“Every day, Trump wakes up and erodes the dignity of the Presidency a little more”
Trump is hardly the first bad President in American history—he has not had adequate...
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“Trump began his national ascendancy by hoisting the racist banner of birtherism. Since then, as candidate and as President, he has found countless ways to pollute the national atmosphere”
Trump began his national ascendancy by hoisting the racist banner of birtherism. Since then,...
“The guiding principle in Mr. Trump’s government is to turn the politics of white resentment into the policies of white rage…”
If there is one consistent thread through Mr. Trump’s political career, it is his...
“Leaks are most often an outsider’s tool, and they look different from a vantage of power”
Leaks are most often an outsider’s tool, and they look different from a vantage...
“As a candidate, Trump told his followers that he would fulfill ‘every dream you ever dreamed for your country.’ But he is a plutocrat. His loyalty is to the interests of the plutocracy”
Trump may operate a twenty-first-century Twitter machine, but he is still a frontier-era drummer...
“Mr. Trump has admitted that being president is harder than he thought. He does not, however, appear to be humbled by this discovery”
Mr. Trump has admitted that being president is harder than he thought. He does...
“What is surprising is that after everything that’s happened, so many people believe them even now”
Throughout the 2016 primary season, two sentiments took turns reassuring Republicans as they watched...
“President Trump’s recent executive order…was greeted by right and left like a birthday present of socks: nice, sort of; disappointing maybe; not really on anyone’s wish list”
President Trump’s recent “Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty” was greeted by...
“What does it mean for the American presidency itself to become a fake out?”
Now that the trolling ethos has infiltrated the actual core of government, whole systems...
” It turns out that what Democrats were missing was a sense of existential emergency. Mr. Trump has provided it”
One hundred days into his administration, President Trump has few legislative achievements to his...