Ford and GM made a big bet on electrification. Then Trump plunged a knife into their backs.
Ryan Cooper
Ryan Cooper is a senior editor at The American Prospect, and author of How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. He was previously a national correspondent for The Week. His work has also appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, and Current Affairs.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis
There are reportedly about 3,000 federal immigration officers running riot in Minneapolis. They have been captured on video beating, gassing, and pepper-spraying bystanders and kidnapping people off the street.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Persecution of Jerome Powell Is Even Crazier Than It Looks
The Trump administration is carrying out a corrupt prosecution of the Federal Reserve chair. But messing with Fed independence might spark inflation, and everyone hates that.
Posted inLaw and Justice
There Must Be Justice for Renee Good
Minneapolis and Minnesota authorities can’t let the Trump regime suppress the truth. It is critically important that state and local authorities do all in their power to conduct their own investigation.
Posted inAmerica and the World
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.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Elon Musk’s Deepfake Factory
Musk’s chatbot will now create sexualized images of people on cue, which, among other things, violates a law President Trump signed just last May prohibiting “digital forgery.”
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Cargo Cult Imperialism in Venezuela
Stealing their oil is lunacy, but that won’t stop him from trying.
Posted inPolitics
Zohran, Greenland’s Oceanic Socialism, and the Trump Economy
A senior editor reflects on his best pieces of 2025.
Posted inPolitics
Bari Weiss Is the Propagandist Donald Trump Deserves
The would-be dictator would get a much better class of censor if his regime didn’t hoist the biggest morons in the country into leadership positions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Transphobic Mask Is Off
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.