Muslims — targeting their homes, businesses, and places of worship.
Trump, Carter, and the Politics of Parties
Trump has been a remarkably weak leader. And that may turn out to be his salvation.
Never Trump Conservatives Still Aren’t Real
The much mythologized Republican resistance to Donald Trump is, and has always been, a media creation. Its only purpose is to perpetuate Beltway fairy tales of American exceptionalism and high-minded bipartisanship.
The Trump Era Is Over. Our Leaders Want To Take Us Back To 2015
With the Trump presidency thankfully in its death throes, Joe Biden and the Democratic leadership are in thrall to a dangerous illusion that they can take the country back to the political world of 2015 as if nothing happened. They’re about to learn that they’ve won a Pyrrhic victory.
Trump Should Be Prosecuted. So Should Other Elites Who Have Flagrantly Broken the Law.
The raid and possible prosecution of Donald Trump is a welcome break from decades of elite impunity. But to mean something, it must be a turning point in holding those elites accountable, not an exception.
Donald Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks
Donald Trump’s administration is doing everything it can to project power and a sense of unstoppability in his first days as president. But the cracks are already starting to show.
Trump’s Culture Wars Were Meant to Distract From the Crisis. It Didn’t Work.
If Joe Biden managed to pull off a victory despite his lackluster campaign, it’s in part because the electorate felt the urgent need for a president who would focus on the coronavirus crisis instead of railing against a series of cultural bogeymen. No wonder: most people care more about their material conditions than the partisan culture wars.
The Virginia Governor Race Shows That Dems Can’t Count on Running Against Trump
The GOP won Virginia not with a Trump-style reactionary, but a boring old country-club Republican. That spells bad news for a Democratic Party banking on running against Trump-style conservatives.
Trump Is Putting His Thumb on the Scale for Cuomo
Donald Trump has offered Eric Adams a job in his administration, apparently to convince him to drop out of New York’s mayoral race. It’s now official and out in the open: Andrew Cuomo is allying with Trump to beat Zohran Mamdani.
Joe Biden Isn’t the Safe Bet to Beat Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders Is.
Joe Biden is a weak candidate who is more likely to lose to Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders. The best chance we have at ousting Trump is voting for Sanders in the rest of the primaries.
Donald Trump Has Remade the GOP in His Own Image. He’s Not Going Anywhere.
Recent polls show Republican voters now reject many of the old GOP shibboleths that Donald Trump trashed — and that they continue to rally around their new leader, indictments and all. Joe Biden can’t just base his campaign on being “not Trump.”
Donald Trump Is Doubling Down on All of Joe Biden’s Failures
Wars abroad, the affordability crisis, inflation, censorship of political speech — Donald Trump successfully exploited discontent with Joe Biden’s administration on all these issues and more. Trump is now making all of them far worse.
Socialists Are Key Leaders of the Anti-Trump Opposition
The Democrats have failed to mount a serious response to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. Their fecklessness has left the door open for democratic socialists like Zohran Mamdani to position themselves as the real opposition to Trump.
Only a Democratic Constitution Can Stop Trumpism
Many liberal commentators are invoking the Constitution as a bulwark against Donald Trump’s attacks on civil liberties. The truth is, our nation’s antidemocratic founding document has allowed the authoritarian right to entrench its power.
A Hundred Days In, Donald Trump Is Flailing
Donald Trump’s first 100 days have shown what a vigorous use of executive power actually looks like. But aside from permanently hobbling the modern American state, it’s hard to see what he’s actually achieved with it.
The Biggest Scandal in Trump’s Indictment: US War Plans for Iran
Donald Trump’s indictment was the biggest news of the week, but what was lost in the typical Trump absurdities of documents in ballrooms and bathrooms is the revelation of US plans to attack Iran.
Donald Trump’s Toxic Politics Continue to Set the Agenda
Joe Biden hopes to eke out a reelection win by raising alarms about the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy. Yet on immigration, Biden has pointlessly moved closer than ever to Trump’s cruel border policy.
Trump’s Hateful Rally Has No Real Answer From Democrats
The unhinged, often racist madness at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally is a preview of what his win on Election Day would unleash. Yet the Democratic Party has continuously refused to wage a substantive campaign to defeat him.