Where Trump’s Imperialism Could Strike Next
Greenland, Colombia, Cuba, Iran … all are at risk from an unchecked president.
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Republicans Reject Trump on Numerous Congressional Votes
In the House and Senate, the Trump position was snubbed. The impact isn’t definitive, but the trend is unmistakable.
The Trump Regime Is Making Disasters Worse
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.
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Trump’s Cargo Cult Imperialism in Venezuela
Stealing their oil is lunacy, but that won’t stop him from trying.
What if Trump Pulls This Off?
There are indications that the administration has cut a deal with Venezuela’s Vice President and acting President Delcy Rodríguez.
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
Bush Walked So Trump Could Run Into Venezuela
George W. Bush’s foreign policy wasn’t an aberration, but it was the moment where America began to drunkenly bumble its way through unipolarity.
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The Narco-Terrorist Elite
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela
Right-wing exiles in South Florida want regime change. Rubio is selling it with a false narrative about drug trafficking.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Sources of America’s Hidden Inflation
How market power jacks up prices, and how Trump’s policies add to the pressure
The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability
America used to be a pioneer in democratizing culture.
To Be Black, Female, and Unemployed
How unemployment in the Trump era shapes Black women’s lives when maternal care and food choices are in the mix
In Case You Missed It
Noem Attempts to Distract From ICE Execution
A day after one of her ICE agents shot a woman to death in broad daylight, the secretary of homeland security was in Manhattan urging Americans to buy them lunch.
The ICE Murder and the Broader Battle
Wednesday’s cold-blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent brings America one step closer to a civil war between cities and states defending their citizens and a Trump administration using fascist-style tactics to provoke violence.
Donald Trump’s Degenerate Plans for Greenland
The worst president in history wants conquest for its own sake, even if it opens America up to nuclear attack.
Ransomware Recovery Firms Share in the Hacking Spoils
Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of their clients’ trust.
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
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‘Cadillac Desert’ Reconsidered
Marc Reisner’s 1986 book demonstrates how a hypertrophic judiciary combines with America’s deadlocked legislature to make vast swaths of Western water policy dependent on 19th-century legal norms.
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