Donald Trump

Leaked emails show that Trump lawyer thought allegations of fraud were unnecessary for stealing an election

By Lindsay Beyerstein / May 17, 2022 /

The fraud facade falls away.

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New trove of texts reveal Oath Keepers’ role on J6

By Lindsay Beyerstein / May 9, 2022 /

They expected Trump to declare martial law.

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On the eve of Roe’s fall, a victory decades in the making, what does the GOP do? Complain

By Jason Sattler / May 6, 2022 /

They will always be addicted to outrage.

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To compel his testimony, the J6 committee paints Mark Meadows as Donald Trump’s point man in bid to overturn the election

By Lindsay Beyerstein / April 30, 2022 /

Inside the 248-page motion to dismiss his claims of privilege.

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Raskin boxes in 3 Republicans before stomping the box

By John Stoehr / April 29, 2022 /

A masterclass in defusing fascist rhetoric.

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J6 and the three rings of sedition

By John Stoehr / April 26, 2022 /

Jamie Raskin: “I want people to pay attention to what’s going on here, because it’s as close to fascism as I ever want my country to come to.”

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The problem isn’t a billionaire like Elon Musk buying Twitter. The problem is the government’s fear of regulating billionaires

By Claire Bond Potter / April 26, 2022 /

More likely than a mass exodus from the social media platform is that things will go on much as they did before.

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Orrin Hatch, champion of revanchist values and father of judicial extremism, is dead

By Erik Loomis / April 24, 2022 /

For all his work in making the nation worse, Donald Trump presented Hatch with the Presidential Medal of Freedom that year. 

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We now have evidence of Trump’s two-tiered coup

By Lindsay Beyerstein / April 16, 2022 /

New recording shows insurgents storming the US Capitol intended to pressure Republican lawmakers into overturning the election.

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Does a jobs market favoring workers for the first time in 50 years make a sound if no one in the press is there to hear it?

By Jason Sattler / April 8, 2022 /

Understand the power you have before corporations take it back.

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