The Inevitability of Donald Trump
From Limbaugh to MAGA: the long arc of manufactured grievance.
Politics
An America of Tanks and Taxes
$45 million in pageantry, 6,500 troops, and 25 Abrams tanks—while 7.7 million Americans lose Medicaid.
The Tariff Delusion
Behind the smiling handshakes, America’s new trade doctrine is weaponized chaos.
Donald Trump Is a Man in Decline
Donald Trump says he doesn’t know if he must uphold the Constitution. That’s not a gaffe—it’s cognitive collapse.
Rebuke.
Three elections. One message. The U.S. right wing has become the world’s cautionary tale.
The Cost of Freedom, in Metric Tons
Ukraine’s rare earth deal looks like recovery—until you read the fine print.
The Midterms Are Coming. The GOP Is Going to Cheat.
What the GOP is planning for 2026 and 2028 makes 2020 look quaint.