The haters coming to town on Sunday love Trump. After all, he made them into somebodies.
Adele M. Stan
Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect. She is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a winner of the Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism.
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It’s not just them—it’s us.
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Trump’s Dominance Display: Traumatizing Children
Sure, the tearing of brown toddlers from their brown mothers gives the Trump base warm-and-fuzzies. But it’s also a message to the rest of us.
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Trump Is Executing a Major Geopolitical Realignment. Does Anybody Care?
Calling Trump’s pronouncements a mere distraction means allowing our country to align itself against the democracies of the world.
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Fox News Functionally Subsidizing White House Communications
Despite sinking revenues on the network’s top two pro-Trump cable shows, Fox continues to advance pro-Trump propaganda—like that fake-news story about the Eagles.
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Trump’s Corruption: Thanks to Koch Brothers, GOP Congress Is in on the Take
It’s hard for Republicans to get elected without the billionaires’ machine behind them.