Donald Trump has a difficult relationship with the truth. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that at a time when his approval ratings on […]
Author: Heather Digby Parton
Trump’s dog whistles and prosecutions echo Nixon’s racist strategy
Anyone who’s observed the Supreme Court over the past few years knew it was pretty much assured that the conservative majority would gut the Voting […]
Could Donald Trump Jr. make a 2028 presidential bid?
This week Donald Trump hosted Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House. While the spectacle wasn’t quite as extravagant as the […]
Comey indictment reveals a desperate DOJ — and president
To serve in Donald Trump’s Cabinet is to perform for an audience of one, and in the weeks since she was fired by the president, […]
Trump wants do-over of failed airline fantasy — at taxpayers’ expense
It looks like Donald Trump is taking on yet another side gig. In addition to his day jobs running the most powerful nation on earth, […]
A dark chapter returns: Stripping citizenship
One of the lesser known effects of the Trump administration’s commitment to mass deportations is the right’s newfound freedom to talk of expelling anyone of […]
Trump’s Cabinet firings reveal a teetering administration
Back when Donald Trump was just a New York tabloid fixture and reality show host, his signature tag line was typically rude and nasty: “You’re […]
Trump has a new avenger in chief
Sometimes it feels as if Donald Trump reinvented politics in whole cloth when he descended the Trump Tower escalator in 2015, and the world turned […]
Clarence Thomas’ attack on progressivism should alarm you
Like a modern-day Paul Revere, Clarence Thomas is sounding the alarm: Progressives are an existential threat, determined to destroy all you hold dear, unless you […]
Trump’s Middle East envoys are partners in duplicity
There was a time when the very concept of a conflict of interest in politics was a serious matter that could cause investigations and resignations […]
The next attorney general could be an anti-civil rights warrior
The destruction of the Justice Department is one of the biggest stories of the second Trump administration. But coming as it does amid chaos on […]